Yashpal Rathore / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking water at sunset. Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Felis Images / Melanistic leopard / Black panther (Panthera pardus fusca) drinking, reflected in water. Nagarhole National Park, India. Photo Phillip Ross/Felis Images

Yashpal Rathore / Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) herd drinking and bathing while Crossing River, Jim Corbett National Park, India

Juan Manuel Borrero / Water fountain. Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Karine Aigner / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) male surveys the scene before drinking water. Ndutu area, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) drinking whilst wallowing in a pool, thermoregulating, Ranthambore, India.

Tony Heald / Zebra (Equus burchelli) drinking with Giraffe (Giraffa cameloparalis) behind, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) group drinking from puddle in rock. Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar.

Staffan Widstrand / African buffalo / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) drinking at night with reflections in water, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / African buffalo / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) drinking at waterhole, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) drinking at waterhole, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / African buffalo / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) drinking from waterhole, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / African buffalo / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) drinking form waterhole, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Heather Angel / China nawab (Polyura narcaeus) butterfly drinking at thermal seep. Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China.

Oscar Dewhurst / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag drinking from a lake. Bushy Park, London, UK. September. Cropped

Lucas Bustamante / Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) drinking water inside an Amazonian claylick. Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother and calf drinking at waterhole, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd drinking at waterhole, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana

Andy Rouse / European Paper Wasp, (Polistes dominula), drinking, Bulgaria, June.

Yashpal Rathore / Buffaloes drinking water at the Kambala buffalo races, Karnataka, India, February 2019.

Yashpal Rathore / Gaur (Bos gaurus), female drinking at waterhole, Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera trap image.

Yashpal Rathore / Gau (Bos gaurus), female drinking at waterhole, Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera trap image.

Yashpal Rathore / Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) stag drinking at waterhole Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera trap image.

Yashpal Rathore / Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) drinking water from puddle. Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera trap image.

Yashpal Rathore / Spotted deer / Chital (Axis axis) stag, drinking water from puddle. Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera trap image.

Yashpal Rathore / Gaur (Bos gaurus) male drinking water from waterhole, Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera trap image.

Yashpal Rathore / Spotted Deer / Chital deer (Axis axis) with Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) drinking water at waterhole Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera trap image.

Bernard Castelein / Rufescent tiger-heron (Tigrisoma lineatum ), drinking, juvenile, Pampas del Yacuma Protected Area, Bolivia

Bernard Castelein / Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris), approaching water, Pampas del Yacuma Protected Area, Bolivia

Terry Whittaker / Fallow deer (Dama dama) drinking at water channel through dunes, Netherlands.

Steven David Miller / Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) group drinking and bathing in a bird bath in a campground, Cania Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia. September.

Nick Upton / Asturian mountain cow (Bos taurus) drinking from Lake Enol, Lakes of Covadonga, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, Augsut,

Suzi Eszterhas / Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) drinking water. Rescued from poachers by Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program, awaiting release. Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam. 2014. Captive.

Matthew Maran / Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes) at water trough, North London, England UK

Matthew Maran / Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes) drinking from a water trough, North London, England, UK, October.

Cyril Ruoso / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) group drinking from puddle, Anja Park, Madagascar

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) pausing while taking a drink, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China, April.

David Tipling / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) newly arrived migrant from the continent, drinking and bathing in puddle, North Norfolk, England, UK, October.

David Tipling / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) newly arrived migrant from the continent drinking and bathing in puddle, North Norfolk, England, UK, October.

David Tipling / Fieldfares (Turdus pilaris), newly arrived migrants from the continent drinking and bathing in puddles, North Norfolk, England, UK, October.

David Tipling / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) newly arrived migrant from the continent, drinking in puddle, North Norfolk, England, UK, October.

David Tipling / Redwing (Turdus iliacus) newly arrived migrants drinking at puddle, North Norfolk, England, UK, October.

David Tipling / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) and Redwing (Turdus iliacus) newly arrived migrants from the continent drinking and bathing in puddle. North Norfolk, England, UK. October.

David Tipling / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) newly arrived migrant from the continent, drinking in puddle. North Norfolk, England, UK. October.

Nick Upton / Group of White fronted geese (Anser albifrons) drinking from a freshwater pool on flooded pastureland, Gloucestershire, England, UK, March.

Ann & Steve Toon / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) drinking at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa August

Nick Upton / Flock of Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) and a single Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis) drinking from a freshwater pool on a saltmarsh bordering the Severn estuary, Gloucestershire, UK, Februar...

Will Burrard-Lucas / Black and white image of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole with African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya. Taken with a remote camera buggy / BeetleCam. Editori...

