Edwin Giesbers / Sword-grass moth (Xylena exsoleta) caterpillar on Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus). Cyprus. April.

Bruno D'Amicis / Wild Apennine wolf (Canis lupus italicus) in snowy landscape. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. February. Italian endemic subspecies.

Philippe Clement / Silhouette of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) against thunderstorm clouds, Italian Alps, Gran Paradiso National Park, June, digital composite

Philippe Clement / Long-spurred violet (Viola calcarata) in flower, Val Veny, Italian Alps, Italy, June

Edwin Giesbers / Crested newt (Triturus carnifex) Gelderland, The Netherlands, April. Winner of the Amphibians category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2015. Winner of the Underwater...

David Pattyn / Alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) in flight. Stelvio National Park, Italian Alps, Solda, Sulden am Ortler, Sudtirol, Italy. January 2013.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Short-horned grasshoppers (Calliptamus italicus) mating, showing sexual dimorphism, Pescia Romana, Tarquinia, Umbria, Italy, September

Alex Hyde / Aposematism describes the use of bright colouration and bold patterns to advertise that an organism is unpalatable or dangerous. All three insects are foul-tasting or toxic if eaten: Wood Tiger moth...

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of vineyards and fruit trees edged with Italian poplar trees, introduced to the Camargue during the 19th century and planted for protection against the wind, near Arles, Camargue, Southern...

Petra Wegner / Italian Greyhounds, bitch and puppies, 8 weeks / Piccolo Levriero Italiano.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Trunk of an Italian stone pine tree (Pinus pinea) in Sierra de Andujar Natural Park. Andalusia, Spain, Feb 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bark of an Italian stone pine (Pinus pinea) in Sierra de Andujar Natural Park. Andalusia, Spain, Feb 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Italian rye grass (Lolium multiflorum) and Silver studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants placed directly on scanne...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Two Italian stink bugs (Graphosoma italicum) on Mediterranean hartwort (Tordylium apulum) Falassarna, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Apennines / Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus) San Marino, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Apennines / Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus) portrait, San Marino, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Apennines / Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus) on cave wall, San Marino, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Two Apennines / Italian cave salamanders (Speleomantes italicus) on rock face, San Marino, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Italian sainfoin (Hedysarum coronarium) flowering in meadow, San Marino, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Apennines / Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus) on rock face, San Marino, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Apennines / Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus) on cave wall, San Marino, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Apennines / Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus) San Marino, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Two Apennines / Italian cave salamanders (Speleomantes italicus) on rock face, San Marino, May 2009

Mark Taylor / Brown Roan Italian Spinone puppy, Riley, 13 weeks, sitting looking up

Mark Taylor / Brown Roan Italian Spinone puppy, Riley, 13 weeks, chewing his tail

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Naked man / Italian orchid (Orchis italica) in flower, Gargano NP, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Italian / Naked man orchid (Orchis italica) abstract close-up, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Naked man / Italian orchid (Orchis italica) close-up, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, May 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Winter ice and snow, Gran Paradiso NP, Aosta valley, Italian alps

Juan Carlos Munoz / Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} walking through thick snow, Gran Paradiso NP, Valsavarenche, Aosta valley, Italian alps

Jose B. Ruiz / Looking up the trunk of an Italian pine stone tree (Pinus pinea) Alicante, Spain

Martin Dohrn / Lenticular clouds forming over the Italian Alps

Tim Edwards / Croda di Toni, Italian Dolomites, Italy, Europe.

Tim Edwards / Croda di Toni, Italian Dolomites, Italy, Europe.

Tim Edwards / Passo di Giau (2236m) at sunset, Italian Dolomites. Northern Italy, Europe

Tim Edwards / Passo di Giau (2236m) at sunset, August, Italian Dolomites. Northern Itlay, Europe

Tim Edwards / Lago Misurina and Mount Sorapis at sunrise, Italian Dolomites, Europe

Martin Dohrn / Mont Blanc (4807m), Italian Alps, Italy, Europe

Tim Edwards / Passo di Giau, August, Italian Dolomites. Northern Italy, Europe

Tim Edwards / Tre Cima di Lavaredo, Italian Dolomites. Northern Italy, Europe

Tim Edwards / Passo di Giau (2236m), Italian Dolomites, Italy, Europe.

Fabio Pupin / Italian three-toed skink, (Chalcides chalcides), Sicily, Italy, April . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Italian slow worm, (Anguis veronensis), Italy, June . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Italian wall lizard, (Podarcis sicula), basking on tree branch, Sicily, Italy, April . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Italian three-toed skink, (Chalcides chalcides), Italy, May . Non-ex.

Nigel Cattlin / Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne), close up of flowering spike with awned spikelets.

Cyril Ruoso / Crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum), grown as green manure. Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow with trees in background. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow, trees in background. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow, trees and sea in background. Cyprus. April 2017.

Edwin Giesbers / Sword-grass moth (Xylena exsoleta) caterpillar on Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus), in meadow. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Wildflower meadow with Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus), Crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas). Cyprus. April 2017.

Loic Poidevin / White garden snail (Theba pisana) on wood, Vendee, France, August.

