Fiona Rogers / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) female wading through water to reach for water lily stems to feed on, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. October.

Fiona Rogers / Sub-mature male Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) swimming across a river to reach a new feeding area. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, April 2010.

Anup Shah / Sub-mature male Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) entering the river to swim across to reach a new feeding area. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, April 2010.

Anup Shah / Sub-mature male Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) swimming across a river to reach a new feeding area. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, April 2010.

Fiona Rogers / Sub-mature male Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) swimming across a river to reach a new feeding area. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, April 2010.

Juergen Freund / Erik Koti dives underwater to clean his farmed Giant clams (Tridacna maxima and Tridacna derasa) Onma Lodge, Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands, July 2010. Adult clams, often collected fr...

Ernie Janes / Domestic horse, Chestnut mare trotting in field, clipped, wearing hoof protectors UK, July 2008

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets woman digging away snow so that Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) calf can reach lichens to eat. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) walking through deep snow to reach pastures of lichen in the winter. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Michel Poinsignon / Pasque flowers (Pulsatilla vulgaris) in rain, Lorraine, France, April. 3rd Prize in the Other Nature Topics category of Melvita Nature Images Awards 2013.

Doc White / Women on boat reach out towards two Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) spy-hopping, Eastern Pacific

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tourists and Russian crew from icebreaker "Sovetskiy Soyuz" taking part in the 'Polar Plunge' when they reach the North Pole, 1998.

Neil Lucas / Doug Allan, BBC cameraman and another, walking across ice to reach ice-hole for underwater filming, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

Fiona Rogers / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Fiona Rogers / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) female carrying infant 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Fiona Rogers / Male Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Fiona Rogers / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Anup Shah / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Anup Shah / Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi) 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Anup Shah / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Anup Shah / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) mother carrying baby 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Anup Shah / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) mother carrying baby 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Anup Shah / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) mother carrying baby 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Anup Shah / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Anup Shah / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) mother carrying baby 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Fiona Rogers / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Fiona Rogers / Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) female carrying baby on her back 'hopping' across open ground to reach new feeding area, Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar, October

Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Female European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) crossing road to reach breeding grounds to lay eggs, Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve, Serbia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Female European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) crossing road to reach breeding grounds to lay eggs, with car on road, Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve, Serbia, June 2009

Nick Upton / Freshwater stream carving through rocks to reach the sea. Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall, UK.

Piper Mackay / Black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) stretching to reach leaves to eat in the rainforest, Soberania NP, Panama

Piper Mackay / Black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) female hanging by tail to reach food with baby sitting below, Soberania NP, Panama

Suzi Eszterhas / Herd of goats running to reach a water trough provided by the Namunyak water project, Namunyak Conservancy, Northern Rangelands Trust, Kenya

Francis Abbott / The arid mountains of the Sinai reach the shores of the Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. It is mid August and the dust filled air is at 50 degrees centigrade.

Solvin Zankl / Pompilid wasp {Pompilidae} digging hole in sand to reach the Golden wheel spider in its burrow beneath the sand, Namib desert, Namibia

Jane Burton / Bay mare and filly, filly bending her knees in order to reach down and sniff the grass, UK

Solvin Zankl / Male deep-sea Anglerfish {Lophiiformes}, while females may reach a length of 18 centimetres or more, males remain under 3 centimetres. After a larval and adolescent free-living stage, they spend the r...

Norbert Wu / Lion's Mane (Cyanea capillata) jellyfish bell can reach three meters diameter and weigh one ton, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, reach the sea after crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia

Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, reach the sea after crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia

Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, reach the sea after crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia

Doug Perrine / Group of Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, crawling down beach from nest to reach the sea, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Austral...

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) sign, tree stripped of bark to reach tree sap, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

Albert Lleal / Passion Flower (Passiflora sp) tendril used to climb up other plants to reach light, native world wide, except Europe and Antarctica

Pete Oxford / Waterwheel driven by two oxen. As the water level drops more metal buckets are added to reach the water, Rajasthan, India, 2006

Pete Oxford / Waterwheel driven by two oxen. As the water level drops more metal buckets are added to reach the water, Rajasthan, India, 2006

Pete Oxford / Iguanid lizards (Oplurus cuvieri) Two males fighting for territory. Ankarafantsika Strict Nature Reserve, Western dry-deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR . These are medium sized iguanas. This sub-group of t...

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) silverback stripping bark from a Eucalyptus tree to reach the sap, Rwanda

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) the largest living terrestrial invertebrate, can reach a weight of nine pounds and a leg span of over three feet, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Willem Kolvoort / Underwater view of Fringed water lily (Nymphoides peltata) leaves start red underwater in spring but turn green as soon as they reach surface, Lake Naarden, Holland

Pete Oxford / African elephant {Loxidonta africana} stretching trunk up to reach seed pods. Manu pools NP, Zimbabwe

Andrew Parkinson / Water vole {Arvicola terrestris} standing up to reach overhanging berries, Cromford Canal, Derbyshire, UK sequence 2/4

Andrew Parkinson / Water vole {Arvicola terrestris} standing up to reach overhanging berries, Cromford Canal, Derbyshire, UK sequence 3/4

Jabruson / Male Sitatunga {Tragelaphus spekei} dunking to reach seeds, Maya Maya Nord Bai, Odzala NP, Congo, West Africa

Jabruson / Male Sitatunga {Tragelaphus spekei} dunking to reach seeds , Maya Maya Nord Bai, Odzala NP Congo, West Africa

John Downer Productions / Meander in River Wye, Longhope Reach, Gloucestershire, UK

John Downer Productions / River Wye, meander at Longhope Reach, Gloucestershire, UK.

