Geoff Simpson / Horse chestnut tree sticky bud opening {Aesculus hippocastanum} England

Tony Phelps / Extracting venom from Puff adder {Bitis arietans} at Liverpool school of tropical medicine, UK

David Tipling / Xray of shot Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) showing gun shot lodged in muscle, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

Ann & Steve Toon / Devil's claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) fruit, Tswalu Kalahari private game reserve, Northern Cape, South Africa, January 2012

Mark Taylor / Black-and-white tuxedo kitten being given pill by Vet, Miriam, with a pill-giver. Model released

Suzi Eszterhas / Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris) veterinarian Mike Murray performing surgery on captured otter to remove time depth recorder as part of long term study, Big Sur Coastline, California, USA September...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination kit including two-part vaccine components, syringes and hard-case for use in the field. Showing label on vial. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, Se...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination notes. Details are kept of all traps that have been tripped, and basic health checks are noted of all badgers vaccinated. Cheshire / Shropshire bor...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccine being administered by Shropshire Wildlife Trust in autumn 2012, with BBC film crew observing. The badger is then sprayed with a stock-marker paint mark...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccine being taken into syringe for field vaccination. The vaccine is prepared in two parts prior to administration. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, Septemb...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccinator preparing syringe for vaccination in the rain at rear of vehicle. Protective clothing is worn to protect both badger and vaccinator. Cheshire / Shro...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccinator preparing syringe for vaccination in the rain. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, September 2012.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination kit including two-part vaccine components, syringes and hard-case for use in the field. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, September 2012.