Alex Hyde / Aposematism describes the use of bright colouration and bold patterns to advertise that an organism is unpalatable or dangerous. All three insects are foul-tasting or toxic if eaten: Wood Tiger moth...

Paul D Stewart / Restoration of the Iguanodon by Alice B. Woodward from Lydekker's The Royal Natural History' Frederick Warne and co, 1896. This is one of the first reconstructions to correctly show the Iguanodon's th...

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 / Illustration of Giant Octopus (Octopus dofleini) attacking a ship, 1815 copperplate engraving from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur kinder' 16 plate 5. with contemporary colour. 'Colosal Polypus' (octopus) a...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) gathering on telephone wires pre-roost, Solway Firth, Scotland, UK, November. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Historically all starlings were known as Stares,...

Martin Dohrn / Cardinal fish (Apogon sp) moments after it has mistakenly tried to eat an ostracod. The ostracod then releases glowing mucus that is so bright that it can be seen through the body of the fish. This gi...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Children enjoying dipping in rockpools at low tide in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK, July, all model released

Roy Mangersnes / Person stretching after waking up on the Pulpit Rock, 604 meters above the Lysefjorden, Rogaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Model released

Petra Wegner / Mixed breed, white, long haired Cockerpoo / Cockapoo dog, standing on back legs, looking up. Poodle Cocker spaniel cross

Petra Wegner / Mixed breed, white, long haired Cockerpoo / Cockapoo dog, head portrait. Poodle Cocker spaniel cross,

Kristel Richard / An Indian cowboy has lost his balance from a bronc or wild paint horse during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, at Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2011, Sequence 3...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Siskin (Carduelis spinus) male at garden pool, Scotland, UK, May. Did you know? The total combined size of the UKs gardens is bigger than all our National Nature Reserves put together!

Christophe Courteau / Timber washed onto the shore by the strong arctic currents. There are no trees on Spitzbergen, all the wood comes from the Siberian Coast, Poolepynten, Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July 2011

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Marbled White Butterfly (Melanagria galathea) resting on Small Scabious (Scabiosa colombaria) flower, Badbury Rings, Dorset, UK, July. Did you know? The marbled white is actually a strikingly coloured...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Cowslip flowers (Primula veris), Catcott SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, April. Photographer quote: 'Finding a perfect group of cowslips takes time, as does washing all your clothes when yo...

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Silhouette of Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight at dusk, Lincolnshire, UK, March. Did you know? Short eared owls often hunt by day and although their name derives from tufts of feathers on the...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / View from Stac Polliadh with double rainbow and rain clouds over Cul Mor, Coigach, Highland, Scotland, November. Photographer quote: "Standing on a rain lashed and windswept mountain side all morning...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) swimming in lake with cub, Wales, UK, October. Photographer quote: "Rain, rain and more rain, a typical Welsh summers day,but even though I was soaked through I was...

Juergen Freund / A barge full of logs. Illegal timber is brought into Sarawak from Kalimantan by both land and sea. Illegal logging in protected areas involves a complex network of people from all walks of life. The i...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Close-up of group of toadstools (Mycena sp) autumn. Leicestershire, UK. November. Photographer quote: 'It is all too easy to overlook the fascinating miniture world underneath our feet - mosses,...

Jane Burton / Smooth coated Jack Russell Terrier, white, looking up, standing on back legs

Tim Laman / Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) male displays to a female who has entered his bower. This bower is decorated with all natural objects. Rainforest of the Atherton Tablelands, Queensl...

Jenny E. Ross / A Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) plantation in the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea. More than 90 percent of the dates produced in the United States are grown in this region, using Colorado River...

Angelo Gandolfi / Aerial view of people kayaking on the river Megalos Potamos, between the endemic Cretan palm trees (Phoenix theophrasti) Crete, Greece

Solvin Zankl / After an incubation period of 45 to 55 days and several days long ascent through the sand the hatchling Olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) emerge all together. Ostional Beach, Costa Rica, No...

Laurent Geslin / Landscape of mountains in winter, with walkers crossing peaks, in the Jura region, Switzerland. January 2009

Tim Laman / Mother and two young children (all model released)traveling by boat downstream from the research camp in Gunung Palung NP Borneo. July 2007

Onne van der Wal / Tethered tender floating on clear waters in the Exumas, Bahamas, Caribbean. June 2009.

Solvin Zankl / Immediately after hatching from their aquatic larval skin the subadult male Long-tailed / Tisza mayfly(Palingania longicauda) flies towards the river bank to land on a leaf. Here it will undergo its l...

Solvin Zankl / Immediately after hatching from their aquatic larval skin the subadult male Long-tailed / Tisza mayfly (Palingania longicauda) flies towards the river bank to land on a leaf. Here it will undergo its...

Inaki Relanzon / Cityscape including view of Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist place in all Myanmar, Yangon, Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Monk standing infront of Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist place in all Myanmar, Yangon, Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Illuminated Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist temple in all Myanmar, Yangon Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Inaki Relanzon / People visiting Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist temple in all Myanmar, Yangon Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Buddhist monk taking photos in Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist place in all Myanmar, Yangon, Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Inaki Relanzon / People at prayer, in Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist place in all Myanmar, Yangon, Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Stephen Dalton / Garden spider {Araneus diadematus} constructing its orb web, UK, Sequence 5/5 , The final web is complete. Note that although all the final sticky spirals are visible, most of the radials are invisibl...

Niall Benvie / Why biodiversity matters. Person pulling labelled wooden block from game of Jenga, all blocks above will come tumbling down, Scotland, UK, 2007

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea smelt {Bathylagus antarcticus}, found in all the southern oceans as far south as Antarctica, from the surface to depths of 4,000 m, Atlantic ocean

Jane Burton / Fluffy cream kitten lying on its back between two sleeping Yellow Labrador Retriever Pups, all 7 weeks old

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) young male on beach, entangled in green fishing net, deadly marine debris floating in all oceans, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarct...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cubs arranged to photograph all 16 cubs together, Wolong Nature Reserve, China, sequence 3 of 3

Norbert Wu / Viperfish (Chauliodus sloani) light organs in mouth and all along body, southeastern Pacific, deep sea

Miles Barton / Portrait of 'Tokiwa', the first macaque to get into the hot spring, Japan. Photographed while filming for A Monkey for All Seasons.

Miles Barton / Close up of sleeping Japanese macaque being groomed, Japan

David Noton / Morraine Lake with mountains all around, Banff National Park, Alberta Canada, North America

Constantinos Petrinos / Ribbon eel in male blue phase {Rhinomuraena quaesita} Sulawesi, Indonesia - species is hermaphrodite changing sex from male to female; juveniles are black, male is blue underneath , and final female p...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / View from Sgorr Tuath towards Cul Beag, Cul Mor and Suilven, with sandstone pinnacles in the foreground, Coigach, Scotland, UK, March 2012. Did you know? Over 80% of all Marilyns (hills and mountains...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination notes. Details are kept of all traps that have been tripped, and basic health checks are noted of all badgers vaccinated. Cheshire / Shropshire bor...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccines ready for adminstration. All vaccines are strictly controlled by veterinary suppliers and only the exact number needed issued during each vaccination...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination team from Cheshire Wildlife Trust and Shropshire Wildlife Trust. Details are kept of all traps that have been tripped, and basic health checks are...

Sue Flood / Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) looking down on breeding colony with male, female and new born pups all resting on Tyuleniy Island, Russian Far East, June.

Sue Flood / Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) breeding colony with male, female and new born pups all resting on Tyuleniy Island, Russian Far East, June.

Sue Flood / Fishmarket at Shimonoseki, all kinds of sushi and fish available, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan April 2012

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) red soil covered individual wanders amongst others coloured differently at Dzanga clearing. The Bai attracts elephants from all over the region an...

Jabruson / African Forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) individuals interact with others gathered at Dzanga clearing, which attracts elephants from all over the region and the coloured variation in soi...

Jabruson / African forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) one covered in red soil wanders infront of bull elephant at Dzanga Bai. The Bai attracts elephants from all over the region and the coloured vari...

Paul D Stewart / A collector's case of British butterflies. There are some 59 breeding butterflies in the UK and four former breeders, as well as rare migrants like the monarch all the way from America, represented he...

Paul D Stewart / Tiger complex mimics, (Heliconids), an old collection of butterflies in the famous 'tiger complex'. This is a group of around 200 species of mostly toxic South American species which share a similar p...

Paul D Stewart / 1837 illustration of Greenland / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) breaching, from Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library', Whales, Plate 23 Volume VI, from artwork of Stewart engraved by W. H. Lizars. Ori...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Ankole cattle, cultural icon for the traditionally nomadic Bahima people of Uganda, outside Lake Mburu National Park, Uganda, East Africa. After years of disputes between neighbouring communities and...

Solvin Zankl / The tiny shells of the minute sea snail (Schwartziella ephamilla) remained intact between all the other grains of the sand. Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Diagonal of frame approx. 2 mm Digital focus stacking...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / 'Did you know More carbon is stored in the peat soils of the UK than in all the forests of Europe' sign at Flora of the Fells conservation day, Helvellyn, Lake District NP, Cumbria

David Woodfall / Numerous raised beds (over 100 in all) on former football pitch - Vetch field, now community allotment, Swansea West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June 2006. Editorial use only

David Woodfall / Numerous raised beds (over 100 in all) on former football pitch - Vetch field, now community allotment, Swansea West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June 2006. Editorial use only

Christophe Courteau / Volcanoes National Park entrance sign with gorilla model, Kinigi Head Quarter where all Gorillas watching treks start from, elevation 2300m, Rwanda

Nick Upton / Dense gathering of Common periwinkles (Littorina liitorea) of all ages in a rockpool lined with Coralweed (Corallina officinalis) and Irish moss (Chondrus crispus), North Berwick, East Lothian, July

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare) toadstools. Bolderwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, October. Did you know? Only about 5% of all fungi have been formally classified.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Children enjoying dipping in rockpools at low tide in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK, July, all model released.

Claudio Contreras / Creole Wrasse (Clepticus parrae) male (top) and female. The species is protogynous - all individuals begin life as a female and morph into a male under certain conditions. Cancun National Park, Caribb...

Roland Seitre / Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) standing alert on its burrow mound. This species makes up nearly all of the diet of the Black-tailed Ferret, successfully reintroduced into the area. So...

Florian Möllers / Quinling Golden snub nosed monkey (Rhinopitecus roxellana qinlingensis), juvenile observed by two Chinese biologists, all sitting on rocky slope. Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, Ch...

Sandesh Kadur / Common emigrant butterflies (Catopsilia pomona) gather on old tiger scat to absorb nutrients. The rains bring about an explosion of butterflies all over the Western Ghats. Western Ghats, Southern Indi...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus), resting on flowering heather, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The word butterfly was originally used...

Philip Stephen / North Sea trawler 'Harvest Hope' engulfed in seaspray, Europe, February 2012. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Philip Stephen / Fishing trawler 'Harvest Hope' with Buzzard oilfield in the background. North Sea, Europe, February 2012. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Philip Stephen / Buzzard offshore production field, North Sea, February 2012. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Benoit Stichelbaut / "Gitana" heeling at Multi Cup 60 Cafe Ambassador Grand Prix de Marseille, France. June 2006. ALL USES (including editorial) must be cleared with Bluegreen Pictures BEFORE downloading.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Man on bow of Gitana, Orma Multihull Championship, October 2005. ALL USES (including editorial) must be cleared with Bluegreen Pictures BEFORE downloading.

Benoit Stichelbaut / "Gitana" heeling at Orma Multihull Championship, June 2005. ALL USES (including editorial) must be cleared with Bluegreen Pictures BEFORE downloading.

Rick Tomlinson / Crew members all in white on the aftdeck of gaff cutter "Mariquita". Westward Cup Regatta, Cowes, Isle of Wight. July 2010.

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Stock Ghyll waterfall in autumn, Lake District NP, Cumbria, England, UK, November. Did you know? Despite its name, there is only one lake in the Lake District - Bassenthwaite Lake, all the other lakes...

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) one of the rarest and loveliest of all European orchids protected everywhere, Abruzzo, Italy, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Kristel Richard / Two Indian cowboys, mounted on quarter horses, try to catch a steer during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, at Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2011

Kristel Richard / An Indian cowboy, mounted on a quarter horse, tries to catch a bronc or wild paint horse during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2...

Kristel Richard / Two Indian cowboys, mounted on quarter horses, try to catch a bronc or wild paint horse during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, at Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August...

Kristel Richard / An Indian cowboy tries to stay on a bronc or wild quarter horse during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2011

Kristel Richard / Two Indian cowboys, mounted on quarter horses, try to catch a bronc or wild paint horse during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 20...

Kristel Richard / An Indian cowboy losing his balance from a bronc or wild paint horse during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2011, Sequence 2/3

Kristel Richard / An Indian cowboy tries to stay on a bronc or wild paint horse during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2011, Sequence 1/3

Kristel Richard / The first two Indian jockeys mounted on thoroughbred horses to pass the finishing line at the All Indian Race, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2011

Kristel Richard / The first two Indian female jockeys mounted on thoroughbred horses to pass the finishing line at the All Indian Race, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2...

Kristel Richard / Indian jockeys mounted on thoroughbred horses rush out to win the All Indian Race, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2011

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / RSPB volunteers carrying out conservation work on moorland, Peak District NP, April 2011. Did you know? 10-15% of all moorlands are in the UK.

Christian Ziegler / Dichorisandra (Dichorisandra sp) arranges all leaves in one plane to avoid self shading, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Path through Heather in bloom on lowland heathland, Rockford Common, Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August 2011. Did you know? The New Forest is not new (made a royal fores...