Jordi Chias / Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) carcass after leopard seal attack, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) carrying a large dead Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) in an urban garden, North London, UK. August.

Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub defending its kill,a large Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) from another cub, North London, UK. August. Highly commended in the Behaviour : Mammals Category of the Wildlife Ph...

Alex Mustard / Carapace of a dead olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) entangled in discarded fishing gear. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka.

Nigel Cattlin / Symptoms of Neck blast (Magnaporthe grisea) on Rice (Oryza sativa) plants in ear, Luzon, Philippines

Nigel Cattlin / Sheath rot (Sarocladium oryzae) lesions and necrosis on Rice (Oryza sativa) flagleaf and aborted ears, Luzon, Philippines

John Chan / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) plucking Dowitcher (Limnodromus) prey, Southern California, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Bird caught in border wall mesh at the Mexican / United States border, Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona, USA, August.

Andy Rouse / Sally lightfoot crab, (Grapsus grapsus), feeding on marine iguana parasites and dead skin, Galapagos

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) on a rocky reef with view of the sky, Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.

Milan Radisics / Aerial shot zooming out from a dead tree by an artificial lake, polluted by extractive mining operations, Minas de Riotinto, Andalusia, Spain, January 2019.

Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of a dead tree by an artificial lake, polluted by extractive mining operations, Minas de Riotinto, Andalusia, Spain, January 2019.

Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of dead trees encrusted in mud in a dry artificial lake, polluted by extractive mining operations, Minas de Riotinto, Andalusia, Spain, January 2019.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) male examining dead chick on ice. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August.

Sven Zacek / Honey bee (Apis mellifera), two frozen on pond ice after flying out too early. Valgamaa, Southern Estonia. March.

Pal Hermansen / Golden eagle (Aquila crysaetos) on dead Fox (Vulpes vulpes) carcass. Trondelag, Norway. March. Remote camera shot

Pal Hermansen / Logged forest, aerial view. Akershus, Norway. November 2018.

David Perpinan / Group of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) fighting to feed on a dead lamb. Cuenca, Spain, August.

David Perpinan / Group of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) arriving and feeding on a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.

Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) young male feeding on Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) prey, Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Kerstin Hinze / Male Common european toad (Bufo bufo) in amplexus with a dead fish, Lower Saxony, Germany, April.

John Chan / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) feeding on a fish, perched on a dead branch, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA, October.

David Perpinan / Great rufous woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes major) arriving at nest site in a dead palm tree, climbs down to nest, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Sergey Gorshkov / Minden / Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) feeding on Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) female in winter, Finland

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting tuna. A group of the sea lion bulls have learnt to herd Pelagic yellowfin tuna into a small cove, trapping them. The fish often leap ashore in an effor...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female feeding on sub-adult male Impala (Aepyceros melampus) prey in tree, Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Sergey Gorshkov / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) flying with squirrel prey, Finland . March

Sergey Gorshkov / Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) fighting over squirrel carcass, Finland, March.

Lucas Bustamante / Brush footed butterfly (Lycorea sp.) caterpillar with parasitic wasp cocoons on silk threads, Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador.

Paul Bertner / Dead Leaf Katydid (Orophus tessellatus) camouflaged in leaf litter, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Lynx (Lynx lynx) feeding on a Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in snow in winter, with juvenile passing by, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, January. Captive.

Brian Bevan / Close-up of a group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) carrying a dead insect back to their nest, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.

Brian Bevan / Close-up of a group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) carrying a dead Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) back to their nest, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.

Steve Downer / Black slug (Arion ater agg.) feeding on a dead Yellow slug (Limax flavus), Birmingham, England, UK, August.

Roy Mangersnes / Juvenile female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) lying down protecting a seal carcass at sunset, Svalbard, Norway, March.

James Dunbar / Male Orb-weaving spider (Araneus) courting a female near a dead fly, Bristol, England, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Common prawns (Palaemon serratus) and a Rock goby (Gobius paganellus) feeding on a dead Montagu's crab (Xantho hydrophilus) in a rockpool, Cornwall, England, UK, September.

Christophe Courteau / Male BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) pulling the head of a dead pregnant female that died due to complications whilst giving birth, trying to wake her up, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Par...

Frederique Olivier / Hungry Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) chick pecking at a rock before tucking into its parent to keep warm, with a dead chick in the foreground, Antarctica

Frederique Olivier / Close-up of an Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) with a chick begging for food and a dead chick nearby, Antarctica.

Ingo Arndt / Bark beetle (Scolytinae) galleries in dead spruce tree (Picea abies), Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany., June.

Ingo Arndt / Dead trees in Namib desert, Namib Naukluft NP, Namibia

Francisco Marquez / Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) and European black vultures (Aegypius monachus) feeding on a dead deer, Cabaneros National Park, Montes de Toledo, Spain, May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ancient Scots pine tree (pinus sylvestris) with dead low branches, in evening light. Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK. February 2008.

Sven Zacek / Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) perched on dead umbellifer plant, winter, Finland, February.

