David Tipling / Bush fire near Charter Towers in Queensland, Northern Australia, October

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) tusks being burnt after confiscation from poachers. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 1990.

John Abbott / Chilean rose / flame / fire / red-haired tarantula (Grammostola rosea) female, from South America

John Abbott / Chilean rose / flame / fire / red-haired tarantula (Grammostola rosea) pair mating, female on left, male on right, from South America

Inaki Relanzon / Volcanic eruption, Eyjafjallajokull, near the Myrdalsjokull glacier, South Iceland, april 2010.

Richard Du Toit / Fire in dry season burning agricultural fields, Western Cape, South Africa

Juan Carlos Munoz / Eyjafjallajkull volcano erupting, Fimmvruhls area, Iceland, 7th of April 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / Eyjafjallajkull volcano erupting, Fimmvruhls area, Iceland, 5th of April 2010

Rod Clarke / John Downer Produ / Flame scallops (Chlamys) clap their shells together to propel themselves away from predators. (Resolution restriction due to image digitised from film - 'Weird Nature' BBC tv series)

David Gallan / Dead trees continue to burn long after a bushfire has swept through forest in New South Wales, Australia. December 2019.

David Gallan / Dead trees continue to burn long after a bushfire has swept through forest in New South Wales, Australia. December 2019.

David Gallan / Bushfire in a moist gully near the Clyde River, New South Wales, Australia. This wet gully is normally resistant to fire but has succumbed after months of severe drought and record-breaking temperatur...