Tony Wu / Male Leach's sea star (Leiaster leachi) broadcast spawning, releasing streams of sperm from its arms. Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 - Underwater cate...

Mateusz Piesiak / Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) flock in flight at dawn, Barycz Valley Landscape Park, Poland. Emotion'Ailes Photography Competition 2021 Category Winner - Artistic.

Pal Hermansen / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus), males boxing at night in spring, Trondelag, Norway.~Fotonoja Photography Competition 2021, Winner of Mammals category.

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) fighting in snow at night, Vauldalen, Norway, April.

Mateusz Piesiak / Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) feeding on sunflower seeds in a field that could not be cut due to high water levels, Lower Silesia, Poland. Emotion'Ailes Photography Competition 2021, Categ...

Guy Edwardes / Ghost glass frog (Centrolenella ilex) sitting on moss-covered branch in rainforest, Costa Rica, Central America.

David Pattyn / Great white egret (Ardea alba) diving to catch fish in shallow pond, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, August.

David Tipling / Aerial view of mixed deciduous woodland and conifer plantation in autumn, Thetford Forest, Norfolk, UK. November, 2020.

David Tipling / Red knot (Calidris canutus) roosting flock and a lone Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), in autumn at Snettisham RSPB Reserve, The Wash, Norfolk, UK. September.

Theo Bosboom / Drift ice on the shore of IJsselmeer, Stavoren, the Netherlands, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking among rock boulders partially covered in snow on a mountain top. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. February.

Tony Wu / Large gathering of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) comprising hundreds, perhaps thousands of individual whales that spanned horizon to horizon for nearly three days. This was likely a meeting of...

Alex Mustard / Wide angle macro photo of an algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus) as it reaches out and investigates the camera. Dauin, Dauin Marine Protected Area, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, tropical we...

Andy Rouse / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in frosty garden, Wales, UK January.

Tony Wu / Male Korean seahorse (Hippocampus haema) giving birth. Some of the babies are still curled up inside their egg membranes. Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.

Mateusz Piesiak / Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) pack in snow, forest in Bialowieza National Park. Poland. January 2019. Received Honour award at the Mont Photo 2020 Competition.

Neil Aldridge / Slow motion shot of Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) diving for and flying off with fish, Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker bees cleaning the wall around the entrance of the nest cavity, view of the cavity / Germany

Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera), in fllight, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Honey bees (Apis mellifera), in flight, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) hive in Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) nest, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker setting a scent track for other bees to find the way to their new beehive inside a tree hole cavity, Germany.

Guy Edwardes / Pair of Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) on Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) at sunrise, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Guy Edwardes / Clustered bonnet fungi (Mycena inclinata) growing in moss, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. Focus stacked image. October.

Konrad Wothe / Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula) light trails of males in forest at dusk, Bavaria, Germany. July.

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) male silhouetted on a fern, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. July.

Alex Mustard / Wild Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops adunctus) swimming with a golden retriever dog (Canis lupus familiaris). Gubal Island, Egypt, Red Sea, Indian Ocean.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Tourists watching eruption of Fagradalsfjall Volcano, Iceland, Europe. May 2021.

Eduardo Blanco / Volcanic eruption, Cumbre Vieja Volcano, La Palma, Canary Islands. September 2021

Eduardo Blanco / Close up lava from volcanic eruption, Cumbre Vieja Volcano, La Palma, Canary Islands. September 2021

Oliver Wright / A female kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) fishing, diving into an ice hole in winter. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. January. Sequence.

Oliver Wright / A female kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) fishing through an ice hole in winter. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. January. Sequence.

Mateusz Piesiak / Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) diving into sea, hunting shellfish, Baltic Sea, Poland. Vogelwarte Photo Competition 2021, Finalist.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) at lek, with breath condensing in cold air. Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Two male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) fighting at lek. Utajarvi, Finland, April.

Milan Radisics / Female Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking along tree trunk in heavy fog at night. Light source behind the subject creates dramatic volumetric lighting. Vertes Mountains, Hungary.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Comatricha lurida) 2mm tall sporangia growing along the edge of a rotting beech leaf, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March - Focus stacked.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Lamproderma scintillans) super close up of 1mm tall sporangia, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Gerrit Vyn / Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) male displaying on lek. Fort Pierre National Grassland, South Dakota, USA. When displaying, the males erect earlike plumes on the head and blow up bright o...

