Ingo Arndt / Compilation of various corals including many Fan corals (Gorgonacea sp) from collection at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.

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

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (fruit and beetle elytra ) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) detail of nest surface, Hessen, Germany, April.

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

Ingo Arndt / Buff tip moth (Phalera bucephala) caterpillars feeding on leaf, Hungary, June.

Ingo Arndt / Caddisfly (Limnephilidae) case built out of sticks and bark fragments, Germany, November.

Ingo Arndt / Caddisfly (Limnephilus sp.) case built of sticks, wood fragments, seeds, snail shells and plant stems, Germany, November.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (fungus) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (blue rotten wood) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Bower of Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with various types of leafs, beetle wing covers, black and brown fungi, red flowers and blue berries, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesi...

Ingo Arndt / Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male at courting bower, Litchfield National Park, Australia.

Ingo Arndt / Magnetic Termite (Amitermes meridionalis) mounds in grassland, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ingo Arndt / Weaver bird nest (Ploceus sp.) detail from Africa in collection at Uebersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) nest from Germany in collection at Uebersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) nest from Germany in collection at Uebersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus) nest, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Bower of Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) front entrance of bower decorated with red fruit and acorns, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Male Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) constructing bower roof. Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Paul D Stewart / A rare British broadsheet illustration with contemporary hand colouring, drawn and engraved by John Emslie and published by James Reynolds in 1849. It shows reconstructions of extinct creatures in the...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, UK, July 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / RSPB Project Manager Dave Hedges at site. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, UK. November 2011. Model relea...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Golden south sea pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) are prepared with plastic wedges to have nuclei inserted for the creation of cultured pearls, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009

Ingo Arndt / Green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) group building nest by pulling on leaves together, Kakadu National Park Northern Territory, Australia. Commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of th...

Ingo Arndt / Aerial view of European beaver (Castor fiber) habitat and structures. Beaver ponds, lodge, dams and felled trees are visible , Spessart, Germany, April.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) lodge and pond within a large woodland enclosure, Devon Beaver Project, Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, February 2015.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) lodge and pond within a large woodland enclosure, Devon Beaver Project, Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, February 2015.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) lodge and pond within a large woodland enclosure, Devon Beaver Project, Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, February 2015.

Alex Hyde / Stingless bee (Trigona sp) nest entrance which leads to chambers within tree. Maliau Basin, Borneo.

Ingo Arndt / Male Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) constructing bower roof. Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male preparing courting bower with stick, Litchfield National Park, Australia.

Tim Laman / Bower of a Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) Arfak Mountains, West Papua, New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Golden bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower with his lichen and flower arrangements. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. Endemic.

Juergen Freund / Golden bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower with his lichen and flower arrangements. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. Endemic.

Juergen Freund / Golden bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower with his lichen and flower arrangements. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. Endemic.

Juergen Freund / Golden bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower with his lichen and flower arrangements. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. Endemic.

Paul D Stewart / The history of life, proposed by Swiss-American naturalist Louis Agassiz. Agassiz would disagree strongly with Darwin's theory of evolution. This diagram from 1855 shows how he understood biological...

Nick Upton / Female Furrow orb weaver / Foliate spider (Larioniodes cornutus) spinning its web , Wiltshire, UK, May.

Jan Hamrsky / Case-building caddisfly larva (Trichoptera), Europe, June. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Case-building caddisfly larva (Trichoptera), Europe, May. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Silver sedge caddisfly larva (Odontocerum albicorne) at surface, Europe, May. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Caddisfly pupa (Trichoptera) inside its protective case attached to a stone, Europe, May. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Case-building caddisfly larva (Trichoptera), Europe, August. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Case-building caddisfly larva (Trichoptera), Europe, June. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Case-building caddisfly larva (Trichoptera), Europe, June. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Case-building caddisfly larva (Trichoptera), Europe, May. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Case-building caddisfly larva (Triaenodes bicolor) on Horsetail (Equisetum sp), Europe, May. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Silver sedge caddisfly larva (Odontocerum albicorne) on Horsetail (Equisetum sp) Europe, May. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Silver sedge caddisfly larva (Odontocerum albicorne) on Horsetail (Equisetum sp) Europe, May. Controlled conditions.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) adding a branch to its dam at night, part of Devon Wildlife Trust's Devon Beaver Project, England, UK, May. Taken with a remote camera.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) adding a branch to its dam at night, part of Devon Wildlife Trust's Devon Beaver Project, England, UK, May. Taken with a remote camera.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) inspecting its dam at night, part of Devon Wildlife Trust's Devon Beaver Project, England, UK, June. Taken with a remote camera.

