Martin Willis / Spinifex Grass (Spinifex sp) in desert, Kata Tjuta, Australia

John Cancalosi / Sonoran desert toad (Incilius alvarius) pair mating, with trail of spawn in water. Arizona, USA.

Fabio Pupin / Peringuey's desert adder, (Bitis peringueyi), sidewinding on dune, Namib desert, Namibia, February . Non-ex.

Jack Dykinga / Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) running to feed brood with Lizard prey in beak. Catalina State Park, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. June.

Robert Valentic / Central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) basking in mallee / heathland habitat on the Murrayville Track in the Big Desert Wilderness of north-western Victoria, Australia.

Robert Valentic / Heath Monitor (Varanus rosenbergi) male enacting a threat display, in mallee/heath habitat near Pinnaroo, South Australia.

Fabio Pupin / Onager (Equus hemionus), Negev desert, Israel, April.

Oriol Alamany / Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) female with juvenile, walking in snow, in Spiti Valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India, March

Oriol Alamany / Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) male in snow, in Spiti Valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India, March. Remembering Wildlife Awards 2023 - One of 20 winning images.

Oriol Alamany / Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) female (hiding below the rock) with her two juveniles resting in snow, in Spiti Valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India, March

Jeff Foott / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers,superbloom, Antelope Valley, California

Jeff Foott / Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers, super bloom, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Jeff Foott / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers,super bloom, Antelope Valley, California

Jeff Foott / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers, super bloom, Antelope Valley, California

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegia gigantea) at sunset, during a summer rain storm. Saguaro National Park, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA, August. Digital composite.

John Shaw / Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) catching larvae with its extended tongue. In the Namib desert near Swakopmund, Namibia.

Jack Dykinga / Navajo Sandstone formations with striated lines of mineral deposits. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Jack Dykinga / Morning light with autumn coloured Cottonwoods (Populus sp) trees lining the river. Valley of the Gods, Colorado Plateau, of the Great Basin Desert, Utah, USA, November 2018.

Jack Dykinga / Erosion sculpted 'pot-hole' with reflection of clouds at sunset, Muley Point, Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2018.

Jack Dykinga / Rainbow over Long Canyon with fall coloured Cottonwood (Populus) trees against canyon walls, Burr Trail, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2018.

Jack Dykinga / Waterfall over sandstone with cottonwood tree, Long Canyon , Burr Trail, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. October.

Jiri Lochman / Little red kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamodae) feeding on a grasshopper, Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia.

Jiri Lochman / Brush-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus blythi) Little Sandy Desert, Western Australia.

Jiri Lochman / Fat-tailed pseudantechinus (Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis) Picture Hill area, in Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia .

Jiri Lochman / Wongai Ningaui (Ningaui ridei) catching beetle, Goongarrie NP, at the western egde of Great Victoria Desert, Western Australia.

John Cancalosi / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chick stretching its wings in nest in a Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), is groomed by its parent, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA, May.

Cyril Ruoso / Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) herd, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Cyril Ruoso / Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) herd, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Oriol Alamany / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) female with two cubs climbing a canyon cliff at dusk at 4400 metres, Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India, February

Daniel Heuclin / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), five running across salt flat with mountain in background. Salar de Ascotan, Chile. September 2018.

John Cancalosi / Rain storm in the Sonoran desert, with Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea), near Tucson, Arizona. 2018.

Jack Dykinga / Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) with Desert spiny desert lizard (Sceloporus magister) prey, Catalina State Park, Arizona, Sonoran Desert, USA. August.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) at sunset, standing on one leg, Marana, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. October.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) with head turned to one side, Marana, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. October.

Jack Dykinga / Backlit silver cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa) surrounded by California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), beneath the eroded boulders that define the park. Joshua Tree National Park, Moja...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) carpet the hillside, with flowering Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) in the forground. Antel...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with lupins intermixed. Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve...

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains at dawn. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave Desert, Califo...

Jack Dykinga / Purplemat (Nama demissum) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) growing through pebbles of a dry streambed. Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA. 25th March 2019.

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains, under the Milky Way. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave D...

Valeriy Maleev / Pallas's cat kitten (Otocolobus manul) Sukhe-Batar Aimag, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June.

Valeriy Maleev / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) walking in snow, Gobi Desert, Mongolia. December.

Ashley Cooper / Sun rays reflected onto solar tower at Ivanpah Solar Thermal Power Plant, the largest solar thermal plant in the world. It covers 4,000 acres of desert and produce 392 megawatts (MW) of electricity....

Valeriy Maleev / Long-eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) digging, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June. Did you know that the Long-eared jerboa is the mammal with the largest ears in proportion to its body size?

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) flowering in the sand dune flats near Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA, March.

