Heike Odermatt / New growth in recently burnt heathland, Netherlands

Ingo Arndt / Burned trees in front of Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, September 2011.

Neil Aldridge / Lion cub (Panthera leo) playfully attacking its mother as she drags her puku antelope prey across burnt Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park, Zambia. Vulnerable

Jabruson / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) ivory in piles, ready to be burnt by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). The burn included 105 tons of elephant ivory worth over $150 million Nairobi National Park,...

Jabruson / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) ivory in piles, ready to be burnt by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). The burn included 105 tons of elephant ivory worth over $150 million Nairobi National Park...

David Pattyn / Trees in Hautes Fagnes Nature Reserve in winter after snowfall. This area - Noir Flohay was burnt a few years ago and some trees are still blackened, Hautes Fagnes, Belgian Ardennes, Belgium, February...

Gerry Ellis / Burned rainforest, cleared for oil palm agriculture, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015

Gerry Ellis / Smoking fire, set by humans to clear rainforest to plant oil palms, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015

Krista Schlyer / Yellow pitcher (Sarracenia flava) plants in bog, growing in fire-maintained landscape, Conecuh National Forest, Alabama, USA. May 2014.

David Noton / Slash and burn deforestation near Vang Vieng, Laos, March 2009.

Alex Mustard / Male Bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) displaying in late afternoon. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Angelo Gandolfi / Scorched vegetation and rocks after fires during the peak of the dry season, Vale de Lua, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil. Fires at the peak of the dry season, Septe...