Ashley Cooper / Storm Desmond wreaked havoc across Cumbria with floods and destruction. The super saturated ground failed in many places leaving landslip scars on many of the fellsides, this one is on Stone Arthur ab...

Jen Guyton / Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), Rüppell's griffon vultures (Gyps rueppelli) and white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) at the carcass of an elephant (Loxodonta africana), as the night and day shifts...

Lucas Bustamante / Ecuadorian toadhead (Bothrocophias campbelli) with Mosquito (Culicidae) feeding on its head, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mountain tragacanth (Astragalus sempervirens) a spiny plant growing in limestone areas, often on gravelsand in rocky places. Sibillini, Umbria, Italy, June.

Andy Sands / Scarlet Elfcup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) a winter fungi that appears on dead twigs in damp shady places often partially buried in moss, Bedfordshire, England, UK, January . Focus stacked image

Andy Sands / Scarlet Elfcup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) a winter fungi that appears on dead twigs in damp shady places often partially buried in moss, Bedfordshire, England, UK, January . Focus stacked image

Alex Hyde / Church in the village of Fliess. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.

Alex Hyde / Church in the village of Fliess. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June. Digitally stitched panorma.

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) approaching ship, Svalbard, Norway. Arctic. September.

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on pack ice, Svalbard, Arctic Norway. September.

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on pack ice, Svalbard, Norway. Arctic. September.

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on pack ice, Svalbard, Norway. Arctic. September.