Alex Mustard / Compass jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) with sunburst close to the surface, Cornwall, UK,.English Channel.

Juergen Freund / Bioluminescent fungi (possibly Omphalotus nidiformis / Pleurotus nidiformis) glowing on tree trunk in rainforest at night, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. Highly commended in the Plants an...

Alex Mustard / Leather corals (Sarcophyton sp.) fluoresce at night under blue light on a coral reef. Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking among rock boulders partially covered in snow on a mountain top. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. February.

Andy Rouse / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) in morning light, UK. June.

Oliver Wright / Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) singing during the morning at St Aidens RSPB reserve near Leeds, UK. April.

Tony Wu / Mimika bobtail squid (Euprymna morsei), threat display, Hokkaido, Japan, Pacific Ocean.

Shane Gross / Close-up detail of the eye of a Red Irish lord fish (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) showing distinctive corneal chromatophores (pigment-containing structures). Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British C...

Pal Hermansen / Dippers (Cinclus cinclus) on partially frozen river, Viken,Norway. Highly Commended in Birds Category of GDT photo competition 2021.

Andy Rouse / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck in morning light, UK. May.

Alex Mustard / Young and adult Shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) gathered on rocks in the sea. Treshnish Isles, Southern Hebrides, Scotland, UK. Sea of Hebrides, North East Atlantic Ocean.

Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) and Sally-lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) on rocks at high-tide with sea spray, Galapagos Islands, South America.

David Pattyn / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in early morning light. Valkenhorst nature reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May.

Graham Eaton / Barn owl (Tyto alba) flying at night over track between trees, Pwllheli, Wales, UK. April. Runner-up in Nature and Wildlife category of Monivisions Photography Awards 2021.

Markus Varesvuo / Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) flying in snow, Mainua, Kajaani, Finland. March. Finalist in the Swiss Vogelwarte photo competition 2021.

Eduardo Blanco / Snow covered trees in the Sotos del Alfaro Natural Reserve, Alfaro, La Rioja province, Spain. January.

Ross Hoddinott / Water droplets on leaf creating a natural pattern, Tresco Tropical Garden, Tresco, Isle of Scilly, Cornwall, UK. June.

Edwin Giesbers / Abstract image of ice on a car window, Netherlands.

Tony Wu / Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) gliding through snowy forest, Hokkaido, Japan.

Claudio Contreras / Mexican Fiddler Crab (Leptuca crenulata) male displaying, Morua Estuary, near Rocky Point, Gulf of California, Mexico, June.

Mark Taylor / Forced perspective photo of a horse appearing to stand on a dog's back, UK.

Guy Edwardes / Incoming tide at Dal Beag beach, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. July.

Maxime Aliaga / Golden-tailed sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone) in flight. Pilcopata, Cuzco, Peru. May.

Andy Rouse / African lion (Panthera leo) female silhouetted, yawning at dawn, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.

Guy Edwardes / Common Stump bristlestem fungi (Psathyrella piluliformis) large cluster fruiting on fallen Beech trunk, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. Focus stacked image. October.

Jack Dykinga / Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona. Sunset light with whispy clouds over Ragged Top Mountain in the Silverbell range.

Sandra Bartocha / Field of poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus), Mollenstorf, Mecklenburg-Western-Pommerania, Germany. June.

Paul Hobson / Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) pair in tree, silhouetted against a rainbow. The male is on the right. Sheffield, UK. May.

David Tipling / Great tit (Parus major) in flight at sunset, Norfolk, UK. January.

David Pattyn / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) in early morning light. Valkenhorst nature reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May.

Oliver Wright / Emerald damselfy (Lestes sponsa) at Ledstone pond near Leeds, UK. September. Focus stacked

Doug Gimesy / A rescued grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), aged ten weeks, swaddled in a 'mumma roll' and held by his carer, Bianca Keating. South Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. Model Released...

Doug Gimesy / Drowned Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) found entangled in a Bureau of Meteorology radiosonde (i.e. weather balloon). Brighton Beach, Victoria, Australia. Editorial use only.

