Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of mining waste and other toxic by-products collected in dry stacks and a big pond, in a large copper mining and hydrometallurgical process plant complex near Gerena, Seville, Spain, Augu...

Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Large Copper (Lycaena dispar) butterfly, Overijssel, Netherlands

Andy Sands / Large Copper Butterfly (Lucaena dispar) Wings open with proboscis fully extended drinking moisture from leaf. UK. Captive.

Andy Sands / Large Copper Butterfly (Lucaena dispar) Wings closed on reed. UK. Captive.

Ashley Cooper / Whitlee wind farm on Eaglesham Moor just south of Glasgow in Scotland, UK, is Europes largest onshore wind farm with 140 turbines and an installed capacity of 322 MW, enough energy to power 180,000 ho...

Jussi Murtosaari / Large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar), female, Finland, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar), female showing under wing, Finland, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar), female, Finland, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar), female, Finland, July.

Willem Kolvoort / Norilsk, a large industrial town above the Arctic Circle, produces Nickle, Palladium, Copper, Cobalt etc and is the largest stationary source of air pollution in Russia. Gases including sulfur diox...

Willem Kolvoort / Norilsk, a large industrial town above the Arctic Circle produces Nickle, Palladium, Copper, Cobalt etc. and is the largest stationary source of air pollution in Russia. Gases including sulfur dioxide...

Willem Kolvoort / Polluted land with dead trees near Norilsk, a large industrial town above the Arctic Circle which produces Nickle, Palladium, Copper, Cobalt etc. and is the largest stationary source of air pollution...

Willem Kolvoort / Norilsk, a large industrial town above the Arctic Circle produces Nickle, Palladium, Copper, Cobalt etc. and is the largest stationary source of air pollution in Russia. Gases including sulfur dioxide...

Nick Upton / Small copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas) landing to nectar on Wild marjoram flowers (Origanum vulgare), with Red-tailed bumblebees (Bombus lapidaries) foraging in the background, Wiltshire, England, U...

Solvin Zankl / Shoal of Glassy sweepers (Pempheris schomburgki) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Kim Taylor / Large Copper (Lycaena dispar) male on grass, Croatia

Pete Oxford / Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) pair hunting Pacific Sardines (Sardinops sagax), Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) hunting Pacific Sardines (Sardinops sagax), Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) hunting Pacific Sardines (Sardinops sagax), Eastern Cape, South Africa

Robert Thompson / Large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar) on flower, Neuf Alschcinne Reserve, Camargue, France, June

Andy Sands / Large Copper Butterfly (Lucaena dispar) With wings open on Dock leaf. UK. Captive.

Andy Sands / Large Copper Butterfly (Lucaena dispar) Wings closed with proboscis fully extended. UK. Captive.

Paul Hobson / Large copper butterfly, female {Lucaena dispar} England, introduced

Paul Hobson / Large copper butterfly {Lucaena dispar} Norfolk, UK

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) flock roosting during high tide, Copper River Delta, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) migrate to breed on arctic coast, roosting during high tide before feeding on worms, insects and crustaceans on mudflats during low tide, Copper River Delta, spring,...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) migrate to breed on arctic coast, feeding on insects, worms and crustaceans on mudflats during low tide, Copper River Delta, spring, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) migrating to breed on arctic coast, large flock flying low over mudflats where they feed on worms, insects and crustaceans in the spring, Copper River Delta, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) migrating to breed on arctic coast, large flock flying low over mudflats where they feed on worms, insects and crustaceans in the spring, Copper River Delta, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) migrating to breed on arctic coast, large flock flying low over mudflats where they feed on worms, insects and crustaceans in the spring, Copper River Delta, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) migrating to breed on arctic coast, large flock flying low over mudflats of Copper River Delta where they feed on worms, insects and crustaceans in the spring, Alask...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) migrating to breed on arctic coast, large flock flying low over mudflats where they feed on worms, insects and crustaceans in the spring, Copper River Delta, Alaska

Norbert Wu / Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) swimming with school of fish, South Australia

Michael Quinton / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) flock flying during spring migration stop-over at the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) flock resting and feeding during spring migration, Copper River Delta, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) flock flying during spring migration over the Copper River Delta which is the largest and most productive wetland on the Pacific coast, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) flock resting on mudflats during spring migration stop-over at the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) flock resting on mudflats with heads tucked under their wings during spring migration stop-over at the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) flock resting on mudflats with heads tucked under their wings during spring migration stop-over at the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) flock resting on mudflats with heads tucked under their wings during spring migration stop-over at the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) flock resting on mudflats with heads tucked under their wings during spring migration stop-over at the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) flock resting on snowy ground during spring migration stop-over at the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Ralph Pace / Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus), San Diego, California

Paul D Stewart / 1674 Copperplate engraving depicting 'Creation of the birds, fishes and large marine life' (Genesis 1. 20-23 Day 5) under the Hebrew divine word of God. 'Let the waters bring forth abundantly the movi...

Robert Thompson / Large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar) Neuf Alschcinne Reserve, Camargue, France, June

Jussi Murtosaari / Large copper (Lycaena dispar) butterfly male in wetland. Ruokolahti, South Karelia, Finland. July.

Robert Pickett / Large Copper Butterfly (Lycaena dispar) in flight through Goldenrod flowers. Captive special breeding group for release into the wild, extinct in the UK.