Solvin Zankl / Gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii) emerging from the oak gall. Germany, October.

Nick Upton / Blind adult male Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) 'Marlin' waving a flipper at the edge of a convalescence pool where he is a long-term resident, Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gweek, Cornwall, UK, January. Mo...

Georgette Douwma / Bleached coral {Acropora sp} caused by loss of algae with living purple polyps. Maldives.

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of oiled Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on a beach behind an oil covered containment boom. This nesting colony is the largest in Louisiana and was heavily contaminated by the BP Deepwat...

Gerrit Vyn / Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) juvenile, heavily oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

Georgette Douwma / A rescued battery hen. They often lack feathers when they come out of the battery barns. UK.

Georgette Douwma / Rescued battery hens with rooster. The chickens often lack feathers when they come out of the battery barns. UK.

Peter Scoones / Bleached {Acropora sp} coral caused by loss of algae due to temperature change. Maldives.

Duncan Mcewan / Silk button spangle galls on Oak casued by Wasp (Neuroterus albipes). Scotland, UK, Europe

Anup Shah / Leopard cub with ticks in ears {Panthera pardus} Masai Mara, Kenya

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43??in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and les...

Doug Gimesy / Damaged wing of Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) - the result of being caught in barbed-wire that surrounded a school. This bat had to be euthanised. Albert Park, Victoria, Australia. M...