Kerstin Hinze / Slow motion clip of a Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) drinking from a pond in the rain, Lower Saxony, Germany, November.

Kerstin Hinze / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) approaching a pond to drink, Lower Saxony, Germany, November.

Kerstin Hinze / Slow motion clip of a Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) approaching a pond to forage, Lower Saxony, Germany, November.

Colin Varndell / Water vole (Arvicola terrestris) drinking. Dorset, England, UK. June.

Anup Shah / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd drinking at waterhole, Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd drinking at waterhole, Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd drinking at waterhole, Masai Mara, Kenya

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) hind with fawn drinking at water pool in old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UN...

Bruno D'Amicis / Wild boars (Sus scrofa) drinking at water pool in old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNESCO World Herita...

Philippe Clement / Juvenile Southern chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) drinking and jumping across a mountain stream, Pyrenees, Spain, September. Captive.

Philippe Clement / Southern chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) drinking from a mountain stream, Pyrenees, Spain, September. Captive.

Philippe Clement / Two Great tits (Parus major) drinking water from a bird bath, Belgium, July.

Richard Du Toit / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) pair drinking at waterhole, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) drinking at waterhole, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) drinking at waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea) drinking at waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) trying to catch Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) trying to catch Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) trying to catch Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a river, Kimberley, Western Australia

Nick Upton / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) visiting woodland stream to drink at night. Camera trap image. Near Bath, England, UK. June.

David Perpinan / Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) drinking, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain, June.

Luke Massey / Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) drinking water Pantanal, Brazil.

Valeriy Maleev / Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) males drinking Astrakhan Steppe, Southern Russia.

Valeriy Maleev / Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) three drinking, Astrakhan, Southern Russia, Russia. October.

Valeriy Maleev / Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) drinking, Astrakhan, Southern Russia, Russia. Critically endangered species. October.

Valeriy Maleev / Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) drinking, Astrakhan, Southern Russia, Russia. Critically endangered species. October.

Valeriy Maleev / Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) female and male in water, Astrakhan, Southern Russia, Russia. Critically endangered species. October.

Valeriy Maleev / Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) drinking in water, Astrakhan, Southern Russia, Russia. Critically endangered species. October.

Valeriy Maleev / Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) male drinking in water, Astrakhan, Southern Russia, Russia. Critically endangered species. October.

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / Spotted sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus) female drinking at waterhole, Sahara.

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / Spotted sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus) female drinking at waterhole, Sahara.

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / Spotted sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus) male drinking at waterhole, Sahara.

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / Common jackal (Canis aureus) drinking from water hole, Sahara, Niger.

Ashley Cooper / Medecins sans Frontieres volunteer, Makhanga pumping out a ground water drinking well that has been contaminated by polluted flood water after the January 2015 floods. Malawi, March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / Specialist truck that takes water straight from the river and purifies it to drinking standards. In refugee camps for people displaced by the January 2015 flooding, Shire valley, Malawi. March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / Specialist truck that takes water straight from the river and purifies it to drinking standards. In refugee camps for people displaced by the January 2015 flooding, Shire valley, Malawi. March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / Floating solar farm being grid connected on Godley Reservoir in Hyde, Manchester, England, UK. February 2016

Ashley Cooper / Floating solar farm being grid connected on Godley Reservoir in Hyde, Manchester, England, UK. February 2016

Ashley Cooper / Floating solar farm being grid connected on Godley Reservoir in Hyde, Manchester, England, UK. February 2016

Ashley Cooper / Floating solar farm being grid connected on Godley Reservoir in Hyde, Manchester, England, UK. February 2016

Ashley Cooper / Floating solar farm being grid connected on Godley Reservoir in Hyde, Manchester, England, UK. February 2016

Ashley Cooper / Floating solar farm being grid connected on Godley Reservoir in Hyde, Manchester, England, UK. February 2016

Ashley Cooper / Floating solar farm being grid connected on Godley Reservoir in Hyde, Manchester, England, UK. February 2016

Ashley Cooper / Floating solar farm being grid connected on Godley Reservoir in Hyde, Manchester, England, UK. February 2016

Ashley Cooper / Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, elec...

Ashley Cooper / Solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through...

Ashley Cooper / New multimillion dollar desalination plant, built to provide drinking water to cities in Australia during drought which lasted from 1996-2011, Sydney, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Cow drinking from nearly dried up watering hole on a farm near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia. Victoria and New South Wales suffered a drought which lasted between 1996-2011. February 2010.