Todd Mintz / Great Horned owl, (Bubo virginianus) in flight, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, March

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Detail of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) cone on moss, Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, November 2011

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Detail of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) cone on moss, Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, November 2011

Markus Varesvuo / Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) female foraging on a spruce cone. Kuusamo, Finland, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) carrying off a cone, dug from beneath heavy snowfall on branches. Kuusamo, Finland, February. Magic Moments book plate, page 97.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Larch {Larix deciduas} yellow needles and cones in autumn, Donisthorpe, The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK, November

Donald M. Jones / Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) perching on pine cones, North America

Tim Laman / Boy (5 years) working on activity sheet in Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, August 2005, Model released

Jurgen Freund / Jo Browne and Kade Mills use a cylinder cone shaped plankton net to sample gelatinous zooplankton for Coral Reef census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2008. Not released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Bosnian pine (Pinus leucodermis) close-up fallen trunk bark with cones, Pollino National Park, Basilicata, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Grunewald / Old cone in the "Valley del Bove" the eastern side of Mount Etna Volcano, Sicily, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Pine cone on Moss surrounded by Fungi, Brtnicky Hradek, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Norway spruce (Picea abies) cone on moss, Brtnicky Hradek, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, September 2008 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

Donald M. Jones / Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) on Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) cone, western Montana

Juergen Freund / Large 2-cone plankton net behind research vessel (researchers from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton). Queensland, Australia

Jack Dykinga / Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) pine cone and needles in the snow, South Rim, Grand Canyon NP, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Ponderosa pine cones {Pinus ponderosa} and drift wood amid canyon wall reflections in Death Hollow, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Utah, USA

Jack Dykinga / Looking down into the leaves of an Agave plant {Agave utahensis} with Pinyon pine cone {Pinus edulis}, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Cerro Colorado volcano crater at sunset with Sierra de los Tanques in background, Biosphere Reserve of Pinacate and Gran Desierto Altar, Sonora, Mexico

Rolf Nussbaumer / Red squirrel {Sciurus vulgaris} adult eating pine cone, Grand Teton NP, Wyoming, USA

Doug Perrine / Cone shell {Conus sp} hunting at night, Palau, Micronesia

Nigel Marven / Volcanic cone, Badkhyz, Uzbekistan, Russia

Pete Oxford / Sulphur fulmerole in crater of active volcano, Sierra Negra, Isabela Is, Galapagos

Sumio Harada / Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) separating seeds from an Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii) cone to store for winter food, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Konrad Wothe / Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly on Coneflower (Echinacea sp), New Mexico

Jim Brandenburg / Coneflower (Echinacea sp) field, Wisconsin

Tui De Roy / Cerro Azul caldera with lake and tufa cone at 5,900 feet, Cerro Azul Volcano, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Volcanic eruption, radial flank fissure, February 1979, lava fountaining from splatter cone at dusk, Cerro Azul, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Volcanic eruption, spatter cone formation and lava fountain from radial fissure, February 1979, Cerro Azul east flank, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Volcanic eruption, spatter cone formation and lava fountain from radial fissure, February 1979, Cerro Azul east flank, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Volcanic eruption, spatter cone formation and lava fountain from radial fissure, February 1979, Cerro Azul east flank, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Michael Quinton / Yellowstone fire, sprouting wildflower near burnt Lodgepole pine cone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Norbert Wu / Cone Snail (Conus dalli), Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Geoff Simpson / European larch tree {Larix decidua} cones on branch, UK

Pete Oxford / Erruption of parasitic cone volcano, Cabo Hammond Feb 1995 Fernandina Island, Galapagos

Pete Oxford / Erruption of parasitic cone, with lava flowing into sea Fernandina Island, Galapagos

WILLIAM OSBORN / Redpoll male feeding in Larch tree (Larix decidua) UK

Doug Allan / Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador

Duncan Mcewan / Larch - old cones with lichen and emerging spring leaves {Larix sp} Scotland, UK

Geoff Simpson / European larch cone with new leaf growth {Larix decidua} Derbyshire, Peak District NP, UK

Nick Upton / Azure winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana) perched at the top of a Mediterranean cypress tree (Cupressus sempervirens), Algarve, Portugal, June.

