Yashpal Rathore / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female (T27) acting cautiously as dominant male (T29) approaches watering hole Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera trap image.

Olga Kamenskaya / Pyramidal ice fragment reflected on the surface of Lake Baikal. Ice fragment acting as a prism refracting light into rainbow. Siberia, Russia, March.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years acting aggressively towards alpha male 'Foaf' aged 30 years, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011. Sequence 4...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) running with their wings raised following a carer in a crane costume acting as a surrogate parent, Somerset Levels, England, UK, S...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Four young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) following two carers acting as surrogate parents out of their electric fenced, fox-proof enclosure, Somerset Levels, England, UK, September 2012

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) feeding on grain scattered around adult crane models alongside a carer wearing a crane costume acting as a surrogate parent, Somer...

Kristel Richard / Wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) habituated to humans acting as sentry and standing alert on local guide's head for height, Makgadikgadi Pans, Kalahari desert, Botswana. No release available.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Autumnal reeds and grasses abstract, Forsinard Flows RSPB reserve, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, October. Did you know? In the UK alone, the services wetlands provide, such as cleaning water and acting as...

Jack Dykinga / Navajo Falls with travertine formations in the river acting as circular-shaped spill ways, Havasupai Reservation, Arizona, USA

David Hall / Arcfin shrimpgoby (Amblyeleotris arcupinna) and Snapping shrimp (Alpheus sp), blind shrimp maintaining contact with goby via antenna. Mutualism with shrimp maintaining burrow and goby acting as lookou...

Heather Angel / Chilean monkey flower (Mimulus naiandinus). The lower lip has a groove to guide the pollinator's proboscis to the nectar source, with red spots acting as nectar guides. Cultivated in garden, Surre...

Nick Garbutt / Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) acting as a lookout sentinel outside its burrow. Ladakh, northern India.

Alex Mustard / Pair of Yellowbelly hamlets (Hypoplectrus aberrans) spawning at dusk. Hamlets are one of the few vertebrate species that are true hermaphrodites, here the fish with the open mouth is acting as a male...

Alex Mustard / Pair of Barred hamlets (Hypoplectrus puella) spawning at dusk . Hamlets are one of the few vertebrate species that are true hermaphrodites, here the fish in the foreground is acting as a male, but thi...

Tom Gilks / Water filled bottle fixed into a tin roof, dispersing sunlight and acting as a natural lightbulb. Kenya. April 2013.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Highway acting as a barrier for wildlife, Laurel Curve, Highway 17, Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Highway acting as a barrier for wildlife, Laurel Curve, Highway 17, Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey Bay, California

Doug Perrine / Male Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) acting aggressively towards another smaller male, Molokai Island, Hawaii, USA.

Anup Shah / Eastern Black-and-white Colobus (Colobus guereza) female acting aggressively towards her baby aged 2-3 months. Kakamega Forest South, Western Province, Kenya

Pal Hermansen / Abandoned rusty car in 'car graveyard' acting as a greenhouse with plants growing inside, Varmland, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Abandoned rusty car in 'car graveyard' acting as a greenhouse with plants growing inside, Varmland, Sweden, July

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years acting aggressively towards alpha male 'Foaf' aged 30 years who then 'kisses' him on the forehead to diffuse the situatio...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years acting aggressively towards alpha male 'Foaf' aged 30 years, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011. Sequence 3...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years acting aggressively towards alpha male 'Foaf' aged 30 years, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011. Sequence 2...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years acting aggressively towards alpha male 'Foaf' aged 30 years, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011. Sequence 1...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) standing, drinking and feeding alongside a carer dressed in a crane costume acting as a surrogate parent, within a fox-proof initial release enclosu...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) walking with two carers in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents, Somerset Levels, England, UK, September 2012

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) being led out of a fox-proof enclosure by two carers in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents, Somerset Levels, England, UK, September 2012

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) feeding on grain alongside two carers dressed in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents, Somerset Levels, England, UK, Septemb...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) feeding on grain scattered around adult crane models, alongside two carers dressed in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents,...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) walking with two carers dressed in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents within a fox-proof initial release enclosure, Somers...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) walking with a carer dressed in a crane costume acting as a surrogate parent, Somerset Levels, England, UK, September 2012

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) walking with two carers dressed in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents, with cattle in the background, Somerset Levels, Eng...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Four recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) walking with two carers dressed in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents, Somerset Levels, England, UK, September 2012

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Two Young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) flying to keep up with two carers dressed in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents running away from a dog during a predator aversion training exerc...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) feeding on grain scattered by an automated feeder near two carers dressed in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents, within a fox-proof initial...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Three recently released young Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) walking with two carers dressed in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents, Somerset Levels, England, UK, September 2012

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Recently released young Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) walking with two carers dressed in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents, Somerset Levels, England, UK, September 2012.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Recently released young Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) walking with a carer dressed in a crane costume acting as a surrogate parent, Somerset Levels, England, UK, September 2012.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) feeding on grain scattered around an adult crane model alongside two carers in crane costumes acting as surrogate parents, Somerse...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) feeding on grain scattered around adult crane models alongside a carer wearing a crane costume acting as a surrogate parent, Somer...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) feeding on grain scattered in a fox proof enclosure alongside a mannequin dressed in a crane costume acting as a surrogate parent,...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) feeding on grain scattered around adult crane models alongside two carers wearing crane costumes acting as surrogate parents, Some...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Two recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus), one standing and one feeding on grain scattered near an adult crane model, alongside a carer wearing a crane costume acting as a surro...

