Ashley Cooper / Dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during severe drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA, October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during severe drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA, October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during severe drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA, October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during severe drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA, October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during severe drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA, October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Alex Hyde / Leaf-mimicking moth (Amblychia sp) and dead leaves, Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo.

Cyril Ruoso / Rotten leaf on the forest floor, in tropical rain forest. Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal, Panama.

Cyril Ruoso / Rotten leaf on the forest floor, in tropical rain forest. Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal, Panama.

Cyril Ruoso / Leaf partially skeletonized by insects in tropical rainforest, Barro Colorado Island, Gatun Lake, Panama Canal, Panama.

Cyril Ruoso / Leaf partially skeletonized by insects in tropical rainforest, Barro Colorado Island, Gatun Lake, Panama Canal, Panama.

Jeff Foott / Bigtooth Maple (Acer grandidentatum) leaves on dried mud, Zion National Park, Utah

Solvin Zankl / Pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpionida) on fallen oak tree leaf. Niedersechsische Elbtalaue Biosphere Reserve, Elbe Valley, Lower Saxony, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Land caddisfly larva (Enoicyla pusilla) on fallen oak tree leaf. Niedersechsische Elbtalaue Biosphere Reserve, Elbe Valley, Lower Saxony, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Fly larvae (Fannia sp.) on oak tree leaves. Niedersechsische Elbtalaue Biosphere Reserve, Elbe Valley, Lower Saxony, Germany, December.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Field of Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) with pivot irrigation, field of dried maize behind. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2012.

Kirkendall-Spring / Tobacco drying the traditional way in a barn along Garvey Bridge Road, Wilkes County. North Carolina, USA, October 2013.

Kirkendall-Spring / Tobacco drying the traditional way in a barn along Garvey Bridge Road, Wilkes County. North Carolina, USA, October 2013.

Christian Ziegler / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) eggs that have dried up during drought, Soberania National Park, Panama

Edwin Giesbers / Gecko (Hemidactylus sp.) on dried leaf, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Murray Cooper / Katydid (Typophyllum sp) juvenile mimicking dried leaf, Amazon, Ecuador

David Welling / Female Blue-ringed dancer (Argia sedula) on dried out leaf, Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California False Hellebore (Veratrum californicum) frost-covered leaves, Payette River, Idaho

Anup Shah / Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) baby playing with dried leaf, Indira Gandhi National Park, Western Ghats, India

Robin Chittenden / RF - European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) among dried leaves, portrait, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Grant Maslowski / White-lipped mud turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum) juvenile, resting on dried leaf, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Controlled conditions.

Tim Laman / Snail resting on dried leaf in rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Orellana Province, Ecuador.

Dave Watts / Two men harvesting Mountain pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata) foliage, which will be dried out to make pepper, Northern Tasmania, Australia. January, 2023.

Dave Watts / Two men loading sacks of harvested Mountain pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata) foliage into back of truck. It will be dried out to make pepper, Northern Tasmania, Australia. January, 2023.

Daniel Nunez / Hognose viper (Porthidium nasutum) juvenile, resting on dried leaf, Sierra Caral, Izabal, Guatemala.

Roland Seitre / Five Kuhl's lorys (Vini kuhlii) perched on dried Palm leaf, Rimatara, Austral Islands, French Polynesia. Endangered.

Roman Willi / Crab spider (Runcinia sp.) female, resting on a dried leaf, Ifakara, Tanzania.

Staffan Widstrand / Plane tree (Platanus orientalis) reflecting in water in autumn, Forest of Compiegne, Hauts-de-France, France. October.

Roman Willi / Spiny orbweaver (Micrathena brevipes) resting on a dried leaf, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Roman Willi / Lynx spider (Oxyopes sp.) female, in dried leaf clutching its prey, Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Focus stacked.

David Tipling / Beech (Fagus sp.) woodland in autumn, Perthshire, Scotland, UK. November.

David Noton / Footpath through Hazel (Corylus avellana) woodland in autumn, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK. November.

David Noton / Fog drifting through Beech woodland, nr Nailsworth, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK. November.

Roman Willi / Jumping spider (Corythalia opima) male standing on dried leaf, moving its pedipalps whilst looking at camera. It begins walking and leaves frame, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. February.

Doug Wechsler / Nomad bee (Nomada sp.), a Yellowjacket mimic, resting on dried leaf, Camp Woods Preserve, Pennsylvania, USA. April.

Konrad Wothe / Agile frog (Rana dalmatina) sitting in autumn leaves, Upper Bavaria, Germany. October.

Konrad Wothe / Agile frog (Rana dalmatina) sitting in autumn leaves, Upper Bavaria, Germany. October.

Konrad Wothe / Agile frog (Rana dalmatina) sitting in autumn leaves on forest floor, Upper Bavaria, Germany. October.

Konrad Wothe / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves floating on surface of pond in autumnal woodland, Upper Bavaria, Germany. October.

Konrad Wothe / Honey fungus (Armillariella mellea) growing among autumn leaves on forest floor, Bavaria, Germany. October.

Konrad Wothe / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees in autumn woodland, Upper Bavaria, Germany. October.

Konrad Wothe / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree exposed roots in autumn woodland, Upper Bavaria, Germany. October.

Lynn M. Stone / Piglet among dried autumnal leaves and corn cobs, portrait, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA. November.

Lynn M. Stone / Black Labrador retriever puppy, aged 8 weeks, standing in frost-covered autumn leaves, portrait, Haddam, Connecticut, USA. October.

Maxime Aliaga / Katydid (Tettigoniidae) on dried leaf. Tambopata National Reserve, Peru.

Dave Watts / Ivy (Hedera helix) leaves drying out and dying due to record drought and extreme heatwave with many weeks of high temperatures, 30 to 42 degrees centigrade, caused by climate crisis, Haut Languedoc N...

Dave Watts / Ivy (Hedera helix) leaves drying out and dying due to record drought and extreme heatwave with many weeks of high temperatures, 30 to 42 degrees centigrade, caused by climate crisis, Haut Languedoc N...

Solvin Zankl / Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying back to its nest, carrying dried stalks, Germany. May. Second place in the Other animals category of European Nature Photographer of the Year 2023. Wildli...

Solvin Zankl / Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying back to its nest, carrying dried stalks, Germany. May.

Solvin Zankl / Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying back to its nest, carrying dried stalks, Germany. May.

Solvin Zankl / Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying back to its nest, carrying dried stalks, Germany. May.

Solvin Zankl / Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying back to its nest, carrying dried stalks, Germany. June.

Eric Baccega / Bridal veil stinkhorn (Phallus indusiatus) growing on rainforest floor, Conkouati-Douli National Park, Republic of Congo, Africa.

Doug Wechsler / Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) on dead leaves, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

Will Watson / Blackworm (Lumbriculus variegatus), in pond with leaf detritus, Shropshire, England, UK. April. Controlled conditions.

Chris Mattison / Northern barred frog (Mixophyes schevelli) sitting on dried leaves, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Chris Mattison / Spotted running frog (Kassina maculata) sitting on dried leaf, Tanzania, East Africa.

Chris Mattison / Close up of Pill millipede (Glomeris marginata) on dried leaf, Derbyshire, UK. April, 2011.

Chris Mattison / Close up Pill millipede (Glomeris marginata) curled up in a ball on dried leaf, Derbyshire, UK. April, 2011.

Chris Mattison / Harlequin poison dart frog (Oophaga histrionica) sittingon a dried leaf, Ecuador, South America

Nick Upton / Pile of small sticks and dried leaves arranged by a Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) to camouflage her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and...

Nick Upton / Pile of small sticks and dried leaves arranged by a Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) to camouflage her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and...

Nick Upton / Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) landing at her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell with a small stone to help seal it with on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and northeast Some...

Nick Upton / Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying in with a stick to add to a growing pile of vegetation camouflaging her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope,...

Nick Upton / Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying in with a long, dried plant stem to add to a growing pile of vegetation camouflaging her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk...

Nick Upton / Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying in with a dried grass leaf to add to a growing pile of vegetation camouflaging her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grass...

Nick Upton / Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying to her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell with some dried vegetation to begin camouflaging it with on a chalk grassland slope, Bath an...

Nigel Cattlin / White pesticide spray deposit on a wheat flag leaves on crop coming into ear dried shortly after spraying