Nick Upton / Sand-loving / Square-headed wasp (Tachysphex costae) feeding on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.

Paul D Stewart / Male Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea eutryphon / arion) collected in 1865. It is here surrounded by other extant UK blue butterfly species. The large Blue was first recorded as a British species in 17...

Paul D Stewart / Aerial view of Grand Prismatic thermal spring in Yellowstone National Park, USA. The bright colours are natural, coming from thermophile bacteria in the water. People can be seen walking on the raised...

Anup Shah / Lioness (Panthera leo) and cub aged 9-12 months share affectionate moment, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Mary McDonald / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) mother grooming her newborn foal in rain. Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa.

Diane McAllister / A wild newborn colt (Equus caballus) standing up being nuzzled by its mother. Foothills of Reno, Nevada, USA, May.

George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) pair in courtship. Venice Area Audubon Rookery, Florida, USA. March.

Heather Angel / Amur/ Siberian tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) pair nuzzling each other in snow. Captive in tiger park, Heilongjiang Province, China. February.

David Woodfall / Village disappeared in sand storm in eighteenth century. All that now remains is the walls colonised by limestone loving plants including Ladies Bedstraw (Galium verum) North Uist, Scotland, Uk, July.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Sign about loving nature, Beiyue Hengshan Mountain, Datong, Hunyuan County, Shanxi Province, China

Denis-Huot / Lion (Panthera leo), female and one cub, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Eric Baccega / Giant panda female Huan Huan nursing cub, three months old (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), captive, Beauval Zoo, France, October 2017.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda female Huan Huan nursing cub, three months old (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), captive, Beauval Zoo, France, October 2017.

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) female grooming her calf, surrounded by flies, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) female and calf surrounded by flies, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Stephen Dalton / Viperine snake (Natrix maura) a harmless water loving species, Extremadura, Spain

Stephen Dalton / Viperine snake (Natrix maura) a harmless water loving species, Extremadura, Spain

Mark MacEwen / Northern royal albatross (Diomedea sanfordi), early pairing behaviour, Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand, NZ. Endangered.

Will Burrard-Lucas / African lion (Panthera leo) pair, male nuzzling female, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September.

Tui De Roy / Halophilic (Salt loving) plants, Nolana galapagana (green) & Sessuvium sp (red) along lava shoreline. Punta Pitt, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands. June 2013.

Fiona Rogers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile males 'Mobangi' aged 5 years and 'Tembo' aged 4 years playing together, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central Africa...

Nick Upton / Sand-loving wasp / Square-headed wasp (Tachytes panzeri / Tachytes europaeus) resting on beach pebble, Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Sand-loving / Square-headed wasp (Tachytes panzeri / Tachytes europaeus) taking moisture from sand, Samos, Greece, August.

Aflo / ic-03201 Golden retriever portrait.

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Long-haired Dachshund (Canis familiaris) pair kissing

Igor Shpilenok / Geyserite and Heat-loving Algae surrounding a small hot spring, Valley of the Geysers, Kronotsky Zapovednik Reserve, Russia.

Anup Shah / African lion and cub (Panthera leo) Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Philippe Clement / Thermophile mats formed by algae, bacteria and other heat loving micro-organisms, Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone, USA

Philippe Clement / Thermophile mats,formed by algae, bacteria and other heat loving micro-organisms, Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone, USA

Philippe Clement / Tourists on boardwalk looking at thermophile mats, formed by algae, bacteria and other heat loving micro-organisms, Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone

Philippe Clement / Thermophile mats formed by algae, bacteria and other heat loving micro-organismsms, in hot springs Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone, USA

Philippe Clement / Tthermophile mats formed by algae, bacteria and other heat loving micro-organisms, Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone National

Flip de Nooyer / Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) courting pair on lake, Europe

Jim Brandenburg / One-flower Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora) resembles a fungus but is actually a shade-loving wildflower, Minnesota

Tim Laman / Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) pair preening each other whilst perched in tree, Halabala Wildlife Sanctuary, Narathiwat Province, Thailand.

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) adult female and cub on a hillside, cub showing curiousity- pulling on a small shrub and affection towards its mother, Mushko valley, Dras, Kargil Distr...

Orsolya Haarberg / Red tidal pools along the coast, a very rare phenomena, the colour comes from high concentration of salt-loving bacteria in the water, Heroy municipality, More og Romsdal, Norway. May.

Eric Baccega / Female Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) nursing her infant, age 7 months, Conkouati-Douli National Park, Republic of Congo, Africa.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Albina Rocheva, a Nenets girl, kisses one of her family's pet reindeer calves. Nadym Tundra, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000