Gavin Hellier / Traffic lights and office buildings illuminated at dusk, part of new urban development, modern architecture skyscrapers in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 2007. As was the case in much of Berlin,...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas leafcutter ant (Atta texana) workers carrying leaves during rain, New Braunfels, Central Texas, USA. Highly honoured, Small world Spectacular Category, Natures Best competition 2012.

Eric Baccega / Flowerpot sea stacks with outgoing tide at Hopewell Rocks. The world's highest tides. Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, September 2010

Rob Tilley / White sand dunes against blue sky, White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, February 2009

Rob Tilley / White sand dunes against blue sky, White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, February 2009

Rob Tilley / White sand dunes against blue sky, White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, February 2009

Bristol City Museum / Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly {Ornithoptera alexandrae} museum specimens, male top, female below. World's largest butterfly, wing span 1 foot / 30 cms. Endangered species occurs in Papua New Gu...

Pete Oxford / Common squirrel monkey {Saimiri sciureus} Amazonia, Brazil

Gavin Hellier / New urban development, modern architecture skyscrapers in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 2007. As was the case in much of Berlin, many of the buildings around Potsdamer Platz were turned to rubbl...

Gavin Hellier / New urban development, modern architecture skyscrapers in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 2007. As was the case in much of Berlin, many of the buildings around Potsdamer Platz were turned to rubbl...

Ross Hoddinott / Rays of sunlight penetrating woodland, Rhinefield, The New Forest, Hampshire, UK. November 2012.

John Cancalosi / Raccoon (Procyon lotor) in tree hole, New York, USA

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant fem...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant fem...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant fem...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird perched, South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregna...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant fem...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird perched, South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregna...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant fem...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird perched, South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregna...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird flapping wings, South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird with insect prey, South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to o...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant fem...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, off southern New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one...

Mark Carwardine / Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Endangered species, once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant fem...

Christophe Courteau / Kakapo portrait {Strigops habroptila} captive Maud Is New Zealand. Did you know? Kakapos are one of the longest lived birds in the world with a average life expectancy of 90 years.

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) new flowers are white, Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil

Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) new flowers are white, Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil

Kerstin Hinze / New Palace, Sanssouci park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, May 2012.

Piotr Naskrecki / Mite (Thonius sp), the largest free-living mite in the world, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Crematogaster sp) group cutting leaf, this behavior had previsouly only been observed in new world ants, Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Crematogaster sp) cutting leaf, this behavior had previsouly only been observed in new world ants, Guinea

John Cancalosi / Mediterrranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) showing a regenerated tail. Old World native introduced to New Orleans in the 1940's by stowing-away on trade ships. Louisana, USA, April.

Georgette Douwma / Luzon / Orange Starfish (Echinaster luzonicus) comet. Asexual reproduction. From one arm the starfish can regenerate a new body. Rinca, Komodon National Park, Indonesia. digital capture.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Flock of Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in flight with Coryton Oil refinery in background, Site of new DP World London Gateway container port, River Thames, Essex, UK, March 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Flock of Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in flight with Coryton Oil refinery in background, Site of new DP World London Gateway container port, River Thames, Essex, UK, March 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Flock of Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in flight with Coryton Oil refinery in background, Site of new DP World London Gateway container port, River Thames, Essex, UK, March 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Flock of Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in flight with container ship in background, site of new DP World London Gateway container port, River Thames, Essex, UK, March 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Flock of Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in flight with container ship in background, site of new DP World London Gateway container port, River Thames, Essex, UK, March 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Flock of Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in flight with Coryton Oil refinery in background, Site of new DP World London Gateway container port, River Thames, Essex, UK, November 2010

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Flock of Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) feeding on mud flats at low tide with Coryton Oil refinery in background, Site of new DP World London Gateway container port, River Thames, Essex, UK, April 20...

Juergen Freund / Palm nut seed of Oil palm tree (Elaeis quineesis Jacq) at the Dami Oil Research Station, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, May 2010. Seeds are carefully sorted and selected for export to other palm...

Juergen Freund / Boys from the Yellu Village school reading a book about the underwater world. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / A girl from the Yellu Village school reading a book about the underwater world. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Marovo Lagoon, the largest saltwater lagoon in the world, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Pacific Ocean, July 2010.

Juergen Freund / Dami Oil Research Station produces high productivity Palm (Elaeis quineesis Jacq) seed planting material. Seeds are carefully sorted and selected for export to other palm plantations from all over the...

Juergen Freund / Dami Oil Research Station produces high productivity Palm (Elaeis quineesis Jacq) seed planting material. Seeds are carefully sorted, stored and selected for export to other palm plantations from all...

