Jeff Foott / Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) with butterfly on snout, Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Ingo Arndt / Bark beetle (Scolytinae) galleries in dead spruce tree (Picea abies), Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany., June.

Claudio Contreras / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) split level with animal resting at surface in shallow water over seagrass bed, Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean region, Mexico

MYN / Gil Wizen / Long-snout weevil (Hammatostylus sp), Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Napo province, Amazon basin, Ecuador, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

Denis-Huot / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) having a mud bath at a water hole, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. August.

Constantinos Petrinos / Yellow stripe clingfish (Diademichthys lineatus) living in association with the Fire Urchin (Astropyga radiata) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Wim van den Heever / Group of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) silhouetted at sunrise, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Lou Coetzer / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) cow reassuring young calf with trunk, Chobe River, Botswana, October, Vulnerable species.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) wallowing in a waterhole. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Ann & Steve Toon / Elephant trunk (Loxodonta africana), Etosha national park, Namibia, May

Juan Carlos Munoz / Iberian pig with mud covered snout, Sierra de Aracena Natural Park, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, Europe. Breed used to produce Iberico ham / Jamon Iberico

Jabruson,Jabruson / African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) mother playing with her calf. Dzanga Bai, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic.

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Oak Eggar Moth (Lasiocampa quercus) against white background. France, July.

Axel Gomille / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), temple elephant gives blessings to pilgrims at the ruins and temple complex of Hampi, Karnataka, India

Roland Seitre / Grand Cayman Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi), adult that has been reintroduced to the wild from captive breeding programme. Endangered species.

Nick Turner / Gloucester old spot domestic pig (Sus scrofa domestica) head portrait with ring through snout and ears covering eyes, UK.

Ernie Janes / Domestic pig, free range sow and piglet sniffing noses, UK, August 2010

Ernie Janes / Domestic pig, hybrid large white sow in free-range sty, UK, August 2010

Alex Mustard / A young Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) above kelp in the Farne Islands. This seal has an orange snout from foraging on a rusty ship wreck. Northumberland, England, UK. North Sea. August

John Waters / Hibernating Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) curled up into ball, with paws and snout visible, UK

Neil Lucas / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) face emerging through sea ice, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

Sven Zacek / Portrat of a Wild boar (Sus scrofa) foraging in the snow, Winter, Estonia.

Kim Taylor / Snout Moth (Hypena proboscidalis) Surrey, England

Doug Perrine / Snout of approaching American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida Everglades, USA

Mark Raycroft / Black Labrador Retriever (Canis familiaris) balancing treat on snout

Pete Oxford / Black caiman basking with butterfly on snout {Caiman niger} Manu National Park, Peru

Doug Perrine / Parasitic copepods {Copepoda sp.} on snout of Hammerhead shark {Sphyrnidae sp.} Bahamas

Anup Shah / Face on shot of Indian gharial {Gavialis gangeticus} with mouth wide open and dragonfly sitting on snout, India. Endangered species

Konrad Wothe / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) with orange butterfly perched on tip of snout, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Norbert Wu / Australian Ghost Shark (Callorhinchus milii) trunk-like snout detects prey in sea bottom, primitive fish relative to sharks, lives in the deep sea, New Zealand

Anup Shah / Head on view of male Indian gharial {Gavialis gangeticus} India, Endangered species

Anup Shah / Male Indian gharial {Gavialis gangeticus} with head above water and mouth open, India. Endangered species. The appendage or ghara on snout is to amplify mating call.

Morley Read / Glitter weevil (Compsus), Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Glitter weevil (Compsus), Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Glitter weevil (Compsus), showing iridescence created from photonic crystals within the body scales, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Glitter weevil (Compsus), showing iridescence created from photonic crystals within the body scales, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Weevil (Curculionoidea) walking along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage stem weevil (Ceutorhynchus sp) on Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage stem weevil (Ceutorhynchus sp) on Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Phil Savoie / Rhino snout hoverfly (Rhingia campestris) flying to Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Phil Savoie / Rhino snout hoverfly (Rhingia campestris) on Grape hyacinth (Muscari sp) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.

TJ Rich / Small eggar (Eriogaster lanestris) caterpillar larval tent on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) bush. Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

TJ Rich / Small eggar (Eriogaster lanestris) caterpillar, two basking on larval tent on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

Oliver Wright / Pine weevil (Hylobius abietis). Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.

Nick Upton / Common grass-veneer moth / Crambid snout moth (Agriphila tristella) resting on grass grass flowers by day in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Chris Mattison / December moth (Poecilocampa populi) on branch. Wye Valley, Gwent, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. December.

