Floris van Breugel / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in morning sun, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA February

Claudio Contreras / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) at sunset in Sonoran Desert. El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, northwest Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Sonoran Desert with Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) and Teddy-bear Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) cactic, alongside Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens). El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Sonoran Desert, nort...

Claudio Contreras / Sonoran Desert on volcanic soil with Teddy-bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii), Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) and ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens). El Tecolote volcano, El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve,...

Jouan Rius / Ocotillo plant (Fouquieria splendens) in winter, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA, December 2012.

Daniel Heuclin / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in flower, Chihuahuan Desert, Arizona, USA. May.

Daniel Heuclin / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in flower, Chihuahuan Desert, Arizona, USA. May.

Daniel Heuclin / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in flower, Chihuahuan Desert, Arizona, USA. May.

Claudio Contreras / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), Teddy-bear cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) and Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in volcanic ash field, El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Sonoran desert, Mexico.

Jack Dykinga / Notch-leaved phacelia (Phacelia crenulata) flowering beside Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) with Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) behind, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA, March 2023....

Jack Dykinga / Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in leaf, surrounded by Notch-leaved phacelia (Phacelia crenulata) at sunset, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA, March 2023. Superbloom occurs after abundan...

Jack Dykinga / Ocotillos (Fouquieria splendens) in flower, Eagletail Mountain Wilderness, Arizona, USA. March.

Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) dog interacting with a vixen in an urban garden. North London, UK. July.

Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) carrying a large dead Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) in an urban garden, North London, UK. August.

Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub defending its kill,a large Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) from another cub, North London, UK. August. Highly commended in the Behaviour : Mammals Category of the Wildlife Ph...

Tony Wu / Plastic bottles and other rubbish, found on a beach in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lying on its side while executing a series of pectoral fin slaps on ocean surface. Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) female breaching. Vava'u, Tonga. Pacific Ocean.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) female nudging her mother's mammary gland whilst trying to feed. Vava;u, Tonga, South Pacific.

Tony Wu / North Pacific humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae kuzira) breaching, Icy Strait, Alaska, USA. July.

Alex Mustard / Split level image of Leather corals (Sarcophyton sp.) flourishing in shallow water close to uninhabited coral islands. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean...

Alex Mustard / Commensal emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) moves across the colourful red patterned surface of its host Candycane sea cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesi...

Alex Mustard / Three Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) living in a purple skirted magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) on a coral reef, below a small island. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indones...

Alex Mustard / Killer whales (Orcinus orca) at the surface in an Arctic fjord in Spildra, northern Norway, with sea birds. Arctic Ocean