Oriol Alamany / White Spruce (Picea glauca) cones on the forest floor, Yoho National Park, Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Mark Taylor / Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) eating seeds from its favourite food plant, the Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis), Western USA

Donald M. Jones / Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertina) female on pine cones, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) female on pine cone, Troy, Montana

Sandra Bartocha / Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) Granzin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, October

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scot's pine cone (Pinus sylvestris) in pine wood, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Scotland, UK, October

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scot's pine cone (Pinus sylvestris) in pinewood, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Scotland, UK

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scot's pine cone (Pinus sylvestris) on ground in pinewood, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Scotland, UK

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scot's pine cone (Pinus sylvestris) in pinewood, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Scotland, UK, October

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scots pine cone (Pinus sylvestris) in pinewood, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Scotland, UK, October

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scot's pine cone (Pinus sylvestris) in pineoowd, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Scotland, UK, October. Did you know? As well as two national parks, Scotland has a further 47 National Nature Reserv...

Alan Williams / Siskin (Carduelis spinus) male feeding on Larch cone, North Wales, UK, March

Eric Baccega / Cone Island, seen from the floe edge off Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2012.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Female cone of European larch (Larix decidua). New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March.

Claudio Contreras / Coney (Cephalopholis fulva). Cancun National Park, Caribbean Sea, Mexico.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cone plants (Conophytum sp) growing in rock, Namaqualand coast, Northern Cape, South Africa, January

Erlend Haarberg / Male Red / Common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) with cone in beak, Norway, October

Dave Watts / Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) showing male cones, Canberra Botanical Gardens, Australia, September. Critically endangered.

Ben Hall / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) perched on pine cones in snowfall, Cheshire, UK February

Alex Mustard / Yellow grouper (Epinephelus fulvus) a medium size reef predator, hiding under an overhang, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Island, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

George Sanker / North American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) on branch with pine cone in its mouth, USA, October

Laurie Campbell / Collection of fallen Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) cones, Abernethy Forest RSPB Reserve, Strathspey, Scotland, August

Laurie Campbell / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) cone, Abernethy Forest RSPB Reserve, Strathspey, Scotland, June

Laurie Campbell / European larch (Larix decidua) branches bearing cones silhouetted at sunset, Berwickshire, Scotland, December

Donald M. Jones / Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) pinecone food cache, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Adrian Davies / Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) cones on branch, UK, October

Adrian Davies / Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) cones on branch, UK, October

Matthias Breiter / Blacksamson Echinacea (Echinacea angustifolia)flower growing petals, Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada

Mark Raycroft / Shih Tzu (Canis familiaris) on bench

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Close-up of cone formation of Scot's pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) Beinn Eighe NNR, Highlands, NW Scotland, UK, May

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Close-up of cone formation of Scot's pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) Beinn Eighe NNR, Highlands, NW Scotland, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Caterpillar larva of Pine hawkmoth (Sphinx pinastri) amongst pine needles, UK

Klaus Echle / Weighing cone harvest of Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) trees . Black Forest, Germany, August.

Klaus Echle / Cone harvest from Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) trees, Black Forest, Germany, August.

Piotr Naskrecki / Cycad (Cycas sp) immature female cone, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Water Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile) stem and cone, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Paul Hobson / Common field Horsetails (Equisetum arvense) in spring showing cones, Yorkshire, UK, May

Paul Hobson / Common field Horsetails (Equisetum arvense) in spring showing cones, Yorkshire, UK, May

Paul Hobson / Common field Horsetails (Equisetum arvense) in spring showing cones, Yorkshire, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Corsican Pine seedling (Pinus nigra var. maritima) growing amongst pine trees and cones in coastal pine woodlands, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Corsican Pine seedling (Pinus nigra var. maritima) growing amongst pine trees and cones in coastal pine woodland, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Eartstar fungi (Geastrum triplex) growing amongst moss, Holkham, Norfolk, UK

Markus Varesvuo / Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) female batting the snow off a spruce cone that it wants to feed on. Kuusamo, Finland, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra )female foraging in a Spruce cone. Kuusamo, Finland, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) male feeding on spruce cone. Kuusamo, Finland, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) male perched on Spruce tree. Kuusamo, Finland, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) foraging on spruce cone from a snowy branch. Kuusamo, Finland, February.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dive boat by Pinnacle Rock, the eroded remains of a tuff cone, by the the volcano on Isla Bartolome. Galapagos, January 2005.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Pinnacle Rock, the eroded remains of a tuff cone, by the the volcano on Isla Bartolome. Santiago, Galapagos, January 2005.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Parasitic Cone, a cinder cone on the side of the volcano on Isla Bartolome. Santiago, Galapagos, January 2005.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Talus cone of debris at the bottom of an erosion feature on Renland, East Greenland, September 2005.

Konrad Wothe / Norway Spruce (Picea abies) cones in spring, Germany

Kevin Schafer / Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana) cone, Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California

Pete Oxford / Cone-headed Katydid (Tettigoniidae) on a leaf. Napo River bordering Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, October.