Juergen Freund / Large-billed gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris) woven hanging nest, Queensland, Australia.

David Woodfall / Common reed (Phragmities communis), Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT and the Environment Agency to create new sal...

David Woodfall / Aerial view of Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, at sunrise, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT...

David Woodfall / Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) and lyme grass (Elymus sp) washed by exceptionally high spring tide, Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Somerset, UK. The Environment Agency and the WWT has...

David Woodfall / Sunset over Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Nature Reserve, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT a...

David Woodfall / Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Nature Reserve, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT and the Envi...

David Woodfall / Aerial view of Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, at sunrise, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT a...

David Woodfall / Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Nature Reserve, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT and the Envi...

David Woodfall / Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Nature Reserve, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT and the Envi...

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Vitelline masked weaver (Ploceus vitellinus) building nest in Samburu, Kenya.

David Woodfall / Aerial view of Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, at sunrise, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT a...

David Woodfall / Aerial view of Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Nature Reserve, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the W...

David Woodfall / Aerial view of the River Parrett and Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT and the Environment Agency to create new s...

David Woodfall / Aerial view of Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, at sunrise, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT...

David Woodfall / Aerial view of the River Parrett and Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT and the Environment Agency to create new s...

David Woodfall / Aerial view of Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Nature Reserve, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the W...

David Woodfall / Common reed (Phragmities communis), Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT and the Environment Agency to create new sa...

David Woodfall / Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Nature Reserve, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT and the Envir...

David Woodfall / Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Nature Reserve, agricultural land transformed into wetland reserve, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the WWT and the Envir...

David Woodfall / Aerial view of Steart Marshes Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Nature Reserve with Hinkley Point nuclear power station in background, Somerset, UK, February 2015. This area has been allowed to flood by the...

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) dam within woodland enclosure, Devon Beaver Project, Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) using its front legs to lift and add mud and vegetation onto its dam, in woodland enclosure at night, Devon Beaver Project, run by Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, May....

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) standing on its dam in woodland enclosure at night, Devon Beaver Project, run by Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, April. Taken by a remote camera trap.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) standing on its dam in woodland enclosure at night, Devon Beaver Project, run by Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, April. Taken by a remote camera trap.

Nick Upton / Canal made by Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) in marshy woodland, within a large woodland enclosure, Devon Beaver Project, Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, April 2015.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) dam within a large woodland enclosure. Devon Beaver Project, Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, February 2015.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) lodge and pond within a large woodland enclosure, Devon Beaver Project, Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, February 2015.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) lodge and pond within a large woodland enclosure, Devon Beaver Project, Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, February 2015.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) lodge, Flagham Fen, Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) lodge, Flagham Fen, Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) lodge, Flagham Fen, Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) arranging sticks on its dam in woodland enclosure at night, Devon Beaver Project, run by Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, April. Taken by a remote camera trap.

Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) placing a branch stripped of bark on its dam in woodland enclosure at night, Devon Beaver Project, run by Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK, April. Taken by a remote camer...

Pete Oxford / Entrance to ant nest on forest floor. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Africa.

Pete Oxford / Tree termite nest (Procubitermes sp) on tree trunk. Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Africa.

Jan Hamrsky / Case-building caddisfly larvae (Trichoptera) in protective cases made of various objects, Europe, April, controlled conditions.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Beaver (Castor fiber) dam, Peene river, Anklam, Germany, August.

Jean E. Roche / Tambo art in ricefield , artistic creation with different varieties of rice recently developed in Japan, Camargue, France, September 2013.

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Completed lagoon as part of lagoon creation project at Rutland Water. UK, April 2011.

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Lagoon creation at Rutland Water. UK, summer 2010.

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Completed lagoon as part of lagoon creation project. Rutland Water, UK, April 2011.

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Newt fence erected at lagoon creation area to ensure Great crested Newts don't find their way into work area and get squashed. Rutland Water, summer 2010.