Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fisherman, on raft, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Rhzophora mangrove trees, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Mangrove trees (Rhizophora) Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.

Alex Mustard / A fisherman swims down to touch the statue of Christ Of The Abyss (Cristo degli abissi) for good fortune, in the Marine Protected Area of Portofino (Area Marina Protetta, Portofino), Liguria, Italy. M...

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A diver and a hydrothermal chimney. Note that he is obscured by the different temperature waters (from the chimney and the surrounding water) which are unable to mix. The sea water was 4 degrees Celsi...

Alex Mustard / A diver explores Chac Mool Cenote (or sinkhole) Puerto Aventuras, Quintana Roo, Mexico. No release available.

Alex Mustard / Diver explores the cathedral at Silfra Canyon, deep fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates, at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. May 2011....

Alex Mustard / A diver explores Nikulasargj Canyona deep fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. May 2011. In this ph...

Merryn Thomas,Merryn Thomas / Tractor driving through Grape vines (Vitis vinifera), Knightor Winery vineyard, Roseland Peninusla, Cornwall, England, August 2012.

Merryn Thomas / Man taking a photograph of Three Cliffs Bay, Gower, Swansea, Wales. January 2013. Model released.

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) jumping out of the sea, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Highly commended in the Single Species Portfolio of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and yellow sponges (Aplysina cavernicola) on Brioni Steamship wreck, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean. Model released.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver under and between ice formations, Lake Sassolo, Sambuco valley, Ticino, Switzerland. Model released.

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Local man looking down at shoal of Bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) Waigeo island, Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Diver with rebreather inside sea cage used for aquaculture with thousand of Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. Model released.

Franco Banfi / Diver with rebreather inside sea cage used for aquaculture with thousand of Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. Model released.

Milan Radisics / Falconer with Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) to keep other bird away from airport, Budapest Airport, Hungary, March 2009

Graham Eaton,Graham Eaton / A boy swimming crawl stroke in a pool, Egypt, September 2012. Model released

Terry Whittaker / Pete Turner weighs Pine marten (Martes martes). in trap. Part of Pine marten research by the Waterford Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland. August 2008

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and Manta ray (Manta birostris), San Benedicto, Revillagigedo (Socorro) Islands, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver under ice, Sassolo lake, Sambuco valley, Ticino, Switzerland. Model released.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia,Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Portrait of a Balti man, Gilgit, Pakistan, July 2007.

Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Man unloading seaweed, Hambungan Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Eric Baccega / Scientists of the ONCFS with Common hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) ready for release in a wheat field. Grussenheim, Alsace, France, June 2013 Model released.

Pascal Tordeux / Fisherman on Lake Old Forge, Ardennes, France, November 2011. Model released

Pascal Tordeux / Boy on hillside kicking a fungus, which releases its spores, Queyras, France, August 2011. Model released.

Michael Pitts / Mike de Gruy, underwater camerman, in Remora submersible, Mediterranean

Michael Pitts / Cameraman Michael Pitts filming Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Karan Island. Arabian Gulf, June 2009

David Tipling / Tribal performer from the Anglimp District in Waghi Province Western Highlands Papua New Guinea performing at a Sing-sing, Hagen Show Western Highlands Papua New Guinea.With bird of paradise plumes in...

David Tipling / Roika Waria Sing-sing group from Hagen at the Hagen Show in Western Highlands Papua New Guinea. August 2011

David Tipling / Huli Wigmen from the Tari Valley in Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, wearing a bill from Blyth's Hornbill as decoration, August 2011

David Tipling / Aerial walkway through Rainforest canopy at Exploramo Lodge, Iquitos Region, Amazon, Peru

Suzi Eszterhas,Suzi Eszterhas / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) juvenile holding hands with carer. Orangutan Care Center, Borneo, Indonesia.

Suzi Eszterhas,Suzi Eszterhas / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) baby climbing as it is trained to explore, looking down at carer. Orangutan Care Center, Borneo, Indonesia.

Inaki Relanzon / Potholer touching a stalagmite whilst exploring the Graller del Boixaguer cave, Montsec mountains, Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain, May 2012. Model released.

Inaki Relanzon / Potholer exploring the Graller del Boixaguer cave, Montsec mountains, Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain, May 2012. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Andamooka opals held in hand, South Australia, June 2011

Juergen Freund / Junior ranger carries a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) to shore for the scientific research data gathering. Queensland, Australia, May 2011. Model released.

Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Camel herder with Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India

Nick Upton / Girl stroking the head of a female Pygmy goat (Capra hircus) with others in the background, Wiltshire, UK, September. Model released.

Michael Pitts / Diver on the wreck of the US Submarine tender USS Macaw, sunk in the World War II due to a navigation error, Midway atoll, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Sue Daly / Koheru (Decapterus koheru) shoal swiming around diver, Cavalli Islands, New Zealand, February 2013. Model released.

Sue Daly / Diver on the wreck of HMNZS Canterbury, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. February 2013. Model released.

Eric Baccega / Scientists from the French Wildlife Department (ONCFS) placing traps to capture the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) in a wheat field, Alsace, France, April 2013 Model released.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe male feeding {Giraffa camelopardis peralta}. Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe calf {Giraffa camelopardalis peralta}, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe face {Giraffa camelopardis peralta}. Sahel, Niger.

Paul D Stewart / Photomontage of living gecko feet showing a variety of forms. Gecko feet employ very small subdivided filaments to bond with their substrates at the molecular level using Van Der Waals' forces. Every...

Paul D Stewart / Two species of weevil showing the size disparity even in single families of insect. The larger is the Bamboo weevil of East Asia Cyrtotrachelus dux, the smaller is identified (perhaps misidentified) o...

Tui De Roy / Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) male guarding single chick. Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Golden plover Pluvialis apricaria Profile of an adult on open moorland. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK Photographer.Andrew Parkinson

Ernie Janes / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup resting on sand dune, Norfolk Beach, UK January

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Pink asters (Aster novae-angliae) in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Did you know? A honey bee will travel six miles or more on a single foraging flig...

Jenny E. Ross / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) sub-adult male on cliff searching for eggs in Brunnich's Guillemot nests, as gulls look on from above. This unusual behaviour happens when when lack of sea-ice prevents t...

B&S Draker / Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (Battus philenor) pair mating. Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, June.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Osprey (Pandion haliaeetus) in flight, fishing at dawn, Rothiemurchus forest, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, July. Photographer quote: ""This female, caught at first light, has two hungry chicks waiting...

Juergen Freund / Split level of a small island outcrops with a single tree and coral reefs underwater. Sabah, Malaysia, June 2009.

Juergen Freund / A young Bajau woman with burak (face makeup), a paste made from pounded rice and tumeric which also serves as a natural sunblock. Wearing burak signifies the young lady is single and available for mar...

Juergen Freund / A young Bajau woman with burak (face makeup) looking at herself in a scrap of mirror. Burak is a paste made from pounded rice and tumeric and also serves as a natural sunblock. Wearing burak signifies...

Juergen Freund / Split level image of Papuan fisherman standing on his dugout canoe over shallow corals, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, June 2010

Nick Upton / Single Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) running on water surface as it lands in a lagoon, The Camargue, France, May.

Edwin Giesbers / Fire ant (Solenopsis sp) worker, with green plant material behind

Andrew Parkinson / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) head portrait, and single flower of Thrift (Ameria maritima) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July (non-ex)

Laurie Campbell / Heavy build up of hoar frost on a single stem of dead grass. Berwickshire, Scotland, December 2010

Ross Hoddinott / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) single flower, Halsdon woodland, Devon, England, UK. April 2010.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Single White Prickly Poppy (Argemone albiflora) flower, in wildflower meadow, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Wine-Cup (Callirhoe involucrata) in flower, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Aflo / Y-0001 Solitary cloud in blue sky

Aflo / N-17405 Sunflower {Helianthus annuus}

Aflo / N-5703 900-year-old European beech tree in field {Fagus sylvaticus} Bavaria, Germany.

Niall Benvie / MYN / Unfurling single frond of Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) Scotland, UK

Andrew Parkinson / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) looking at a single stem of thrift. July. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

Peter Cairns / naturepl.com / Silhouette of single Eurasian Crane (Grus grus) at dusk, Hornborga, Sweden, April

Alex Hyde / Light micrograph of pond water including single celled algae called desmids {Desmidiaceae sp}

Stephen Dalton / Dandelion {Taraxacum officinale} single seed left on flower head, UK

Niall Benvie / Empty single-track road, Islay, Scotland.

Albert Lleal / SEM close-up of a millipede at 70x magnification showing 2 pair of legs per body section, the attribute distinguishing this group from centipedes which have but a single pair of legs per section

Albert Lleal / SEM close-up of a millipede at 70x magnification showing 2 pair of legs per body section, the attribute distinguishing this group from centipedes which have but a single pair of legs per section

Jose B. Ruiz / Almond trees (Prunus dulcis / Amygdalus communis) in blossom, close up of single flower, Spain

Carol Walker / Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica), adult on ice, South Orkney Islands.

Hans Christoph Kappel / Honey bee in flight {Apis mellifera} Europe

Staffan Widstrand / Bearded seal swimming {Erignathus barbatus} Svalbard, Norway

Pete Oxford / Moulting Katydid {Tettigoniidae}. Amazon, Ecuador

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla juvenile resting {Gorilla g beringei} Virunga NP, Rwanda group

Jose B. Ruiz / Black footed (Jackass) penguin (Spheniscus demersus). Cape Good Hope, South Africa

Claus Meyer / Tiger-striped Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) waving, Amazon rainforest, Brazil

Tui De Roy / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) incubating single egg, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

Mitsuaki Iwago / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult attends to its single egg balanced on its feet, South Georgia Island

Tui De Roy / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) fledgling chicks go to sea with a single adult, Cape Darnley, Davis Sea, Antarctica

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Adelie penguin diving into sea {Pygoscelis adeliae} Paulet Island, Antarctica

Tom Vezo / Polar bear resting {Ursus maritimus} Churchill, Manitoba.

Tom Vezo / Bald eagle {Haliaeetus leucocephalus}. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.

DOC WHITE / Atlantic spotted dolphin {Stenella frontalis} Bahamas

Doug Perrine / Pantropical spotted dolphin leaping high above surface {Stenella attenuata} Kona, Hawai (Non-ex).

Ben Osborne / Piebald / Commersons dolphin surfing {Cephalorhynchus commersonii} Falkland Is