David Tipling / Tents in a storm with 75 mile per hour winds, at Patriot Hills, Antarctica

Michel Roggo / Sockeye / Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on spawning migration. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

David Tipling / 2020VISION / European hares (Lepus europaeus) running on snow covered arable field, Norfolk, England, UK, February. Did you know? Hares are the fastest land animals in the UK, running at up to 35 mile per hour!

David Tipling / 2020VISION / European hare (Lepus europaeus) in set aside field seeded with Corn Marigolds (Chrysanthemum segetum), Norfolk, England, UK, September. Did you know? Hares are the fastest UK land mammal, sprinting at...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) female hovering over moorland, Glen Tanar Estate, Deeside, Scotland, UK, June. Photographer quote: "I'd been in the hide for over 5 hours when I heard the distant call of...

Norbert Wu / Pacific Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) underwater, fastest fish, 68 miles per hour, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

David Noton / Rush hour traffic. M32, Bristol, England, UK, Europe

Pat Tuson / Commuter cyclists and buses in rush hour traffic, Angel, London Borough of Islington, UK, May 2009

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Eider (Somateria mollissima) pair in spring plumage, Scotland, UK, May. Did you know? Eider ducks can fly at speeds up to 70 miles per hour.

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult female Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight, Bristol, England, UK, March. Did you know? The highest ever recorded speed of a peregrine falcon in flight was 242 mile per hour!

Michael W. Richards / People on bicycles in rush hour through Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Jeff Wilson / The sun never sets during the 24 hour daylight of the Arctic summer, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Norway, July 2009, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Juergen Freund / Bajau / Bajo woman mining corals. These women work a 10-hour day to mine 2 boatloads of coral. Each boatload makes them 80,000 Rupiah (8 US dollars). Wanci, Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 200...

Juergen Freund / A catch of assorted fish being released onto the deck of a fishing boat after an hour or so of dragging the trawl net along the ocean floor. Kudat Bay, Malaysia, June 2009.

Juergen Freund / Women mining corals for a living. They work a 10-hour day to mine 2 boatloads of coral. Each boatload makes them 80,000 Rupiah (8 US dollars). Wanci, Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.

Solvin Zankl / Mature male Long-tailed / Tisza mayfly (Palingenia longicauda) flying over the Tisza River searching for females that are about to hatch half an hour later than the males. River Tisza, Hungary, Centra...

Chadden Hunter / Cameraman, Justin Maguire, makes final adjustments to two timelapse cameras protected by thick plastic covers as a sandstorm approaches at 80km/hour, for the Deserts Episode of the BBC tv series Plane...

James Christensen / Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata), Colon, Panama

Colin Monteath / Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries) flock holds up traffic during peak hour in the South Island, Geraldine, New Zealand

Mark Moffett / Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata) with wings, most painful sting of all ants, Panama

Anup Shah / Giraffe {Giraffa camelpardalis} nuzzling one hour old newborn calf, Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Mark Moffett / Army Ant (Eciton i) soldier fighting two smaller workers of rival army ant (Eciton hamatum) species. The two colonies sparred for an hour in a chance meeting and retreated without fatalities, Barro Co...

Mark Moffett / Two army ant species fighting, larger (Eciton i) and the smaller (Eciton hamatum). The two colonies sparred for an hour in a chance meeting and retreated without fatalities, Barro Colorado Island, Pan...

Mark Moffett / Army Ant (Eciton burchellii), large soldier is cornered by workers of rival army ant (Eciton hamatum) species. The two colonies sparred for an hour in a chance meeting and retreated without fatalities...

Piotr Naskrecki / Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata) carrying a piece of caterpillar prey, Guyana

Christian Ziegler / Looking up into leafless canopy in the winter showing crown shyness, blue hour, Jasmund National Park, Ruegen, Germany

Piotr Naskrecki / Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata) winged male portrait, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata) attacked by an insect eating Sac Fungus (Cordyceps sp), Costa Rica

DAVID TIPLING / Morning rush hour as commuters cycle to work. Bejing, China.

Nick Turner / Thirty mile an hour 'Check speed' sign in village, Gloucestershire, UK 2003

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) captive born and raised named Gongzhu, with her 8 hour old cub at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) captive born and raised named Gongzhu, nursing her 8 hour old cub at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping returning Gongzhu's two-hour-old cub after checking his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping returning Gongzhu's two-hour-old cub after checking his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Gongzhu carrying her 8 hour old cub gently in her mouth, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping removing Gongzhu's two-hour-old cub to check his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolon...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) captive born and raised named Gongzhu, gently carrying her 8 hour old cub in her mouth at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Na...

Norbert Wu / Pacific Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) underwater profile, fastest fish clocked at 68 miles per hour or 110 kilometers per hour, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) wild Andean camelid, family running, maximum speed 45 kilometers per hour, Pampa Galeras Nature Reserve, Peru

Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) wild Andean camelid family running, maximum speed 45 kilometers per hour, Pampa Galeras Nature Reserve, Peru

Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) wild Andean camelid, family running, maximum speed 45 kilometers per hour, Pampa Galeras Nature Reserve, Peru

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) close up of two battling minor workers pulling on each other after fighting for nearly an hour, antennas and limbs begin to pop off under the strain, Malaysia

John Downer / Happy hour for Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus / Cercopithecus aethiops) drinking cocktail on island of St Kitts Caribbean. (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Paul D Stewart / The 'leisure Hour' January 1859, a pickled gorilla propped up with stick from the barrel in which it was preserved. It is a specimen from Paul Du Chaillu intended (as the label on the barrel lid state...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Rick Tomlinson / Tracy Edwards maxi Catamaran "Maiden II" sails into the Solent after breaking the 24 hour record whilst crossing the Atlantic from Newport, Rhode Island to Southampton. ^^^They covered 697 miles in 24...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Rick Tomlinson / Co-skippers, Helena Darvelid and Brian Thompson and navigator, Adrienne Cahalan on Tracy Edward's maxi Catamaran "Maiden II" in Southampton after breaking the 24 hour record whilst crossing the Atlant...

Rick Tomlinson / 60ft trimaran "Primagaz".^^^ It broke the 24 hour sailing record in June 1994 averaging 22.5 knots.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Rick Tomlinson / Tracy Edward's maxi Catamaran "Maiden II" sails into the Solent after breaking the 24 hour record whilst crossing the Atlantic from Newport, Rhode Island to Southampton. ^^^They covered 697 miles in 2...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Tecnomar Velvet 26, Italy. ^^^It has two MTU turbodiesel motors of 2400 HP each, which can push this heavy boat up to 35 knots per hour. Average of about 700 litres of gasoline per hour; with a capaci...

Roberto Rinaldi / Mosaic in the hour of Eustolios at Kourion. The woman is the founding spirit or the creation.

Rick Tomlinson / Flying two hulls aboard "Primagaz", 1993. ^^^ The following year with Laurent Bourgnon at the helm, he won the singlehanded Atlantic record in 7 days, 2 hours and 34 minutes, during which he also took...

Christian Ziegler / Left to right, from top: Blue Helicopter Damselfly (Megaloprepus coerulatus), Mydas Fly (Mydidae), Saw-nosed Planthopper (Cathedra serrata), Metalmark (Lymnas pixe), Grasshopper (Proscopia panamensis)...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Gongzhu caring for her eight-hour-old cub, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China