Jack Dykinga / Dead Vlei, with dessicated 900 year old trees standing in the salt pan surrounded by towering red sand dunes. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Dead Vlei, with dessicated 900 year old trees standing in the salt pan surrounded by towering red sand dunes. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Dead Vlei, with dessicated 900 year old trees standing in the salt pan surrounded by towering red sand dunes. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. June 2013.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Sanderling (Calidris alba) feeding on crab carcass, Texas

Peter Cairns / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) feeding on red deer carcass, Assynt, Scotland. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) 2016.

Wim van den Heever / A misty sunrise over tree silhouette in Deadvlei, Namibia

Roy Mangersnes / Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) basking on rock next to skeleton of one which starved to death. Unusually warm El Nino waters have killed a lot of the algae which is the food for these iguana...

Roy Mangersnes / Dead Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on the coastal rocks on Santiago Island, Galapagagos, April 2016. It probably died of starvation as much of the algae in the region have died off due to un...

Luis Quinta / Body of deep sea squid floating near the surface, with mantle ripped up possibly by cetaceans such as Sperm whales which are present in the region, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, May.

Luis Quinta / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) juvenile playing dead, Alvao, Portugal, April.

Alex Hyde / Low angle view of Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) growing on a dead Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica). Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) trees with red dunes, Namib desert, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia. August 2015.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) trees with red dunes and mist, Namib desert, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia. August 2015.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) with red dunes, and star trails, Namib desert, Sossusvlei, Namibia. Composite.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) with red dunes and the milky way behind, Namib desert, Sossusvlei, Namibia. Composite.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) at night with red dunes behind. Namib desert, Sossusvlei, Namibia. Composite.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) with sand dunes, Namib desert, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) with sand dunes, Namib desert, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) grazing in an open field with a full moon rising near Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata). With tourists on safari under the tree. Savuti Marsh, Botswana, May 2014.

Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) plucking Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Alex Hyde / Fly (Mycophaga testacea) laying eggs on Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) growing on dead Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.

Jabruson / Mummified infant Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) a relic from research from 1959, amongst old laboratory paraphernalia and assorted zoological specimens. CRSN (Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles...

Alex Mustard / Diver exploring the wreck of HMS Scylla, which is colonized by Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum). Whitsands Bay, Cornwall, England. UK, July.

Dave Watts / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) swimming in lake, Tasmania, Australia.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga boy peering out of house decorated with buffalo skulls, Konyak Naga headhunting Tribe.Mon district, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Sven Zacek / American mink (Mustela vison) shaking off fur on ice with Common frog (Rana temporaria) prey, Tartumaa, Estonia, January. Introduced species.

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Basket star (Gorgonocephalus lamarckii) specimen, from the North Atlantic near Iceland.

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Viperfish (Chauliodus sloani) specimen from the North Atlantic near the North West of Spain, at a depth of 560-580m.

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Octopus (Bathypolypus bairdii) specimen from the North Atlantic, near the Faroe Islands at a depth of 805m

Solvin Zankl / Illuminated netdevil (Linophryne arboritera), female specimen, from deepsea Atlantic Ocean near Cape Verde at a depth of 1900m.

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Isopod (Glyptonotus antarcticus) from Antarctic Ocean at a depth of 231m.

Solvin Zankl / Deep sea squid (Histioteuthis corona) specimen, from deep sea Atlantic Ocean.

Solvin Zankl / Ribbon sawtail fish (Idiacanthus fasciola) from Atlantic Ocean, at a depth of 800-1000m.

Solvin Zankl / Frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) specimen with mouth open, from Atlantic Ocean, at a depth of 729m.

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male juvenile aged about 18 months approaching a kill, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Andy Trowbridge / Female Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) perched on a branch in falling snow, with Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey, Norway, January.

Staffan Widstrand / Dead Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death, Zeipelodden, Svalbard, Norway, September.

Espen Bergersen / Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) flying with guillemot prey. Hornoya bird cliff. Finnmark, Norway. March

Pal Hermansen / Dead, polluted Larch (Larix) forest, with power station behind, Norilsk, Russia.

Cyril Ruoso / Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) scavenging Water buffalo carcass. Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Roland Seitre / Blackish cinclodes (Cinclode fuligineux) on beach with Southern Elephant-Seal (Mirounga leonina). This species feeds on dead skin of the seal. Falklands Islands.

Charlie Summers / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother standing grieving over stillborn baby. Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.

Tui De Roy / Dead Sally-lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) washed up in surf, Puerto Egas, James Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

Aflo / Deep sea squid (Chiroteuthis imperator) dead specimen floating, Osezaki, Shizuoka, Izu, Japan.

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) pride feeding on an elephant carcass that has died from natural causes. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) watching over the body of a dead elephant. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd watching over the body of a dead elephant. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) pride feeding on an elephant carcass that has died from natural causes. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) pride feeding on an elephant carcass that has died from natural causes. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

David Pattyn / Heathland landscape at sunset, Kampina Nature Reserve, Netherlands. August 2006.

Anup Shah / Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) group feeding on kill, Masai Mara, Kenya