Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' sitting on bench made for tourists - wide angle perspective. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, In...

Tony Wu / Plastic bottles and other rubbish, found on a beach in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Shane Gross / Thorny or spiny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) portrait made off Anilao, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Moral eels, Urchins, Cuttlefish, Shrimp and other marine life living within a discarded tyre and fishing net under a ships' harbour, Maluku, Indonesia. November.

David Gallan / Male Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) courting female on suburban street verge, bower filled with blue plastic, Australia, October 2018.

Philippe Clement / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) sitting on nests made with plastic, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.

Philippe Clement / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) preening, sitting on nests made with plastic, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.

Seth Patterson / A compilation of items found washed up along a half mile stretch of the high tide line of South Padre Island, Texas. October 2016. Some of the plastic bottles and bags of signs of nip marks from hun...

Juergen Freund / Blue-lined fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) hiding in a plastic container, they usually hide in deserted worm tubes or other small holes, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Globefish (Diodon nicthemerus) swimming past a mass of plastic moving in the current, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Laurie Campbell / Discarded plastic rope and commercial fishing netting washed up on shore at Luskentyre, South West Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, May 2016

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.

Mick Jenner / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) feeding on plastic, West Sussex, England, UK.

Five Films / Slow motion clip of waves breaking on marine plastic pollution washed up on the shore, Svalbard, Norway, August 2017.

Claudio Contreras / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) trapped in fishing net, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, May, Third Place in the third National Contest 'Visions of our nature' organised by Mexico'...

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee 1+Apis mellifera+2 worker on freshly made honey comb, Kiel, Germany, May.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker on freshly made honey comb, Kiel, Germany, May.

Ingo Arndt / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) in old Whaling Station, South Georgia, February

Ingo Arndt / Fisheries Protection Vessel (Pharos) arrived at King Edward Point with King penguins on shoreline, South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, South Georgia, February 2011

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) crossing closed road, during annual migration, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, November 2009.

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) crossing road in huge numbers during annual migration, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Andrew Walmsley / Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus), Juvenile temporarily captive to allow measurements to be made. Cipaganti, Garut, Java, Indonesia.

Bence Mate / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking off with foot caught in discarded coat hanger, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May. Awarded in Wildlife Photojournalist:...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of cliffs at the edge of Lake Powell, near Page, Arizona, on the Utah border, USA, February 2015. Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, and is the second largest man made lake...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of Lake Powell, near Page, Arizona and the Utah border, USA, February 2015. Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, and is the second largest man made lake in the USA.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of Lake Powell, near Page, Arizona and the Utah border, USA, February 2015. Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, and is the second largest man made lake in the USA.

Franco Banfi / Genius River Bridge, made with marine debris by artist Tico 'Pancho', Chatham Bay, Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica. September 2012.

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling caught in fishing net, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of...

Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital director Jenny Maclean rescuing, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) caught in barbed wire fence. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. April 2015. Second Place i...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Eric Baccega / Young man from the Bodi Tribe having new scars made on his chest with razor blade, to make decorative skin scarifications. Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Salt caravans made up of hundreds of Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) and their pullers transporting salt slabs cut from Lake Assale to the Mekele Market, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiop...

Eric Baccega / Salt caravans made up of hundreds of Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) and their pullers transporting salt slabs cut from Lake Assale to the Mekele Market, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiop...

Staffan Widstrand / Northern Viscacha or Vizcacha (Lagidium peruanum) resting in an old man made structure, Machu Picchu UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peru. February.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dassanech baby with her headdress made from bottlecaps, Lower Omo Valley. Ethiopia, November 2014

Pal Hermansen / Dead, polluted Larch (Larix) forest, with power station behind, Norilsk, Russia.

Cyril Ruoso / Pollution washed up in mangroves, Sungei Buloh Natural Park, Singapore. Non-ex

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Naro San Bushman with leather headdress made of duiker skin, Kalahari, Ghanzi region, Botswana, Africa. October 2014.

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Naro San Bushman with leather headdress made of duiker skin, Kalahari, Ghanzi region, Botswana, Africa. October 2014.

Ammonite / Close-up of Honey bees (Apis mellifera) inside hive producing honey, France, July.

Jabruson / Non biodegradable rubbish in abandoned forest camp. Lokoue, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 2004.

Peter Cairns / American bison (Bison bison) walking through snow using tracks made by other animals, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, February.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen clean Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) on deck of fishing trawler, with herring gulls (Larus argentatus) flocking in the background. Stellwagen Banks, New England, United States, North Atlantic O...

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Western Cape Province, Cape Agulhas, Indian Ocean, South Africa, August 2010

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, Traditional Fish Traps, June 2010

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of container ship near Cape Town Harbour, Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Western Cape Province, March 2010

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / DC-3 Aircraft wreck. Drug running aircraft that crashed in shallow water. Normans Cay, Exhumas, Bahamas. May 2005

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Divers explore mediaeval mill building, now flooded in Capodacqua lake. Gran Sasso National Park, Abruzzo, Italy.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Broad Peak base camp at altitude of 4960 m, with the light of the full moon on Godwin Austen glacier and mountain K2. Central Karakorum National Park. Pakistan. June 2007 Winner of Photographer of the...

Claudio Contreras / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with fish catch, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, July

Merryn Thomas,Merryn Thomas / Catamarans taking part in the Extreme 40 catamaran racing series in Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales, UK, September 2012.

