Todd Pusser / Star nosed mole {Condylura cristata} in leaf litter, North Carolina, USA. Dead specimen, found by photographer and photographed in-situ.

Morley Read / Close-up portrait of a South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifera) amongst leaf litter, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Alex Mustard / Jellyfish (Catostylus sp.) swims beneath a slick of plastic debris. Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka. Highly commended in the Environmental Report section, Montphoto competition 2019

Denis-Huot / Lioness (Panthera leo) playing with litter, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Robert Thompson / Herald moth (Scoliopteryx libatrix) camouflaged in leaf litter, Gosford Forest Park, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland. September

Ashley Cooper / Plastic rubbish washed ashore from the sea in Glen Brittle, Isle of skye, Scotland, UK. May 2012

Bernard Castelein / Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) showing roots, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica) Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, November.

Chien Lee / Amazon Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cornuta) camouflaged in leaf litter, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Espen Bergersen / Time lapse of people emptying plastic bags full of marine litter to show what has been collected during a beach clean, Tussoya, Troms, Norway, 2017.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of a litter of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets sleeping on top of their mother, with another piglet joining, Germany, January. Captive.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of a litter of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets sleeping on top of their mother, with another piglet joining, Germany, January. Captive.