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) colony forming a bridge by climbing over each other to reach new feeding grounds, Papua New Guinea

Sumio Harada / Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) swimming across raging middle fork of the Flathead River to reach Walton Goat Lick, Glacier National Park, Montana

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) young snake in water with duckweed, species is largest snake on earth and can reach 11 meters in length, native to tropical South America

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) colony forming a bridge by climbing over each other to reach new feeding grounds, Papua New Guinea

Norbert Wu / Candy Cane Sea Star (Fromia monilis) within arms reach of a Feather Star (Comanthina nobilis), Philippines

Norbert Wu / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) group seeking rookery, may walk 100 miles to reach rookery, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) group seeking rookery, may walk 100 miles to reach rookery, Antarctica

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) colony climbing over leaves to reach new feeding grounds, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) colony climbing over leaves to reach new feeding grounds, Papua New Guinea

Norbert Wu / Lion's Mane (Cyanea capillata) jellyfish bell can reach three meters in diameter and weigh one ton, Arctic

Flip Nicklin / Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) largest freshwater fish in the world can reach lengths of 10 feet and weigh up to 440 pounds, native to Amazonia

Norbert Wu / Lion's Mane (Cyanea capillata) jellyfish bell can reach three meters diameter and weigh one ton, Arctic

Norbert Wu / Medusa (Desmonema glaciale) occurs near the surface, bell can reach over one meter in diameter, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) three seeking rookery, may walk 100 miles to reach rookery, Antarctica

David Fleetham / Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatis ocellatus) swimming along closely accompanied by reef fish. Hawaii. The spotted eagle ray can reach over six feet in wingspan and is related to sharks.

Roland Seitre / Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) hanging from branch over water to drink. Captive, occurs in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand. Endangered species.

Roland Seitre / Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) captive, native to South and Central America.

Paul D Stewart / Elephant bird egg (Aepyornis maximus) 30cm compared to a Calliope hummingbird egg (Stellula calliope) 12mm. The Aepyornis egg volume holds around 7 to 10 litres, the hummingbird's a few millilitres. T...

Paul D Stewart / Fossil of Traumatocrinus hsui, a crinoid, Xiaowa formation, Guizhou, China. Calyx and arms about 20 cm. stem could reach over a meter. Late Triassic/early Jurassic. This type of pelagic crinoid attach...

Paul D Stewart / Illustrations of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) 'Tommy'. Caption reads, 'Chimpanzee or African Orang-Utan, Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park'. Mezzotint engraving with hand tinting, by George Scharf, p...

Onne van der Wal / A Concordia sloop in the foreground of the harbour during the Eggemoggin reach regatta, Brooklin, Maine, USA.

Onne van der Wal / A wild dolphin surfaces under the bow of 88ft sloop "Shaman" in Fjordland, a World Heritage Site in South Island, New Zealand. Model Released and Property Released.^^^ Only a handful of yachts reach t...

Onne van der Wal / Light air drifting conditions during the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, Brooklin, Downeast Maine, USA.

Angelo Giampiccolo / The wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom of the sea for over sixty years. It is sa...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Motorbikes and other cargo aboard the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Motorbikes and other cargo aboard the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom...

Rick Tomlinson / Owner Jan-Eric Osterlund on the deck at the bow of Superyacht "Adele", during her maiden voyage through the icy waters of Spitsbergen, in Norway's Arctic Circle. ^^^ Osterlund has created in Adele his...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Motorbikes and other cargo aboard the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Motorbikes and other cargo aboard the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom...

Angelo Giampiccolo / High performance motoryacht "Azzurra 63'" off Procida Island, Italy. The luxury yacht was built by Naples-based specialist Cantieri di Baia. It is 18.90 metres long ^^^and can reach speeds of 63 knots...

Angelo Giampiccolo / High performance motoryacht "Azzurra 63'" off Procida Island, Italy. The luxury yacht was built by Naples-based specialist Cantieri di Baia. It is 18.90 metres long ^^^and can reach speeds of 63 knots...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Two women sitting on the foredeck of high performance motoryacht "Azzurra 63'", as it cruises off Procida Island, Italy. The luxury yacht was built by Naples-based specialist Cantieri di Baia. It is 1...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Diver exploring the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom of the sea for ov...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Motorbikes and other cargo aboard the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has lain at the bottom...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Two large Dentex fish and a diver exploring the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm which is located in the Straits of Gubal, Northern Red Sea. She was sunk by German bomber planes in World War II ^^^and has...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Two women sitting on the foredeck of high performance motoryacht "Azzurra 63'", as it cruises off Procida Island, Italy. The luxury yacht was built by Naples-based specialist Cantieri di Baia. It is 1...

Angelo Giampiccolo / Woman filming from the foredeck of high performance motoryacht "Azzurra 63'", as it cruises off Procida Island, Italy. The luxury yacht was built by Naples-based specialist Cantieri di Baia. It is 18....

Angelo Giampiccolo / High performance motoryacht "Azzurra 63'" off Procida Island, Italy. The luxury yacht was built by Naples-based specialist Cantieri di Baia. It is 18.90 metres long ^^^and can reach speeds of 63 knots...

Angelo Giampiccolo / High performance motoryacht "Azzurra 63'" off Procida Island, Italy. The luxury yacht was built by Naples-based specialist Cantieri di Baia. It is 18.90 metres long ^^^and can reach speeds of 63 knots...