Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) moulting at Hannah Point, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Their guano is normally pink from the krill that they eat, the yellow and green guan...

Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with huge gash, probably from Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) attack, Hannah Point, Livingstone Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Ashley Cooper / Old British Antarctic Survey station, abandoned in 1967 when it was over run by a volcanic eruption. Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Laurent Geslin / Landscape of Olive groves - expansion of Olive groves has reduced habitat for Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Andalucia, Spain, October.

Colin Varndell / Cracks in rocks (Expansion megapolygons) exposed at low tide in the Flats Dolomite bed, Jurassic Coast, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK, July.

Georgette Douwma / Soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.) 'deflated'. Soft corals have an ability to constantly change form by expansion / deflation of the body. Egypt, Red Sea.

Georgette Douwma / Soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.) feeding, 'inflated'. Soft corals have an ability to constantly change form by expansion / deflation of the body. Egypt, Red Sea.

Nick Upton / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) a European solitary mining bee that only reached the UK in 2001 which is now spreading from the south coast to the midlands, heavily dusted with pollen from visiting flower...

David Woodfall / Shrimps, basis of expansion of shrimp pond business in Ganges delta, Bangladesh, July 2008

Nick Turner / Airport expansion protest poster "No Fly Zone", Wolverhampton, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Urbanisation of saltmarsh, Calpe, Alicante, Spain

Doug Wechsler / Aerial view of urban expansion - extensive development of coastal wetlands, Sea Isle City, Barrier Island, New Jersey, USA