Roy Mangersnes / Aerial view of the results of a bushfire in the Kalahari desert, showing the road acting as a fire break, fires are normally lit by lightning in the beginning of the rainy season, Botswana, November.

Roy Mangersnes / Aerial view of a bushfire in the Kalahari desert, showing a dust road acting as a fire break, such fires are normally lit by lightning in the beginning of the rainy season, Botswana, November

Roland Seitre / Drama group acting out the story of the Critically endangered Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) to children near Curaca, Bahia, Brazil, where the last known wild individuals were seen.

David Woodfall / Children and adults taking part in tropical rainforest play as part of a Folk Festival, celebrating the life of a forest and its people, documenting the threat from loggers and its imminent destructio...

David Woodfall / Child dressed in a tiger costume taking part in tropical rainforest play as part of a Folk Festival, celebrating the life of a forest and its people, documenting the threat from loggers and its immine...

Alex Mustard / Yellowbelly hamlet (Hypoplectrus aberrans) pair spawning at dusk with the fish in the foreground acting as male which may be a Shy/yellowbelly hamlet hybrid, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands,...

Alex Mustard / Shy hamlet (Hypoplectrus guttavarius) pair spawning at dusk. Hamlets are one of the few vertebrate species that are true hermaphrodites, here the fish in the foreground is acting as a male, but this p...

Fiona Rogers / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) female carrying a baby acting agressively to warn off another, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. October.

Marie Read / California Quail (Callipepla californica), adult male perched on bush, acting as sentinel, Montana De Oro State Park, California, USA, July.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Flock of juvenile Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, foraging on grain provided for them, alongside cut-out model of an adult...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Flock of juvenile Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels, feeding alongside cut-out model of an adult bird (acting as a decoy) on frozen, sno...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Flock of juvenile Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, foraging on grain provided for them, alongside cut-out model of an adult...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Open Air performance of Hamlet in Sami at the Ice Globe Theatre. Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, 2003.

Anup Shah / Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) females acting aggressively and 'lip flipping', Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November

Fiona Rogers / Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) bachelor group acting aggressively on cliff ledge, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November

John Downer / Huli tribal people with sow and piglets acting as plough in field, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / False Scorpion with ant prey, must hold their prey while injecting venom into its body to give the slow-acting venom a chance to work, Costa Rica

Toby Sinclair / Actors portray the story of Dakshin Rai and Banbibi, Sunderbans, West Bengal, India

Mark Moffett / Blackbellied Clerid (Enoclerus lecontei) acting as a parasite, moves into Piper Plant, replacing the Ants (Pheidole bicornis) and providing no protection for the plant

John Downer Productions / Opossum feigns death by rolling over and lying still with mouth and eyes half open. Defensive tactic. (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

John Downer Productions / Doves in a death-mimicking trance prompted by simply tucking heads under wings. Defensive tactic. (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

John Downer / Nigel Williams acting as foster parent to imprinted Greylag chicks swims in pool for filming of BBC tv series 'Supernatural'

John Downer / Nigel Williams acting as foster parent to imprinted Greylag chicks for filming of BBC tv series 'Supernatural', 1998

John Downer / Nigel Williams acting as foster parent to imprinted Greylag goose chicks for filming of BBC tv series 'Supernatural'

John Downer / Nigel Williams acting as foster parent to imprinted Greylag goose chicks for filming of BBC tv series 'Supernatural'

John Downer / Nigel Williams acting as foster parent to imprinted Greylag chicks for filming of BBC tv series 'Supernatural', 1998

John Downer / Nigel Williams acting as foster parent to imprinted Greylag goose chicks for filming of BBC tv series 'Supernatural'

John Downer / Nigel Williams acting as foster parent to imprinted Greylag chicks, for filming of BBC tv series 'Supernatural'

Will Watson / Street theatre representing Avara Cargill, a chicken processing factory company, on trial at Extinction Rebellion Save the Wye Campaign protest, Hereford, Herefordshire, UK, April 8th 2023.

Will Watson / Street theatre representing Avara Cargill, a chicken processing factory company, on trial at Extinction Rebellion Save the Wye Campaign protest, Hereford, Herefordshire, UK, April 8th 2023.

Will Watson / Street theatre representing Avara Cargill, a chicken processing factory company, on trial at Extinction Rebellion Save the Wye Campaign protest, Hereford, Herefordshire, UK, April 8th 2023.

David Hall / Two Indigo hamlets (Hypoplectrus indigo) mating, they are simultaneous hermaphrodites, the individual acting as a male is wrapping around his partner, inducing her to release her eggs, Belize, Caribbe...

David Hall / Two Indigo hamlets (Hypoplectrus indigo) mating, they are simultaneous hermaphrodites, the individual acting as a male is wrapping around his partner, inducing her to release her eggs, Belize, Caribbe...

Juergen Freund / Soft coral (Alcyonacea) and Crinoids on poles of jetty acting as an artificial reef, many Glassy sweeper (Pempheris schomburgkii) fish in background. Misool Eco Resort, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia....

Doug Perrine / Antler coral (Pocillopora grandis) showing bleaching with pastel green fluorescence. This is believed to result from pigments produced by coral acting as sunscreen in an attempt to survive bleaching....

Doug Perrine / Antler coral (Pocillopora grandis) showing bleaching with pastel green fluorescence. This is believed to result from pigments produced by coral acting as sunscreen in an attempt to survive bleaching....

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island. This is where the largest extant population exists, acting as ecosystem engineers by maintaining open meadows and digg...

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoises (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) wallowing, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island. This is where the largest population still exists, acting as ecosystem engineers by maintaining open meadow...