Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' sitting on bench made for tourists - wide angle perspective. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, In...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) baby aged 2-3 months belonging to Tata not yet named. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilita...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Tube worms (Bispira volutacornis) living between rocks covered in Crustose coralline (Corallinaceae) and red algae (Rhodophyceae), Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.

Christophe Courteau / Fighting between a pack of 21 African Wild Dogs {Lycaon pictus} and the dominant female of a clan of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) Northern Okavango Delta, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Fighting between a pack of 21 African Wild Dogs {Lycaon pictus} and the dominant female of a clan of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) Northern Okavango Delta, Botswana

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...

Tui De Roy / Short-eared owl (Asio flameus galapagoensis) looking between branches, portrait, Galapagos islands

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees, with sunlight shining between branches, Germany, September

Michael D. Kern / Yellow Headed Day Gecko (Phelsuma klemmeri) between leaves captive from Madagascar

Michel Poinsignon / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) female, clinging between two twigs, Lorraine, France, October.

Michel Poinsignon / River view between Leon pond and Atlantic ocean, Courant D'Huchet Landes, France, August 2010.

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female baby 'Putri' aged 2 years riding on her mother's back reaching out with curiosity. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Born...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Unyuk' carrying her daughter 'Ursula' aged 4 years on her back. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Jun...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) male baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months peering from behind his mother. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010....

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) male baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months swinging from a liana. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabili...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) male baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months hanging from his mother. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabi...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female baby 'Petra', age 12 months. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilitated and released (...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female baby 'Petra' aged 12 months. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilitated and released (...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tutut' scratching throat. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilitated and released (or...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) male baby 'Thor', age 8-9 months playing with a leaf. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilita...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Unyuk' cuddling her daughter 'Ursula', age 4 years. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Reha...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Tom' close-up portrait showing cheek pad eyes and nose. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tutut' head portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilitated and released (or des...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' portrait. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitated and released (or...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)female 'Unyuk' and her daughter 'Ursula' aged 4 years. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilita...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tutut' resting her head on her hand. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilitated and r...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) age 3-6 months being groomed by it's mother 'Gina'. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitate...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Unyuk' holding her daughter 'Ursula' age 4. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitate...

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) (right) and Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) foraging on snow. Perthshire, Scotland, January. Did you know? The Tree sparrow population in UK dropped by 93% between 19...

Erlend Haarberg / European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) flying between coastal rocks with a large wave crashing, Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, February 2011

Alex Mustard / Mirrorwing flying fish (Hirundichthys speculiger) mirrored and swimming beneath the surface at night, between Bahamas and Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA.

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / An adult male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) comes in to land, backlit by evening sunlight, Derbyshire, England, UK, March. Did you know? In addition to the colour differences between male and female du...

Petra Wegner / Briard / Berger de Brie, head portrait with plaited hair between eyes.

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Ophrys orchid (Ophrys x maremmae) a natural hybrid between (Ophrys fuciflora) and Ophrys tenthredinifera) occasionally found where both species are present together, Umbria, Italy, May. focus-stack-c...

Sven Zacek / Grass Snake (Natrix natrix) looking out from between wood slats. Estonia, Europe, June.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) flying between misty colony cliffs. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, August.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Meadow of seaweeds in a shallow channel between islands in the Cairns Of Coll, Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Rear view of Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) feeding on plankton in the surface waters around the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? The basking shark is the world's...

Andrew Parkinson / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) adult aggressively chasing another, UK visitor between November and March. Lancashire, UK, October.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View south with willow trees over Walton Moor on the Somerset Levels from Walton Hill on a misty winter evening with snow on the ground, Somerset, UK, December 2010. Photographer quote: 'The temperatu...

Bence Mate / Confrontation between a great egret (Ardea alba) and grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary.

Anup Shah / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) young male 'Api' hanging between trees, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. October.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Drygalski Glacier, which receded 300 metres between November 2008 and 2009, South Georgia, 2009.

Sue Daly / The isthmus between Greater and Little Sark, bound in snow. The heaviest snowfall on Sark in living memory. Channel Islands, UK, December 2010.

Philippe Clement / Wide middle strip / central reservation between roads made into a garden with flowering Cherry (Prunus) trees and water feature, Ghent, Belgium. April 2011.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in mist on grazing marsh at dawn with cattle grazing in the background, Thames Estuary, Elmley Marshes RSPB reserve, North Kent, UK,, April 2011. Photographer quote: 'G...

