Morley Read / Aerial timelapse rising over misty cloudforest covering the slopes of Sumaco Volcano, with a water filled crater lake in foreground, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

Philippe Clement / Juvenile European brown bear cub (Ursus arctos arctos) walking in deep snow in winter, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, January. Captive.

Ingo Arndt / Buff tip moth (Phalera bucephala) protective web covering caterpillars and food plant, Hungary, June.

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) orphaned pup, three weeks old, Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska

Andy Rouse / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother and calf in rain, wallowing in mud. Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. September.

Franco Banfi / Sea star (Hacelia attenuata) on coral covered with mucilage, a symptom of rising sea temperature, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf covered in mud, Engong Narok swamp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

John Cancalosi / American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) swimming near Water lilies (Nymphaea sp) Washington DC, USA. July.

Loic Poidevin / Common teasel (Dipascus fullonum) seed-heads covered in ice, Vendee, France , January

Staffan Widstrand / Moss covered fallen trees in old mixed conifer and broadleaf forest, Punia Forest Reserve, Lithuania, May.

Richard Du Toit / Greater kudu (Tregalaphus strepsiceros) covered in Yellowbilled oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus) rear view, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Pascal Pittorino / Mimosa (Acacia dealbata) flowers covered in snow , Var, Provence, France, February