Merryn Thomas / View of Lauterbrunnen village and waterfall, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, June 2012.

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) nest amongst the buildings at Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Fishing for West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) aboard the James Archer (Oceana fisheries). Crew haul up lobster trap. Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) commercial fishing boat (James Archer) leaves the Saldhana Bay harbour before the break of dawn. The lights of the town and the lighthouse flash on the horizon...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / A hoop net with West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) being pulled up in sea kayak for recreational fishing. Kommetjie, Western Cape, South Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / The crew of the James Archer, Oceana fisheries, throws baited lobster traps into the ocean to catch West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii). View from cabin window, Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, W...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Recreational fishing in a sea kayak for West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii). Hoop net or trap is lowered onto the sea floor or kelp bed with a pouch of bait (sardines or pilchards) attached. Kom...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Crew of the James Archer (Oceana fisheries) pull up a lobster trap during West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) fishing, Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Tim Laman / A traditional style house or 'honai' on the mountainside overlooking the Baliem Valley, Papua, Indonesia, Island of New Guinea. June 2010

Franco Banfi / View of Procida, the small harbour of Corricella, island near Ischia Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Anchor on Wreck Vassilios T, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and yellow sponges (Aplysina cavernicola) on Brioni Steamship wreck, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean. Model released.

Franco Banfi / Fish farm net of sea cage with thousands of Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

Franco Banfi / Two women snorkeling in front of the cave, Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Theo Bosboom / Beech trees (Fagus sp) after a heavy snowstorm, Rozendaalse bos, the Netherlands, November

Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Women gathering mollusc eggs for sale at market, Bilang Bilangang Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Dynamite blasted reef, near Taglibas, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013

Ben Lascelles / Prostrator about to perform body-length prostrations over the entire length of the circumambulation around Mount Kailash. The pilgrim bends down, kneels, prostrates full-length, makes a mark with his...

Gavin Hellier / The Burj Khalifa, completed in 2010, the tallest man made structure in the world, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2011. No release available.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years using a tool made from a stem for 'Algae Scooping', Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves being chased by his mot...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of 'The Entomologist'. Rare copper print with original hand colouring, drawn by George Spratt, printed by George Madely, and sold individually as part of a series through Charles Tilt's F...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Giant Octopus (Octopus dofleini) attacking a ship, 1815 copperplate engraving from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur kinder' 16 plate 5. with contemporary colour. 'Colosal Polypus' (octopus) a...

Paul D Stewart / Skull of Moa or Dinornis discovered by Mr. Walter Mantell on the North Island of New Zealand. Plate with later tinting, from Gideom Mantell's petrifactions and their teachings (1851) published by Henr...

Tui De Roy / Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum / Phalacrocorax harrisi) with chick at nest, made from dead starfish. Banks Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest lowland in mist at dawn. Vereley Hill, Burley, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Before the New Forest was made a roya...

Juergen Freund / Crate of Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies just arrived by plane from Brisbane after months of care, ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to the wild, A...

Christophe Courteau / Close up of man's hand harvesting Pyrethrum, which refers to several Old World plants of the Chrysanthemum genus which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads. Pyrethrum is also the...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) in snow, Wales, UK, March. Crop of 01392268. Did you know? The tweeting noise made by a male snipe during its display flight is caused by the wind whistling through...

Paul Hobson / Feral Pigeon / Rock Dove (Columba livia) on city street. Sheffield, UK.

Sven Zacek / 'Piusa Caves', man-made sand mines. Southern Estonia, Europe, April.

Peter Lewis / Sunset over Fawley oil refinery viewed from Portsdown Hill, Hampshire, UK, October 2010

Peter Lewis / Sunset over Fawley oil refinery viewed from Portsdown Hill, Hampshire, UK, October 2010

Benoit Stichelbaut / Workers cleaning beach of spilt oil from cargo boat "TK Bremen", beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Spider's web covered in dew, Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June. Photographer quote 'Always an appealing subject, but only on rare occassions is the air still enough to allow clos...

Georgette Douwma / Plastic bags floating at the surface of the sea. Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Klaus Echle / After being trapped in an empty shed, Badger (Meles meles) passes wall decorated with graffiti on its way back to the forest. Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany, May 2010. Winner of the Man and Nature catego...

Philippe Clement / Wide middle strip / central reservation between roads made into a garden with flowering Cherry (Prunus) trees and water feature, Ghent, Belgium. April 2011.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian house. The houses are made by constructing a frame from cut logs and covering it with palm leaves. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian feather crown being made from basket weave, feathers will be attached later with beeswax. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007, Model released

Juergen Freund / A barge full of logs. Illegal timber is brought into Sarawak from Kalimantan by both land and sea. Illegal logging in protected areas involves a complex network of people from all walks of life. The i...

Juergen Freund / A young Bajau woman with burak (face makeup), a paste made from pounded rice and tumeric which also serves as a natural sunblock. Wearing burak signifies the young lady is single and available for mar...

Juergen Freund / A young Bajau woman with burak (face makeup) looking at herself in a scrap of mirror. Burak is a paste made from pounded rice and tumeric and also serves as a natural sunblock. Wearing burak signifies...

Juergen Freund / Hook and line fishermen in dugout canoe and self made goggles catching a coral grouper for growing on in cage for the Live reef fish trade, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia