Lisa Hoffner / A baby orphan Elephant (Loxodonta africana), named Murka, wounded by a poacher's spear is comforted by the touch of another elephant's trunk from outside its pen. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Eleph...

Gerry Ellis / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) female showing finger lost to poacher's trap, Virunga Mountains, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jabruson / Dead Black fronted duiker {Cephalophus nigrifrons} carried by poacher. Virunga NP DR of Congo

Neil Aldridge / Belgian Shepherd dog, young dog trained as rhino protection dog during poacher tracking training. Animals Saving Animals training facility, England. This dog will be deployed to Botswana of Rhino Cons...

Claudio Contreras / Poacher harvesting Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) eggs from nest, Arribada, Playa Morro Ayuta, Oaxaca state, southern Mexico, Vulnerable species.

Tom Gilks / Wildlife poaching patrol unit on horseback investigate a poacher's den Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this entire load...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this entire load...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this entire load...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this entire load...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this entire load...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) including female with eggs, to be bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enfor...

Andy Sands / Downland bee-fly (Villa cingulata) male, this rare southern species is usually seen on calcareous grassland in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Kerstin Hinze / Greater bee fly (Bombylius) nectaring from Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) flowers, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, April.

Kerstin Hinze / Greater bee fly (Bombylius) nectaring from Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) flowers, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, April.

Kerstin Hinze / Greater bee fly (Bombylius) nectaring from Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) flowers, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, April.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a Bumblebee (Bombus) nectaring on a Marsh gladiolus (Gladiolus palustris), with a Bee fly (Bombyliidae) flying nearby, Bavaria, Germany, July.

Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of a Dark edged bee fly (Bombylius major) nectaring from a Primrose flower (Primula vulgaris), Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.

Rod Williams / Dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major) Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April.

Nick Upton / Downland villa bee fly (Villa cingulata) feeding on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Wiltshire, UK, July, Locally Endangered species.

Bernard Castelein / Beefly (Bombyllus major) on sand, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, March.

Michael Hutchinson / Large Bee-fly (Bombylius major) feeding on forget-me-not flowers, April, Bristol, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Large bee fly (Bombylius major) close-up showing proboscis, Bristol, UK, April.

Michael Hutchinson / Large bee fly (Bombylius major), hanging upside-down from Japanese Maple, Bristol, UK, May.