Brent Stephenson / Flying Fish (possibly Cheilopogon suttoni) skimming across sea surface. Between the Tuamotus and Marquesas, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean, October.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Fishing boat silhouetted at sunset, The Minch, a stretch of water between NW Highlands and the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2010

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) two breaching in evening light, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August, sequence 2/2. Photographer quote: 'A day of overcast cloud cleared in the la...

Ann & Steve Toon / Baby African elephants (Loxodonta africana) of various ages playing together, Addo national park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January. Did you know? Elephants can tell the difference between different...

Mark Taylor / Ginger kitten, 7 weeks, sitting between two young Lionhead-Lop rabbits.

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female baby 'Petra' aged 12 months hanging upside down from her mother. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, Ju...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tata' and her unnamed baby aged 2-3 months portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, June 2010. Re...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Tom' head and shoulders portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, June 2010. Rehabilitated an...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female baby 'Gita' aged 2 years portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, July 2010. Rehabilitated and rel...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok's' hand holding a liana. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, June 2010. Rehabilitated an...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tutut' cradling her sleeping baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months head portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indon...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female baby 'Petra' aged 12 months portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, July 2010. Rehabilitated and...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Siswi's' hand holding foot close-up. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, June 2010. Rehabilitated and...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Gara' sitting with her daughter 'Gita' aged 2 years. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, June 2010. Re...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) male baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months peering from behind his mother. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, June 2010...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Tom' yawning head portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, June 2010. Rehabilitated and rele...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / View up through canopy of Silver birches (Betula pendula) in winter, Insh Marshes, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, December. Photographer quote: "Fingers and toes might protest at -15c, but on...

Daniel Heuclin / Portrait of Wagler's / Temple Pitviper (Tropidolaemus wagleri) showing the thermo-receptive pit organ between the eye and mouth. Controlled conditions. Mindanao, Philippines, February.

Daniel Heuclin / Portrait of Wagler's / Temple Pitviper (Tropidolaemus wagleri) showing the thermo-receptive pit organ between the eye and mouth. Controlled conditions. Mindanao, Philippines, February.

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) male baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months playing with his feet. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabili...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Gara' carrying her baby 'Gita' aged 2 years walking down a trail. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. J...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Unyuk' cuddling her daughter 'Ursula' aged 4 - portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010....

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Nanang' suspended between a tree and a liana - wide angle perspective. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo,...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' standing supported by a tree - wide angle perspective. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesi...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) sub-adult male 'Pan' yawning - head portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitated and...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) male baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months sitting with his mother 'Tutut' - portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Peta' carrying her daughter 'Petra' aged 12 months on her back. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Jul...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' head portrait. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitated and released...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok's' hand holding a liana(Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii). Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female baby 'Petra' aged 12 months yawning - portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilit...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Yuni' and her baby aged 3-6 months - portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilit...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) male baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilitated and rel...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) male baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months being cradled by his mother 'Tutut'. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) young mature male 'Gary' aged 16 years portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilitated a...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female baby 'Petra' aged 12 months riding on her mother 'Peta's' shoulders. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia....

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Panarogo' sitting portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitated and relea...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) male baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months peering between his mother's arms. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 20...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Peta' carrying her baby daughter 'Petra' aged 12 months. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010....

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' head portrait. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitated and released...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tata' and her unnamed baby aged 2-3 months portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Reh...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tata' and her unnamed baby aged 2-3 months portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Reh...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tutut' sitting with her sleeping baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tutut' sitting with her sleeping baby 'Thor' aged 8-9 months. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tutut' head portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilitated and released (or des...

Alex Hyde / European hornet (Vespa crabro) head close up showing the three ocelli between the two compound eyes.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) group swimming upstream between forested banks during spawning run, Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) group swimming upstream between forested banks during spawning run, Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Bernard Castelein / Tsemo Gompa, seen from the road between Leh and Kardung La, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Charlie Summers / Standing stones in the Neolithic henge of the Ring of Brodgar, built between 2500 and 2000 BC and originally composed of some 60 stones although only 27 remain standing today. Orkney Islands, Scotland...

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