Chien Lee / Old World Tree Frog (Rhacophoridae) camouflaged on moss, Nabire, Indonesia

Eric Baccega / Tourists on the beach near Flowerpot sea stacks with outgoing tide at Hopewell Rocks. The world's highest tides. Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, September 2010

Eric Baccega / Flowerpot sea stacks with outgoing tide at Hopewell Rocks. The world's highest tides. Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, September 2010

Eric Baccega / Flowerpot sea stacks with outgoing tide at Hopewell Rocks. The world's highest tides. Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, September 2010

Eric Baccega / Flowerpot sea stacks with outgoing tide at Hopewell Rocks. The world's highest tides. Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada 2010

Eric Baccega / Flowerpot sea stacks with outgoing tide at Hopewell Rocks. The world's highest tides. Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, September

Jerry Monkman / The Windsor-Cornish covered bridge spans the Connecticut River between Windsor, Vermont and Cornish, New Hampshire, USA. Longest covered bridge in the world. Mount Ascutney in the background. August 2...

Michele Westmorland / An excursion boat passing through a misty view of Mitre Peak in Milford Sound, a World Heritage Site, in Fjordland on the South Island of New Zealand. January 2008.

Steven David Miller / 'Walls of China' sand formations, Mungo National Park, Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area, New South Wales, Australia November 2006

Steven David Miller / 'Walls of China' sand formations, Mungo National Park, Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area, New South Wales, Australia November 2006

Edwin Giesbers / Golden headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) Endangered species occurs in Brazil. Captive, Netherlands.

Claudio Contreras / Close up of feathers of New World parrot {Amazona sp) captive, Mexico

Doc White / Naka Jima B5N2 Kate, World War Two wreck, Papau New Guinea.

Doc White / Diver and World War Two B 17 wreck, Papua New Guinea.

Doc White / P38, World War Two wreck, Papau New Guinea.

Doc White / Japanese Zero, World War Two wreck. Palau, Papau New Guinea.

Doc White / Naka Jima B5N2 Kate, World War Two wreck, Papau New Guinea.

Doc White / World War Two B 17 wreck, Papua New Guinea.

Steven David Miller / The 1869 Mungo Woolshed, Mungo National Park, Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area, New South Wales, Australia, 2007

Colin Monteath / Key Summit and reflection at dawn, Routeburn Track, World Heritage Site, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Key Summit and reflection at dawn, Routeburn Track, World Heritage Site, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Mitre Peak at sunset, Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Mitre Peak at sunset, Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) young playing, critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus), male, climbing in canopy, critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) mother with baby on her back, critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) feeding on flowers, critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil

John Cancalosi / White-tailed Deer (White Color Phase) (Odocoileus virginianus) - New York - Doe - A rare color phase resulting from double recessive white genes which occurs rarely naturally - These white individuals...

David Hall / Mantis shrimp {Odontodactylus scyllarus} Papua New Guinea. Mantis shrimp use their front legs to break the shells of their prey with a force 8,000 times that of gravity. If a human boxer had the same...

Rupert Barrington / Cameraman Rod Clarke filming bee-keeper on top of apartment building, Manhattan, New York, for BBC Natural World programme: Metropolis. 1997

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / Neil Nightingale, Producer, with Parrot, on location for BBC 'The Natural World - New Guinea', Papua New Guinea, 1991

NEIL NIGHTINGALE / Neil Nightingale, Producer, on location for BBC 'The Natural World - New Guinea', Mt Giluwe, Papua New Guinea, 1991

Steven David Miller / Lagoon beach, Mt Lidgbird and Gower, Lord Howe Island World Heritage site, New South Wales, Australia

Tui De Roy / Campbell Island Flightless Teal (Anas nesiotis) world's smallest duck, flightless, Codfish Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Campbell Island Flightless Teal (Anas nesiotis) world's smallest duck, flightless, group at shoreline, Codfish Island, New Zealand

Phil Savoie / Looking down on Lower East Side Manhattan, New York City, USA pre 11/9/2001 with World Trade Twin Towers in background

Phil Savoie / Manhattan skyscrapers at night including twin towers of World Trade Centre, New York City, USA pre 11/9/2001

Brent Hedges / Captive Pygmy marmoset {Cebuella pygmaea} occurs South America

Brent Hedges / Captive Pygmy marmoset {Cebuella pygmaea} occurs South America

Tim Edwards / Giant weta, Little Barrier Is, New Zealand. World's second largest insect related to crickets

Tim Edwards / Giant weta on hand. Little Barrier Is, New Zealand. World's second largest insect, related to crickets

Gerry Ellis / Botanists from Papua New Guinea record specimens from plant survey in Kikori Basin, WWF ICDP 1995, Omo Village, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Foam Nest Tree Frog (Polypedates dennysi) newly identified species of Gliding Frog, the largest in the world, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

Steven David Miller / Aerial view of the Admiralties bird nesting Reserve, Lord Howe Island World Heritage Site, New South Wales, Australia

Pete Oxford / Ancient arch, Qutb minar, New Delhi, India - Unesco world heritage site