Staffan Widstrand / Black stork (Ciconia nigra) and Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) Pusztaszer reserve, Hungary

Oliver Wright / Plant encased in ice after a storm. Lake Torneträsk, North Sweden. October. Waves from a lake have splashed onto the shore, causing ice to build up on the plants and the trees.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) looking out to sea, Grimsey Island, Iceland. June

David Fleetham / Honeycomb moray eel (Gymnothorax favagineus) surrounded by male and female Dancing shrimp (Rhynchocinetes uritai), Indonesia.

John Cancalosi / 17 year Periodical cicada (Magicicada septendecim) teneral adult Brood X cicada, molting, Maryland, USA, June 2021

John Cancalosi / 17 year Periodical cicada (Magicicada septendecim) teneral adult Brood X cicada, molting, Maryland, USA, June 2021

Danny Green / Common frog (Rana temporaria) submerged in water showing its reflection, Leicestershire, UK, February.

Emanuele Biggi / Common toads (Bufo bufo) mating and strings of toadspawn in a small stream in Luni (Viterbo), Central Italy. April.

Mateusz Piesiak / Black-headed gull (chroicocephalus ridibundus) diving into water, hunting fish / shellfish at sunrise. Baltic Sea, Poland. Sequence 1 of 2

Mateusz Piesiak / Black-headed gull (chroicocephalus ridibundus) diving into water, hunting fish / shellfish at sunrise. Baltic Sea, Poland. Sequence 2 of 2

Markus Varesvuo / Juvenile Merlin (Falco columbarius) streamlined in flight, gliding with wings tucked in. Parainen, Uto, Finland. September.

Ross Hoddinott / RF - Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) and english bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta). Late evening light and double exposure to create soft, dreamy effect. West Woods, nr Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK. M...

Andy Rouse / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in snowy garden, Wales, UK, January.

Andy Sands / Close up of individual snow flake on garden table, Hertfordshire, England, UK, February - Focus Stacked

Guy Edwardes / Beech woodland in hoar frost, Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England, UK. January

Andy Rouse / African leopard (Panthera pardus) female in monochrome, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.

Guy Edwardes / Clustered bonnet fungi (Mycena inclinata), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. October.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) against sunlit sea, Grimsey Island, Iceland. June

Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) resting on grasses, backlit in late evening light, Vealand Farm, Devon, UK. June.

Andres M. Dominguez / Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus), Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Southern Spain. September.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) displaying at lek. Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Two male Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) fighting at lek. Utajarvi, Finland, April.

Guy Edwardes / Long exposure of the River Ure at Aysgarth, with swirling foam. Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England, UK. June.

Markus Varesvuo / Willow Tit (Parus montanus) in snow, Mainua, Kajaani, Finland, March.

Juergen Freund / Large scale agricultural irrigation of a vegetable farm, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Staffan Widstrand / Men and guns reflected in eye of dead Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska, USA. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking into frame and onto street, at nightime. The animal sniffs the ground as it walks around. A person walks up the street and doesn't pay any attention to the animal as it...

Roland Seitre / Park warden pointing to entrance of ground nesting site of Bahama parrot (Amazona leucocephala bahamensis) in native palm forest, Abaco Islands, Bahamas. May, 2021. Endangered.

Jeff Vanuga / Man darting a Grey wolf (Canis lupus) from a helicopter before fitting a radio collar, Rabbit Creek thermal area, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. February.

Jeff Vanuga / Group of people from Wyoming Game and Fish Department attaching a radio collar to a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) for research purposes, Wyoming USA. March, 2016.

Jeff Vanuga / Group of people from Wyoming Game and Fish Department attaching a radio collar to a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) for research purposes, Wyoming USA. March, 2016.

Kirkendall-Spring / Gerimiah Holy Bull, a member of the Sioux Rosebud Tribe of Native Americans, standing on rock wearing traditional dress, South Dakota, USA. June, 2022.

Kirkendall-Spring / Gerimiah Holy Bull, a member of the Sioux Rosebud Tribe of Native Americans, wearing traditional dress performing a 'Fancy Dance', South Dakota, USA. June, 2022.

Kirkendall-Spring / Gerimiah Holy Bull, a member of the Sioux Rosebud Tribe of Native Americans, wearing traditional dress performing a 'Fancy Dance', South Dakota, USA. June, 2022.

