David Perpinan / Carapacial fracture in a gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) after being hit by a car. Rehabilitation Centre, Georgia, United States. Small repro only

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Genet (Genetta sp) for sale as bushmeat alongside the road, Sichuan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Beaver or Nutria, for sale as bushmeat alongside the road, Sichuan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Genet (Genetta sp0 for sale as bushmeat alongside the road, Sichuan, China

Ashley Cooper / Maggots on a dead sheep

Ashley Cooper / Lamb killed by a Greater Black Backed Gull (Larus marinus) that pecked its eyes out, Anglesey coast, Wales, UK.

Emanuele Biggi / Lava lizard (Microlophus peruvianus) juvenile peering out of eye of dead sea lion. Paracas National Reserve, Peru. Highly commended in the Animals in their Environment Category of Wildlife Photographe...

Emanuele Biggi / Various parts of South American yellow-footed tortoises (Chelonoidis denticulata), Vulnerable species, and terrapin species from the Amazon basin are sold for food in the Belen market, Iquitos, Peru....

Robin Chittenden / Dead man's finger fungus (Xylaria polymorpha), Sri Lanka.

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) mummified juvenile which was carried for several weeks after death by his mother. Bossou, Republic of Guinea

Sylvain Cordier / South American gray fox (Lycalopex griseus) adult eating a head of brown hare. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Alex Mustard / Yellow wentletrap snail (Epitonium sp.) feeding on Cup coral (Tubastraea sp.). Snail laying clutch of eggs. Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. South East Asia. Horseshoe Bay, Sa...