Melvin Grey / Greek Stream Frog (Rana graeca ) adult - diagnostic pale line down from snout just visible. Kresna Area, Bulgaria. Medium Repro only

Melvin Grey / Greek Stream Frog (Rana graeca ) adult - diagnostic pale line down from snout just visible. Kresna Area, Bulgaria. Medium Repro only

Melvin Grey / Greek Stream Frog (Rana graeca ) adult - diagnostic pale line down from snout just visible. Kresna Area, Bulgaria. Medium Repro only

Eric Baccega / False gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) resting on rock. Mpassa river, Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon.

Nigel Cattlin / Boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) on damaged unopened Cotton (Gossypium sp) boll.

Nigel Cattlin / Rape winter stem weevil (Ceutorhynchus picitarsis) larvae in damaged Oilseed rape (Brassica napus napus) stem.

Nigel Cattlin / Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) feeding on Rice (Oryza sativa) grains, a pest of stored grain products.

Pascal Kobeh / Rough / Roughsnout ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paegnius), Sulu sea, Philippines

Pascal Kobeh / Rough / Roughsnout ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paegnius), Sulu sea, Philippines

Pascal Kobeh / Two ghost pipefish together : Rough / Roughsnout ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paegnius) and an Armored / Longtail ghost pipefish (Solenostomus armatus), Sulu sea, Philippines

Pascal Kobeh / Pair of rough / roughsnout ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paegnius), Sulu sea, Philippines

Duncan Murrell / Hump-nosed / Lyreshead lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus),Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Unesco Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka. Endemic.

Duncan Murrell / Man with Hump-nosed / lyreshead lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus),Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Unesco Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka. Endemic.

Duncan Murrell / Hump-nosed or lyreshead lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus),Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Unesco Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka. Endemic.

Alex Mustard / Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda). The dark patch beneath his snout is his brood pouch. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Rod Williams / Twin-barred knot-horn (Homoeosoma sinuella), Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, England, June

David Gallan / Botany Bay diamond weevil (Chrysolopus spectabilis), New South Wales, Australia, January.

David Woodfall / Tamworth pig with mud on its snout from rooting around in soil which helps to create a habitat for Purple emperor butterflies (Apatura iris), Knepp, West Sussex, UK. June. Small repro only.

Colin Varndell / Nettle weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus) on stinging nettle leaf. Dorset, UK, June.

Thomas Marent / Moth (Desmia sp), Tatama National Park, Colombia

Nick Upton / Vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) on a garden wall at night, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Green nettle weevils (Phyllobius pomaceus) mating on a Common nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Andy Sands / Lappet moth (Gastropacha quercifolia) second year larvae camoflaged on Apple tree twig, Hertfordshire, England, UK, May

Andy Sands / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) Larvae on Bramble leaf, Suffolk, England, UK, May - Focus Stacked Image

Bruno D'Amicis / Beech weevil (Orchestes fagi) and damaged Beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaf in old-growth forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNESCO World Herita...

Alex Hyde / Broad-nosed weevil beetle (Entiminae) photographed on a white background in mobile field studio. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.

Paul Williams / Bearded pig (Sus barbatus) close up of snout, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo

Chris Mattison / Hump-nosed lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus) Sri Lanka

Werner Bollmann / Patterns in glacial terminus, Svalbard, Norway, March 2014.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Lappet moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillar, Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Lappet moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillar, Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China.

Ashley Cooper / Scientist taking readings from the meltwater river at the snout of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. July 2008

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Recherchefjorden on Western Svalbard with a mine supply ship. Svalbard, Norway. July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Recherchefjorden on Western Svalbard with a mine supply ship. Svalbard, Norway. July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Recherchefjorden on Western Svalbard, Norway. July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Tourists watching Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), at Hartleys Crocodile Farm north of Cairns in Queensland, Australia. The animals are raised mainly for their skins, with meat being a by pro...

Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) with members of an expedition cruise ship. Curverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Recherchefjorden on Western Svalbard with moraine showing the massive rate of retreat in the last 100 years. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Recherchefjorden on Western Svalbard with moraine showing the massive rate of retreat in the last 100 years. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Alkehornet, Western Svalbard with moraine showing how far the glacier has retreated. Svalbard, Norway. July 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Alkefjellet in northern Svalbard. At the side of the glacier is an unconformity where basalt rock has intruded as a sill between layers of limestone. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Melting seracs on the snout of the Argentiere Glacier like most Alpine glaciers it is retreating rapidly due to global warming Chamonix, France, September 2007.

Ashley Cooper / Small collapse of ice from the Russells Glacier, Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. July 2008.

Ashley Cooper / Collasing ice from the Russells Glacier, Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. July 2008.

Ashley Cooper / The Russells Glacier, Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. July 2008.

Ashley Cooper / The Russells Glacier and pool of meltwater at terminus, Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, July.

Ashley Cooper / Melt water from the Russells Glacier, Greenland, July 2008.

Ashley Cooper / The Eqip sermia glacier that is receeding rapidly due to global warming on the west coast of Greenland.