Kirkendall-Spring / Gerimiah Holy Bull, a member of the Sioux Rosebud Tribe of Native Americans, wearing traditional dress performing a 'Fancy Dance', South Dakota, USA. June, 2022.

Kirkendall-Spring / Marian Sorace a member of the Sioux Rosebud Tribe of Native Americans, portrait, South Dakota, USA. June, 2022.

Kirkendall-Spring / Photographer standing on rocky overlook at sunrise photographing rocky landscape and stormy sky, Big Badlands Overlook, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA. June, 2022.

Gavin Maxwell / Four porters carrying supplies en route to K2 from Concordia at the confluence of Godwin-Austen and Baltoro Glaciers, Karakoram Mountains, Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan. July, 2022.

Juergen Freund / Volunteer at the Tolga Bat Hospital cradling three juvenile Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) rescued by volunteers from a nearby forest, after their mothers died from the effects of p...

Tui De Roy / Community member releasing Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings from incubation pen as part of 30 year community-based beach patrolling, protection of nests and females and natural hatchery scheme...

Tim Laman / Helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) casque and bead bracelet made of same material placed on counter, Hong Qiao Antique Market, Shanghai.

Tim Laman / Photographer Tim Laman inside canopy blind, used for photographing Rhinoceros hornbills (Buceros rhinoceros) in Strangler fig tree (Ficus dubia), Halabala Wildlife Sanctuary, Narathiwat, Thailand. Mar...

Tim Laman / Photography assistant Drew Fulton standing at base of tree where Helmeted hornbills (Rhinoplax vigil) nest, Budo-Sungai Padi National Park, Narathiwat, Thailand.

Tim Laman / Porters carrying gear and tripod bags in rattan basket backpacks whilst hiking to hornbill research camp, Gunung Nyiut Nature Reserve, Kalimantan, Borneo.

Tim Laman / Porters carrying gear and tripod bags in rattan basket backpacks across river whilst hiking into hornbill research camp, Gunung Nyiut Nature Reserve, Kalimantan, Borneo. March, 2018.

Tim Laman / Village chief Apai Bandi weaving basket on the front porch of longhouse, Iban tribe of Dayak people, Kapuas Ulu, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Iban hunter shines phone light through casque of juvenile Helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) as full skin of Wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) and skull and casque of Rhinoceros hornbill (Buce...

Tim Laman / Iban hunter displaying skin of Wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus), skull and casque of Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) and casque of a young Helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) on floor...

Tim Laman / Dayak guides cooking freshly caught fish on banks of Utik River, Sungai Utik Customary Forest, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Dayak boatman travelling up the Utik River by canoe, Sungai Utik Customary Forest, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Vendor shows beak of Helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) adorned with Tibetan silver, Antiques market, Cang Bao Lou building, Chenghuang Temple Area, Shanghai, China. Likely a real antique piece.

Tim Laman / Photographer Tim Laman with RED Digital Cinema, waiting to film hornbills, Halabala Wildlife Sanctuary, Narathiwat, Thailand. March, 2017.

Tim Laman / Porters carrying gear and tripod bags in rattan basket backpacks, whilst hiking to hornbill research camp, Gunung Nyiut Nature Reserve, Kalimantan, Borneo.

Tim Laman / Iban hunter displaying skin of Wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus), skull and casque of Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) and casque of a young Helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) on floor...

Tim Laman / Iban man and woman on motorcycle, driving past house and woman carrying dog, Kapuas Ulu, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. All are heading out to work in fields.

Tim Laman / Village chief Apai Bandi leaning against wall in communal hall of longhouse, Iban tribe of Dayak people, Kapuas Ulu, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Dayak boatman guiding canoe up rapids on Utik River, Sungai Utik Customary Forest, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Dayak boatman travelling up the Utik River by canoe, Sungai Utik Customary Forest, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Village chief Apai Bandi sits on log on the side of his tribe's pristine river and talks to about the importance of protecting their forest, Utik River, Sungai Utik Customary Forest, Kalimantan,...

