Pedro Narra / Two people helping a stranded Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the surf, Troia, Sado Estuary, Portugal

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Volunteers from Essex and Suffolk Water helping to clear gorse from heathland at Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, February 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Volunteers from Essex and Suffolk Water helping to clear gorse from heathland at Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, February 2011.

Patricio Robles Gil / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchling being released, Pacific Ocean, Oaxaca, Mexico

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) females working together to take down a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Jabruson / Children helping parents to collect charcoal, Kinigi, Parc des Volcans NP, Rwanda

John Cancalosi / Child on Toad Patrol - helping toads across road to reach breeding lake

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) females helping a very young baby. Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) entangled pup being freed by stewardship students and instructor, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Children from St John and St Francis Church of England School helping with ground clearance at Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June 2011. Model released. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Woman helping young girl to look down telescope at seabirds at Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Father helping son to look down telescope at seabirds at Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Father helping son to look down telescope to view seabirds at Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Jeff Rotman / A Capuchin monkey (Cebus sp) uses a cloth to rub its owner's face and relieve her of itching. The monkey is trained to be a companion and assistant for its owner, who has physical disabilities, and it...

Nature Production / Japanese black carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus) and queen ant helping worker ant to emerge from pupal case, Japan

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd crossing water with adult helping calves, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Young child with trowel helping to plant native woodland as part of The National Forest's planting day, Moira, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Volunteers from Essex and Suffolk Water helping to clear gorse from heathland at Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, February 2011. Model released

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Volunteers from Essex and Suffolk Water helping to clear gorse from heathland at Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, February 2011. Model released

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Volunteers from Essex and Suffolk Water helping to clear gorse from heathland at Minsmere RSPB reserve in Suffolk, UK, February 2011. Model released

Richard Du Toit / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother helping calf stuck in mud, Khwai River, Botswana

David Woodfall / Fortified 12th century Saxon village church, important to protect region from Ottoman Empire, helping it to remain traditional peasant community. Romania, October 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets girl helping to herd Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) at a corral. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets idol, representing the spirit of the owner's grandfather, and helping to protect the family. Gydan Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Winfried Wisniewski / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) female helping newborn calf stand up, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuk helping hunting companion launch kayak from floe edge. Northwest Greenland, 1986.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sami man helping biologist take blood sample from Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), Karasjok, Sapmi, Norway, 2000.

Tim Laman / Golden spiny ant (Polyrhachis sp) collecting fig seeds from animal droppings and taking them to their nest in a canopy tree crotch could be helping to spread fig seeds to favorable locations for growt...

Suzi Eszterhas / Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) two month old baby held on mother's arm, Gunung Leuser National Park, north Sumatra, Indonesia

Nick Upton / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) with feral pigs (Sus scrofa domestica), helping to guard and round up piglets, NE Greece.

Suzi Eszterhas / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) with rangers and veterinarians removing poacher's snare around its neck, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) with rangers and veterinarians removing poacher's snare around its neck, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) with rangers and veterinarians attempting to remove poacher's snare from elephant's foot, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) with rangers and veterinarians attempting to remove poacher's snare from elephant's foot, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) with rangers and veterinarians attempting to remove poacher's snare from elephant's foot, Masai Mara, Kenya

Jason Smalley / Teacher helping a school boy to plant a shrub, UK

Jason Smalley / Marram grass {Ammophila arenaria} growing on and helping to stabilise the mobile sand dunes, Formby, Merseyside, UK

Mark Moffett / Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia gulosa) worker covering larva with pebbles to help it spin its silken coccoon, eastern Australia

Mark Moffett / Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia gulosa) worker cuts cocoon to help newly formed adult emerge, eastern Australia

Katherine Feng / Soldiers delivering rice after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Jouan & Rius / Guide helping woman walking on limestone karst ' tsingy' formations Ankarana Special Reserve, Madagascar

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) grooming another individual, Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) setting a scent track for worker bees to find their way back to hive, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) setting a scent track for worker bees to find their way back to hive, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Niall Benvie / Young boy helping to build a den in forest, Letham, Fife, Scotland, UK

Jane Burton / Owner helping her German Shepherd Dog / Alsatian, 11 years old, to stand/go upstairs/get in car, by means of an old body warmer

Suzi Eszterhas / Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) mother helping newborn fawn struggling to stand, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, east Africa

Martha Holmes / David Rootes, assistant on BBC television series Life in the Freezer, amongst brash ice while helping set up remote cameras to film Adelie penguins swimming, 1992

