Will Watson / Log boat regatta on Lake Niassa (Lake Malawi) featuring the woman's race, Cebuè, Niassa Province, Mozambique. March 2009

Philippe Clement / Broken shells of European pond turtle eggs (Emys orbicularis) dug out by Hoopoe (Upupa epops), La Brenne, France

Gary K. Smith / Freshly dug new potatoes, 'Arran Pilot' tubers in sieve, UK, May.

Gary K. Smith / Freshly dug 'charlotte' potatoes in gardener's hands, UK, June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Peat bog with blocks dug out, Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Tui De Roy / Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) incubating eggs inside freshly dug burrow, Isla Martilla, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Fabio Liverani / Sassi, houses dug into the tuff rock, Matera at night, Basilicata, Southern Italy, June 2009

Fabio Liverani / Two people walking down steps, Sassi, houses dug into the tuff rock, Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy, June 2009

Fabio Liverani / Old abandoned Sassi, houses dug into the tuff rock, Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy, June 2009

Gary K. Smith / First early new potatoes (Solanum tuberosum} 'Arran Pilot', freshly dug tubers being gathered in china bowl, Norfolk, UK, May

Fabio Liverani / Sassi, houses dug into the soft tuff rock, Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy, June 2009

Fabio Liverani / Sassi, houses dug into the tuff rock, Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy, June 2009

Fabio Liverani / Sassi, houses dug into the tuff rock, Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy, June 2009

Fabio Liverani / Sassi, houses dug into the tuff rock, Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy, June 2009

Alan Williams / Peat dug for fuel, Yell, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June 2006

Tim Laman / A crab and fish pond dug in the manngroves with the caretakers house in the background, Kedah, Malaysia. May 2006

Tim Laman / Freshly dug fish or shrimp ponds carved out of the mangroves in the Sungai Petani area, Kedah, Malaysia. May 2006

Tim Laman / Freshly dug channels and pools to be used as fish or shrimp ponds, carved out of mangroves. Kedah, Malaysia. May 2006

Shattil & Rozinski / Hole being dug by an American badger (Taxidea taxus) Wyoming, USA

Juergen Freund / Papuans in traditional dug-out fishing canoes, Papua New Guinea. 2008

Juergen Freund / Papuans in traditional dug-out fishing canoes, Papua New Guinea. 2008

Juergen Freund / Papuans in traditional dug-out fishing canoe, Papua New Guinea. 2008

Gary K. Smith / Freshly dug home grown leeks (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum), 'Musselburgh' in blue wooden trug, January.

Roy Mangersnes / Peat blocks dug from peat bog and laid out to dry, East Falkland Island. November

Roy Mangersnes / Peat blocks dug from peat bog and laid out to dry, East Falkland Island. November

Solvin Zankl / Trench digger beetles {Lepidochora sp} dug into the sand on a sand dune, Namib Desert, Namibia

Gary K. Smith / Freshly dug home grown organic Carrots {Daucus carota} 'early nantes', Norfolk, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum). Freshly dug root of red skinned salad potato - Roseval variety. England, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum). Freshly dug root of red skinned salad potato - Roseval variety. England, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / Male Blackbird {Turdus merula} collecting worms on freshly dug vegetable plot, Norfolk, UK, April

Pete Oxford / Guide punting a Tourist in Makoro (dug-out canoe) Okavango delta, Botswana.

Adrian Davies / Peat blocks dug from peat bog and laid out to dry, Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.

Adrian Davies / Peat blocks dug from peat bog and laid out to dry, Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.

Adrian Davies / Peat blocks dug from peat bog and laid out to dry, Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.

Adrian Davies / Peat blocks dug from peat bog and laid out to dry, Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.

Adrian Davies / Bog oak tree roots dug from peat bog, Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.

Pete Oxford / Quechua indian making coil ceramic bowls from clay dug out from the upper reaches of the Napo river, Ecuador, June 2005

Pete Oxford / Quechua indian making coil ceramic bowls from clay dug out from the upper reaches of the Napo river, Ecuador, June 2005

Pete Oxford / Quechua indian (Ximena Cerda) making coil ceramic bowls from clay dug out from the upper reaches of the Napo river, Ecuador, June 2005

Pete Oxford / Quechua indian (Ximena Cerda) making coil ceramic bowls from clay dug out from the upper reaches of the Napo river, Ecuador, June 2005

PREMAPHOTOS / Eastern box turtle {Terrapene carolina carolina} female laying eggs in newly dug hole, South Carolina, USA

Nature Production / Maleo fowl {Macrocephalon maleo} egg laid in nest dug in sand, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jean E. Roche / Great Yellow Gentiana (Gentiana lutea) being dug up. Roots are used in the production of alcohol liqueur. Cantal, France

Jean E. Roche / Great Yellow Gentian (Gentiana lutea) being dug up for its roots, which are used in the production of alcohol liqueur, Cantal, France

Jean E. Roche / Great Yellow Gentian (Gentiana lutea) crop. Roots are used in the production of alcohol liqueur, Cantal, France

Jean E. Roche / Great Yellow Gentian (Gentiana lutea) being dug up for its roots, which are used in the production of alcohol liqueur, Cantal, France

Jean E. Roche / Great Yellow Gentian (Gentiana lutea) being dug up for its roots, which are used in the production of alcohol liqueur , Cantal, France

Konstantin Mikhailov / Fossil limb of small dinosaur being dug up in Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Pete Oxford / Gold mining pits dug in previous rainforest habitat, Andranotsimaty village, Madagascar. This mining encroaches on last remaining refuge of golden crowned sifakas, an endangered endemic primate.