Loic Poidevin / White garden snail (Theba pisana) on plant, dunes of Vendee, France, August.

Ashley Cooper / Rosebay willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium) in front of Mont Chetif and the Mont Blanc range, from Refuge Bertone, above Courmayeur, Italy. August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / View towards Mont Blanc from above Val Veny. With a rock marked with the Tour du Mont Blanc long distance footpath. Italy, August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / View towards Mont Blanc and the Glacier du Miage from above Val Veny, Italy. August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Rapidly receding Brenva Glacier in the Mont Blanc range, Italy, with cyclists. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Mountain bikers on Mont de la Saxe above Courmayeu, Italy. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Lateral Moraine with walkers doing the Tour du Mont Blanc. on the side of the rapidly retreating Glacier de Miage below Mont Blanc, Italy, August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Mountaineer on a via ferrata bridge in the Italian Dolomites, Italy.

Ashley Cooper / A mountaineer on a summit in the Italian Dolomites. Italy.

Ashley Cooper / Solar panels attached to a cliff above the Refuge Bertone, which provied electricity to this off grid mountain hut. Tour du Mont Blanc, Alps, Italy. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Solar panels attached to a cliff above the Refuge Bertone, which provied electricity to this off grid mountain hut. Tour du Mont Blanc, Alps, Italy. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Solar panels attached to a cliff above the Refuge Bertone, which provied electricity to this off grid mountain hut. Tour du Mont Blanc, Alps, Italy. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Solar panels attached to a cliff above the Refuge Bertone, which provied electricity to this off grid mountain hut. Tour du Mont Blanc, Alps, Italy. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Solar panels attached to a cliff above the Refuge Bertone, which provied electricity to this off grid mountain hut. Tour du Mont Blanc, Alps, Italy. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Solar panels on a visitor centre in the Vallon de la Lex Blanche below Mont Blanc, Alps, Italy. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / The rapidly receding Glacier de pre de Bar in the Mont Blanc range, Italy. August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / The rapidly retreating glaciers of Glacier De La Lex Blanche and Glacier du Petit Mont Blanc on the Aiguille De Tre La Tete in the Italian Alps on the Tour Du Mont Blanc.

Ashley Cooper / Lateral Moraine on the side of the rapidly retreating Glacier de Miage below Mont Blanc, Italy. August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Walkers on the Tour de Mont Blanc ascending out of the Vallon de la Lex Blanche in Italy, below Mont Blanc, Alps, Italy, August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Rapidly retreating Brouillard glacier, and Freney Glacier, on the slopes of Mont Blanc du Courmayeur, the newly exposed rock clearly reveals the area the glacier used to cover. IAlps, Italy, August.

Ashley Cooper / Rapidly retreating glaciers of Glacier De La Lex Blanche and Glacier du Petit Mont Blanc, Aiguille De Tre La Tete, Italian Alps, Italy, August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Meltwater from receding glaciers on the Mont blanc range in Courmayeur, Italy. August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Meltwater from receding glaciers on the Mont blanc range in Courmayeur, Italy. August 2014.

Loic Poidevin / Common bugloss / alkanet (Anchusa officinalis). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Loic Poidevin / Common bugloss / alkanet (Anchusa officinalis). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Loic Poidevin / Common bugloss / alkanet (Anchusa officinalis). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Robin Chittenden / Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus), Sicily, Italy. April.

Robin Chittenden / Italian sparrow (Passer italiae) emerging from under roof tile, Sicily, Italy. April.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Stone pine (Pinus pinea) close up of tree bark, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria) on Stone pine (Pinus pinea) bark. Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. April.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Italian striped bug (Graphosoma lineatum), Redes Natural Park, Caso Council, Asturias, Spain.

Ernie Janes / Bark of Stone pine (Pinus pinea) Coto Donana, Spain.

Ernie Janes / Stone pine (Pinus pinea) trees, Coto Donana, Spain.

Bruno D'Amicis / Italian treefrog (Hyla intermedia) close-up of male calling during mating season. Endemic to Italy. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, April.

Bruno D'Amicis / Italian treefrog (Hyla intermedia) close-up of male calling during mating season. Endemic to Italy. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, April.

Bruno D'Amicis / Italian hare (Lepus corsicanus) in snowy landscape. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, March.

Emanuele Biggi / Strinati's cave salamander (Speleomantes strinatii), adult female in cave, Genova, Italy

Emanuele Biggi / Strinatii's cave salamander (Speleomantes strinatii) eggs protected by female as they develop. Controlled conditions. Genova, Italy, April.

Emanuele Biggi / Strinatii's cave salamander (Speleomantes strinatii) female protecting her eggs. Controlled conditions. Genova, Italy, April.

Emanuele Biggi / Strinatii's cave salamander (Speleomantes strinatii) female protecting her larvae as they develop. Controlled conditions. Genova, Italy

Emanuele Biggi / Strinatii's cave salamander (Speleomantes strinatii) Italy

Emanuele Biggi / Strinatii's cave salamander (Speleomantes strinatii) eggs protected by female as they develop. Controlled conditions. Genova, Italy, April.