Tim Laman / Village chief Apai Bandi guiding canoe up river with Dayak boatman, Sungai Utik Customary Forest, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Village chief Apai Bandi traveling up Utik River with Dayak boatman on canoe, Sungai Utik Customary Forest, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Ratna Kusuma Sari of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency with confiscated casques and skulls of Helmeted hornbills (Rhinoplax vigil), Samarinda, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Confiscated from a...

Tim Laman / Forest police officer Suryadi with casques and skulls of Helmeted hornbills (Rhinoplax vigil) confiscated by Natural Resources Conservation Agency) Samarinda, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Confiscate...

Tim Laman / Casques of Helmeted hornbills (Rhinoplax vigil) being weighed by Natural Resources Conservation Agency, Samarinda, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Confiscated from an attempted air cargo shipment in 20...

Tim Laman / Casques of the Helmeted hornbills (Rhinoplax vigil) being weighed by Natural Resources Conservation Agency, Samarinda, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Confiscated from an attempted air cargo shipment i...

Tim Laman / Casques of the Helmeted hornbills (Rhinoplax vigil) being weighed by Natural Resources Conservation Agency, Samarinda, Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Confiscated from an attempted air cargo shipment i...

Tim Laman / Photographer Tim Laman uses throw-over blind hide to camouflage himself whilst waiting in canopy with camera for Helmeted hornbill to return to nest, Budo-Sungai Padi National Park, Narathiwat, Thaila...

Daniel Nunez / Spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) rescued infant, being bottle fed at ARCAS Rescue Center, Peten, Guatemala. January, 2023. Endangered. Cropped.

Edwin Giesbers / French stick insect (Clonopsis gallica) resting on the finger of Jinze Noordijk, biologist at EIS Kenniscentrum Insects, The Netherlands. May, 2021.

Doug Gimesy / Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) rescued female pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup sitting in hands of wildlife carer, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup curled up in hands of wildlife carer, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe whilst lying on blanket, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued female Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) pup being fed milk from syringe, Worrolong, Australia. Captive.

Staffan Widstrand / Ecologist using a magnifying glass to look at Monk's-hood lichen (Hypogymnia physodes) growing on a tree trunk in forest, Stuorbatjvare Nature Reserve, Norrbotten, Sapmi, Lapland, Sweden. August,...

Staffan Widstrand / Lars-Thure Lindholm, forest conservationist and the main person behind the establishment of the Parlalven old-growth wilderness forest Nature Reserve, standing next to Spruce tree (Picea abies) aged s...

Staffan Widstrand / Team from ARK Nature Rewilding Europe initiative celebrating 30 years since project began at Millinger Waard, Gelderse Poort, near Nijmegen, The Netherlands. July, 2022.

Staffan Widstrand / Woman holding European tree frog (Hyla arborea) in her hand, captive bred and reintroduced into wild at Millinger Ward, Gelderse Poort, near Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Staffan Widstrand / Woman and child releasing a captive bred European tree frog (Hyla arborea) into the wild, Millinger Ward, Gelderse Poort, near Nijmegen, The Netherlands. July, 2022.

Staffan Widstrand / Woman holding a Common spadefoot / Garlic toad (Pelobates fuscus) in hands before releasing, captive bred and reintroduced into the wild, Millinger Ward, Gelderse Poort, near Nijmegen, The Netherland...

Staffan Widstrand / Woman holding a Common spadefoot / Garlic toad (Pelobates fuscus) in hands before releasing, captive bred and reintroduced into the wild, Millinger Ward, Gelderse Poort, near Nijmegen, The Netherland...

Staffan Widstrand / Woman and dog in meadow, running away from charging bull, Gelderse Poort, near Nijmegen, The Netherlands. July.

Staffan Widstrand / A wild Dutch red bull, standing in meadow among long grass, with woman looking at her phone in background, Gelderse Poort, near Nijmegen, The Netherlands. July.

Staffan Widstrand / Herd of wild Galloway cattle standing in river with two people in a kayak passing by, River Maas, GrensMaas rewilding area, The Netherlands. June.

Staffan Widstrand / Herd of wild Konik horses standing on riverbank with two girls kayaking past, River Maas. GrensMaas rewilding area, The Netherlands. June.

Staffan Widstrand / Group of school children having a day out on the River Maas, wading in river with fishing nets, GrensMaas rewilding area, The Netherlands. June, 2022.