Vincent Grafhorst / Minden / Crater of active volcano at twilight, Erta Ale, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Vincent Grafhorst / Salt flat, Lake Asale, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Vincent Grafhorst / Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) caravan transporting salt across salt flat, Lake Asale, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Jack Dykinga / Twisted Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) with the Milky Way and distant glow of Phoenix lights, Sonoran Desert National Monument, South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, Arizona, USA. September 2017.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) cacti at night with the Milky Way . Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA, September.

Jack Dykinga / Storm clouds at sunset over balancing eroded boulder, Texas Canyon, Little Dragoon Mountains, Chihuahuan Desert, Arizona, USA. September.

Jack Dykinga / Twisted Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Catalina State Park, near Tucson, Arizona, USA, September.

Jeff Foott / Deciduous forest and pond in autumn, Jordan Pond, Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park, Maine

Cyril Ruoso / Feral Horses (Equus caballus) gathering around waterhole, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.

Claudio Contreras / Young girl face to face with Peninsular Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana peninsularis) fawn at Peninsular Pronghorn recovery project, El Vizcaino Desert Biosphere Reserve, Baja California Pen...

Jeff Foott / Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) group in desert, Virgin Mountains, Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada

Jeff Foott / Desert, Lake Mead, Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada

Vincent Grafhorst / Namib Sand Gecko (Palmatogecko rangei) in desert, Namibia

Vincent Grafhorst / Namib Sand Gecko (Palmatogecko rangei) in desert, Namibia

Vincent Grafhorst / Namaqua Chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) in desert, Namibia

Jack Dykinga / Fremont cottonwood trees (Populus fremontii) with autumnal leaves, Coyote Gulch,Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Stevens Arch reflected in the amid sand bar ripples Escalante Canyon, Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA

Jack Dykinga / Banded Navajo Sandstone slot canyon in the Escalante Canyon complex. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Indian paintbrush (Castilleja sp.) flowers amid boulders in a stream, in narrow canyon with conifers in background Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Cap-rocks on the rim of the Escalante Canyon at dawn. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2012.

Jack Dykinga / Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) trees in autumn at sunset, forming a sinuous line of yellow trees. Deer Creek Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October.

Jack Dykinga / Devils Garden, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, eroded hoodoo sandstone formations. Utah

Jack Dykinga / Devils Garden, eroded hoodoo sandstone formations. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. October.

Jack Dykinga / Cottonwood (Populus fremontii) trees forming a sinuous line of yellow trees at sunset, in Deer Creek Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA

Jack Dykinga / Landscape of eroded sandstone rock formations, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Patterns in sandstone cliffs in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2014.

Jack Dykinga / Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) growing in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, October 2014.

Jack Dykinga / Hoodoo cap sandstone rock formations with milky way above and meteor shower, Escalante canyon walls, Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument , Utah, USA, October.

Jack Dykinga / Devil's Garden 'Hoodoos', Entrada sandstone formations in afternoon light. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Utah, USA, October 2010.

Jack Dykinga / Eroded salt laden sandstone 'fins' in incredible sculpted forms comprise an area know as 'Little Finland.' Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada, USA. President Barack Obama designated the monument on...

Jack Dykinga / Eroded salt laden sandstone 'fins' in incredible sculpted forms comprise an area know as 'Little Finland.' Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada, USA. President Barack Obama designated the monument on...

Jack Dykinga / Eroded salt laden sandstone 'fins' in incredible sculpted forms comprise an area know as 'Little Finland.' Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada, USA. President Barack Obama designated the monument on...

Jack Dykinga / ARCHIVED SG - Duplicate 10/10/2017. Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) at sunset, with drooping frost damaged limbs, South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona...

Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) with full moon rising, Namib Desert. Namibia.

Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) with full moon rising, Namib Desert. Namibia.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) in bloom with Foothill paloverde (Cercidium microphyllum) Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA, April.

Jack Dykinga / Narrows with canyon wall reflections in mud patterned shore, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Paria Canyon Wilderness, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Eroded Chinle shale mounds with colour bands, beneath the Paria Plateau, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Paria Canyon Vermilion, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Rainbow over petrified sand dunes at sunset, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Petrified sand dunes at sunrise with rain-filled 'pot holes' and banded sandstone in foreground. Vermilion Cliffs National Monument,Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Navajo sandstone canyon walls eroded and sculpted by Paria River floods, Paria Canyon, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Petrified sand dune sandstone formations with eroded stratified patterns, looking into the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA. November.

Ingo Arndt / Desert chameleon walking away from camera {Chamaeleo namaquensis} Namibia

Christophe Courteau / Plains zebra (Equus burchelli) drinking in a dust storm, Boteti River, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Christophe Courteau / Ostriches (Struthio camelus) running in the distance in a mirage, Sossusvlei, Namib-Nauckluft National Park, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Peringuey's adder (Bitis peringueyi) buried in sand, flicking tongue, hunting, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Steve Downer / Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) feeding on grass, controlled conditions.

Ingo Arndt / Quiver Tree (Aloe dichotoma), Namib Desert, Namibia.