Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Giant Octopus (Octopus dofleini) attacking a ship, 1815 copperplate engraving from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur kinder' 16 plate 5. with contemporary colour. 'Colosal Polypus' (octopus) a...

Adrian Davies / Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) at base of tree. Red cross on tree indicates it is diseased and will be cut down. Surrey, England, UK. October.

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife rescuer and head of Fly-by-Night Bat Clinic, Tamsyn Hogarth, attempting to cut down a Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), that had become entangled in barbed-wire fencing in an o...

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Water Bug (Diplonychus sp) male carrying eggs on back where they have been glued by a female, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Ashley Cooper / Constructing traditional dug out canoe, Malawi, March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / Soil turned to dust and Almond groves chopped down as there is no longer water available to irrigate them during 2012-2017 California drought, Wasco, California, USA, September 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Almond groves being chopped down as there is no longer water available to irrigate them, in Wasco, California, USA, September 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Almond (Prunus amygdalus) groves chopped down as there is no longer water available to irrigate them during the 2011-17 California drought. Wasco, Central Valley, California, USA, September 2014

Jeff Foott / Warning sign to cut down trees killed by Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) because of the fire hazard. Sign is near Dubois, Wyoming, USA. The crrent outbreak of mountain pine beetles ha...

Tim Laman / Loggers floating wood, Most likely cut illegally inside the park, down the Rantau Panjang River, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo.

Tim Laman / Rainforest tree freshly cut down and cleared by local people for new gardens. Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Lumber cut down during deforestation, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. June 2010.

Mark Taylor / Ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pup, Flame, age 12 weeks hing a red rose.

Laurent Geslin / Ski slope in the Alps, Haute Savoie, France, where a swathe of coniferous forest has been cut down to create a ski run.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Staff and a volunteer from The Wildwoood Trust moving large branches of trees cut down to improve water vole habitat on a stream and to allow growth of bankside vegetation. East Malling, Kent England,...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / A member of staff from the Wildwoood Trust carries large branch of trees cut down improve water vole habitat on a stream and to allow growth of bankside vegetation, East Malling, Kent England, Februar...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / A member of staff from the Wildwoood Trust carries branches of trees cut down improve water vole habitat on a stream and to allow growth of bankside vegetation, East Malling, Kent England, February 20...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / A volunteer from the Wildwood trust removes branches, as trees are cut down to improve water vole habitat on a stream and to allow growth of bankside vegetation, East Malling, Kent England, February 2...

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Panoploscelis scudderi) molting, Sipaliwini, Surinam

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Panoploscelis scudderi) molting, Sipaliwini, Surinam

Florian Möllers / Alder tree cut down by Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber albicus) on river bank of the Havel, Berlin, Germany, October 2007

Florian Möllers / Elm tree cut down by Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber albicus) on river bank of the Havel, Berlin, Germany, October 2007

Michel Poinsignon / Hedgerows cut down and destroyed in spring, Lorraine, France, April 2009

Piper Mackay / Young wounaan indian boy climbing down from his hut on traditional stairs cut in wood, Panama, November 2008

Pete Oxford / Lamb marking, three month old lambs have their ears tagged, tails cut off and the males are castrated, Moss Side Farm, East Falkland Island, Falkland Islands

Piotr Naskrecki / Pillbug (Armadillidium sp) on its back, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid, a newly discovered, yet unnamed species from fynbos habitat, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa

Roy Mangersnes / Large Willow tree cut down by Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) in Rogaland, Norway. February

Ingo Arndt / Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus) spider, Arizona

Pete Oxford / Tavy or Slash-and-burn-agriculture, nr Daraina, NE Madagascar. This method of farming where new forest is cut down after a few years when the soil is no longer productive is blamed for the permanent d...

Pete Oxford / Tavy or Slash-and-burn-agriculture, nr Daraina, NE Madagascar. This method of farming where new forest is cut down after a few years when the soil is no longer productive is blamed for the permanent d...

Piotr Naskrecki / Antlion (Palpares sp) resembles large, colorful dragonfly, South Africa

Patricio Robles Gil / Sugar Cane worker using machete to cut down cane, Fiji, South Pacific

Mark Yates / Bill hook used to trim 'pleachers' - woodland trees that are cut down. UK

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Green Mantis (Sphodromantis gastrica) moulting, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Striped Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros vittatus) roosting, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Striped Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros vittatus) roosting, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Ingo Arndt / Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) down nest with eggs, Uebersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany

Aflo / ic-05106 Bulldog puppy lying down.

Tom Vierus / Felled trees at the edges of a local farm a community. As the community is expanding the farm, the trees are cut down to make way for growing vegetables. Kolombangara island, Western Province, Solomon...

Ripan Biswas / Indian pond heron (Ardeola grayii) entangled in gill net spread across a lake. Volunteers from the Human & Environmental Alliance League (HEAL) cut down the net and released the heron, Murshidabad, We...

Suzi Eszterhas / Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) female and infant, emerging from a carry cage after being rescued by the Sloth Conservation Foundation after their trees were illegally cut down, P...

Suzi Eszterhas / Conservation worker from the Sloth Conservation Foundation rescuing Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) female and infant that were displaced after their trees were illegally cut down...

Suzi Eszterhas / Conservation workers from Sloth Conservation Foundation rescuing Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) that was displaced after its trees were illegally cut down, Puerto Viejo de Tala...

Jabruson Motion / Pan across stripped hardwood log pile, numbered and labelled for exportation. This wood is cut down from the rainforest and transported here via the Congo River for shipment, 'La Grand Port' Shipyard,...

Suzi Eszterhas / Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) biologist, Rebecca Cliffe, rescuing sloth that was displaced after its trees were illegally cut down, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Suzi Eszterhas / Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) biologist, Rebecca Cliffe, rescuing sloth that was displaced after its trees were illegally cut down, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Suzi Eszterhas / Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) mother and young rescued by the Sloth Conservation Foundation after their trees were illegally cut down, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Suzi Eszterhas / Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) displaced when its tree was illegally cut down, resting in hedge along road, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Suzi Eszterhas / Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) displaced when its tree was illegally cut down, resting in hedge along road, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Suzi Eszterhas / Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) biologist, Rebecca Cliffe, rescuing sloth that was displaced after its trees were illegally cut down, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a female Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' on a branch. Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was rescued when trees were cut down in mining operation. Now l...

Doug Gimesy / Alice Roser, worker at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary feeding Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' female, nectar via syringe. Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was resc...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a female Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' on a branch. Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was rescued when trees were cut down in mining operation. Now l...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a female Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' on a branch. Named Grevillea, she was found as baby when trees were cut down in Condamine as part of a mining operatio...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a female Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' peering out of nest box, Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was rescued when trees were cut down in mining oper...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a female Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' in a nest box. Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was rescued when trees were cut down in mining operation. Now...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a female Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' in a nest box fed nectar via a syringe by her keeper.Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was rescued when trees...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a female Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' in a nest box. Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was rescued when trees were cut down in mining operation. Now...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a female Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' on a branch. Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was rescued when trees were cut down in mining operation. Now l...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a female Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' on a branch. Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was rescued when trees were cut down in mining operation. Now l...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a female Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' on a branch. Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was rescued when trees were cut down in mining operation. Now l...

Doug Gimesy / Alice Roser, worker at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary feeding Greater glider (Petauroides volans) 'Grevillea' female, nectar via syringe. Captive animal reared from baby, this glider was rescue...