Staffan Widstrand / Wouter Helmer, founder of the Dutch river system rewilding efforts since 1995, looking through binoculars. He is also the founder of the ARK foundation, the FREE foundation and one of the founders of...

Solvin Zankl / Farmer cutting grass field containing Common poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus). Bamberg, Germany. June.

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / Trained Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) chasing after base-jumper about to leap from cliff, with cameraman and assistant in foreground, Italy.

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / Trained Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) chasing base-jumper as they fall, Italy.

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / Base-jumper leaps off hot air balloon as two parachutists prepare to fall, a man films using a camcorder from the basket and another holds a trained Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), Italy.

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / Trained Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) chasing base-jumper down cliff face, Italy.

Leo & Mandy Dickinson / Trained Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) being released by falconer to chase base-jumper about to descend down cliff face, Italy.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Home of photographer Paul Harcourt Davies, with garden full of self-seeded flowers. Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy, June.

Fred Bavendam / Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) reaching out to touch the fingers of a diver, Bali, Indonesia, Indo-Pacific Ocean.

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife rescuers examining the remains of a dead Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) recovered in the field during a heat stress event at the Melbourne colony, Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victo...

Roland Seitre / National Botanical Conservatory of Mascarin, Reunion. May, 2019.

Robin Chittenden / Group of birdwatchers with cameras and binoculars birdwatching, Sagres, Algarve, Portugal. October, 2018.

Robin Chittenden / Two birdwatchers with binoculars, Quinta do Lago, Algarve, Portugal. October, 2010.

Robin Chittenden / Group of birdwatchers with cameras and binoculars birdwatching, Quinta do Lago, Algarve, Portugal. October, 2018.

Robin Chittenden / Group of birdwatchers with cameras and binoculars birdwatching, Quinta do Lago, Algarve, Portugal. October, 2018.

Robin Chittenden / Group of birdwatchers at edge of coastal lagoon with cameras and binoculars birdwatching, Lagoa dos Salgados, Algarve, Portugal. October, 2018.

Robin Chittenden / Group of birdwatchers with binoculars birdwatching, Sagres, Algarve, Portugal. October, 2018.

Roland Seitre / Local wildlife warden removing Grand devil's-claws (Pisonia grandis) seeds stuck in feathers of White tern (Gygis alba). This can lead to the birds death, but it is also a method of seed dispersa...

David Fleetham / Tow-in surfer riding large wave, Peahi, Maui, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean. December 2020.

David Fleetham / Young woman in traditional outfit for cultural ceremonies weaving a basket from a palm frond whilst surrounded by stone moneys in a village, Yap, Micronesia.

Doug Gimesy / Bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus) female, orphan infant aged 4 months, being bottle fed by wildlife carer after being rescued, Beveridge, Victoria, Australia. Beveridge, Victoria, Australia. Sept...

Suzi Eszterhas / Wildlife guide holding orphaned Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) joey, Kangaroo Island, Australia. October, 2015.

Suzi Eszterhas / Caretaker teaching Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) orphan infant how to climb, Orangutan Foundation International's Orangutan Care Centre, Borneo, Indonesia, February, 2012. Endangered.

Suzi Eszterhas / Caretaker feeding orphaned Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) juvenile, on boardwalk in forest during forest exploration and training program, Orangutan Foundation International's Orangutan Care...

Suzi Eszterhas / Caretaker introducing Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) orphaned infant, to fruit in forest, Orangutan Foundation International's Orangutan Care Centre, Borneo, Indonesia, February 2012. Endangered.

Suzi Eszterhas / Caretakers bottle-feeding orphaned infant Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), Orangutan Foundation International's Orangutan Care Centre, Borneo, Indonesia, February, 2012. Endangered.

Suzi Eszterhas / Caretaker playing with orphaned infant Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), Orangutan Foundation International's Orangutan Care Center, Borneo, Indonesia, February, 2012. Endangered.

Suzi Eszterhas / Caretaker standing with orphaned juvenile Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in forest during forest exploration and training program, Orangutan Foundation International's Orangutan Care Center,...

Suzi Eszterhas / Veterinarian examining infant Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) aged one year, Borneo, Indonesia, February, 2012. Endangered.