Richard Du Toit / Young Suricate / Meerkat {Suricata suricata} waits for food dug up by adult, Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Tourists on safari in Makoro (dug out canoe) Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Constantinos Petrinos / Veined / Marginated octopus {Octopus marginatus} climbs into shell for protection and buries it in seabed using its funnel and legs. Shells are found in seabed and dug up and cleaned by octopus. Lembe...

Constantinos Petrinos / Veined / Marginated octopus {Octopus marginatus} carries shell across seabed before climbing into it for protection. Shells are found in seabed and dug up and cleaned by octopus. Lembeh, Sulawesi, Ind...

Constantinos Petrinos / Veined / Marginated octopus {Octopus marginatus} carries shell across seabed before climbing into it for protection. Shells are found in seabed and dug up and cleaned by octopus. Lembeh, Sulawesi, Ind...

Constantinos Petrinos / Veined / Marginated octopus {Octopus marginatus} joins two half coconut shells to form complete shell for protection and buries itself in seabed. Shells are found in seabed and dug up and cleaned by o...

Constantinos Petrinos / Veined / Marginated octopus {Octopus marginatus} joins two half coconut shells to form complete shell for protection. Shells are found in seabed and dug up and cleaned by octopus. Lembeh, Sulawesi, In...

Constantinos Petrinos / Veined / Marginated octopus {Octopus marginatus} joins two half coconut shells to form complete shell for protection. Shells are found in seabed and dug up and cleaned by octopus. Lembeh, Sulawesi, In...

PREMAPHOTOS / Leioheterodon modestus snake swallows frog it has dug out of damp sand in tropical dry forest, Madagascar

Shane P. White / Woman paddling dug-out canoe, Mbonegi River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Shane P. White / Old dug-out canoe on riverbank, Mbonegi River, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Paul D Stewart / Copper engraving of dinosaur femur, from Robert Plot's 1677 'Natural History of Oxfordshire'. Dug out of a quarry in 'the Parish of Cornwell' in Oxfordshire on the land of (and donated by) Sir Thomas...

Barry Bland / Dugout canoes travelling up a river.

Barry Bland / Man punting a dugout canoe.

Barry Bland / Dugout canoe full of sand, travelling up a river.

Barry Bland / Local men whale fishing from the beach, Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean. They have a license from the whaling commission to take 2 whales a year in order to maintain their indigenous...

Roberto Rinaldi / Children in small handmade canoes gather around the boats with tourists aboard asking them to throw coins for them to dive after. Palawan, Philippines.

Konrad Wothe / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) juveniles and calf drinking from holes they have dug, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

Theo Allofs / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking water out of self-dug hole in dry river bed, Skeleton Coast, Namib Desert, Namibia

Roberto Rinaldi / Salt pans dug in rock, the production of sea salt has a long tradition on the Mediterranean island of Gozo. Marsalforn, Gozo, Malta

Roberto Rinaldi / Salt pans dug in rock, the production of sea salt has a long tradition on the Mediterranean island of Gozo. Marsalforn, Gozo, Malta

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sp) nest being dug up by Aboriginals, ants are considered a delicacy, Australia

Diana Richards Cronk / Kalahari bushman sitting by tuber dug from ground Kalahari desert South Africa

Pete Oxford / Group of prisoners working at Lake Katwe Salt works, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. February, 2023. Saline water is evaporated from dug earthen ponds to produce rock salt and 'muddy&apo...

Pete Oxford / Woman working at Lake Katwe salt works, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. February, 2023. Saline water is evaporated from dug earthen ponds to produce rock salt and 'muddy' salt used fo...

Pete Oxford / Man working at Lake Katwe salt works, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. February, 2023. Saline water is evaporated from dug earthen ponds to produce rock salt and 'muddy' salt used for...

Pete Oxford / Woman working at Lake Katwe salt works, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. February, 2023. Saline water is evaporated from dug earthen ponds to produce rock salt and 'muddy' salt used fo...

Pete Oxford / People working at Lake Katwe salt works, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. February, 2023. Saline water is evaporated from dug earthen ponds to produce rock salt and 'muddy' salt used f...

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother and calf drinking from hole they dug in dry river bed, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana, sequence 3 of 3

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother and calves drinking from hole they dug in dry river bed, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana, sequence 2 of 3

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother and calves drinking from hole they dug in dry river bed, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana, sequence 1 of 3

Shane Gross / Aerial view of archeological site showing pits dug to trap fish by the indiginous people along rocky shoreline, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.July, 2022.

Tui De Roy / American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) predating Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs dug up by another female, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Tui De Roy / American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) pair predating Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs dug up by another female, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Tui De Roy / American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) predating Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs dug up by another female, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Tui De Roy / American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) group predating Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs dug up by another female, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Tui De Roy / American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) predating Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs dug up by another female, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Tui De Roy / American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) pair predating Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs dug up by another female, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Charlie Summers / American badger (Taxidea taxus) on freshly dug burrow in a thicket of Spiny greasewood (Glossopetalon spinescens), North Park, Colorado, USA.

Tui De Roy / Blunthead triggerfish (Pseudobalistes naufragium), female protecting eggs in shallow nest dug in sand, Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands.

Alan Williams / Polymorphic sweat bee (Halictus rubicundus) emerged from nest hole dug between block paving stones in path at house, Cheshire, UK, April.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Selkup man, Gennadiy Kubolev, in dug-out canoe known as an anty, heading fishing on River Shirta. Krasnoselkup, Yamalo-Nenets, Western Siberia, Russia.

Nigel Cattlin / Couch grass rhizomes (Elymus repens), dug up from an established vegetable garden and capable of invasive regrowth Berkshire, England, UK.

Michel Roggo / Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus), fighting over burrow dug in soft limestone ground. Lake Neuchatel, close to Boudry, Canton of Neuchatel, Switzerland. October. Photographed for The Freshwat...