Patricio Robles Gil / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) man releasing young turtles on the Pacific coast, Oaxaca, Mexico

Piotr Naskrecki / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) worker carrying younger worker to new nest, Guinea, West Africa

Eric Baccega / White stork helping eggs to hatch in nest {Ciconia ciconia} Alsace, France

Eric Baccega / White stork helping eggs to hatch in nest {Ciconia ciconia} Alsace, France

Eric Baccega / White stork helping eggs to hatch in nest {Ciconia ciconia} Alsace, France

Juergen Freund / Children helping to clear up baby Christmas Island red crabs {Gecardoidea natalis}, mass emergence part of annual migration across Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

John Cancalosi / Native American child helping adult sort corn crop, Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico, USA

Karl Ammann / Hunter using bow and arrow, wearing leopard mask, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. The masks stimulate alarm calls from primates, helping to pinpoint their location so they can be shot with p...

Tony Heald / African elephant female helping baby (Loxodonta africana) Etosha NP, Namibia. Baby few days old

Mark Raycroft / Golden Retriever (Canis familiaris) companion and helper to handicapped owner, retrieves fallen book

Norbert Wu / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) group chop up and carry leaf pieces to cultivate fungus, rainforest, Panama

Tui De Roy / Erect-crested Penguin (Eudyptes sciateri) pair allopreening, Antipodes Island, New Zealand

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphan, Thoma, loaded onto small airplane for trip to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Mark Moffett / Wind Scorpion (Galeodidae) two adults sharing food, Iran

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) named Gongzhu, captive born and raised, learning parenting skills with toy cub after rejecting her two cubs born in 2003, in 2004 she successfully raised a new cub...

Jabruson / Children helping parents to collect charcoal, Kinigi, Parc des Volcans NP, Rwanda

Jabruson / Children helping parents to collect charcoal, Kinigi, Parc des Volcans NP, Rwanda

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) named Gongzhu, captive born and raised, learning parenting skills with toy baby after rejecting her two cubs born in 2003, in 2004 she successfully raised a new cu...

Hiroya Minakuchi / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) mother carrying calf, Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas, Caribbean

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphan called Nyiro, stranded in mud bath, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphan called Nyiro, stranded in mud bath, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphan called Nyiro, stranded in mud bath, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Claus Meyer / South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) biologist returning tiny turtles to the Trombetas River, Amazon, Brazil

Claus Meyer / South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) biologist returning tiny turtles to the Trombetas River, Amazon, Brazil

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) eight day old infant being fed with a bottle at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) infant being fed with a bottle at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) infant being cleaned at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboy giving medicine to his horse during an overnight ride at a hacienda for the annual cattle round-up, near Cotopaxi Volcano, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Daceton major and minor workers moving pupae, Venezuela

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) infant being fed with a bottle at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphan called Natumi, 24 month old taking a dust bath with Mischak's help, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) newborn held by Hu Hai Ping at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphan, Dika, gets medication from Mishak Nzimbi in stockade, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) researcher Wu Dai Fu teaching one of Gongzhu's 2003 cubs to nurse, fur around nipples has been clipped to aid nursing China Conservation and Research Center for th...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) 32 day old infant in researcher's hand at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) eight day old infant in researcher's hand at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Michio Hoshino / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) of the Porcupine Herd, mother helping newborn calf stand, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Tui De Roy / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) mass stranding with volunteers working to keep them cool, New Zealand

Mark Moffett / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sp) on tendril of host Villose Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes villosa) a symbiotic relationship where the ants help host digest insects in exchange for living space, Borneo

Norbert Wu / Army Ant (Eciton sp) group use their bodies to build a bridge for other ants to walk across, rainforest, Panama

Tui De Roy / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) stranded pod of 65, young volunteers comfort and cool tiny calf while waiting for rising tide, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) stranded pod of 65, young volunteers comfort and cool a cow and tiny calf while waiting for rising tide, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) largest male in stranded population of 65, volunteers keep animals cool while waiting for rising tide, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) rescued from stranding, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) kept cool with water from volunteers until high tide, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) kept cool with water from volunteers until high tide, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sexdens) group carrying leaves across branch, Central America

Flip Nicklin / Salmon (Oncorhynchus sp) collecting sperm for fertilization of eggs at the Tofino hatchery to grow into fry and eventually release to enhance wild Salmon populations, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British...