Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Portuguese Man Of War (Physalia physalis) jellyfish, Coffs Harbor, Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Portuguese Man Of War (Physalia physalis) jellyfish, Coffs Harbor, Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Heather Angel / Man using pole to propel bamboo raft on Lijang / Li River, Karst peaks beyond. At dawn, Lijiang River Scenic Zone, Yangshuo county, Guangxi, China.

Jordi Chias / Jellyfish (Diplulmaris antarctica) Cuverville, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Jordi Chias / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

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

Terry Whittaker / Man collecting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being raised up cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man sorting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge) into egg boxes, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

John Shaw / Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) male at nest site, with gular sac inflated to attract females. Genovesa Island, Galapagos, May.

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) diving. In background a diving boat and 3 divers visible in the water. Kvanangen, Troms, Norway. November

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.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) on a rocky reef with view of the sky, Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.

David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from a fisherman coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from fishermen coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) trying to steal fish from fishermen coming on land with a fresh catch, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

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

Karine Aigner / Japanese man playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Jeff Foott / Hiker near waterfall and rainbow, Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, California

Nick Upton / Richard Wardle feeding fish to recently hatched White stork (Ciconia ciconia) chicks in nest. In captive breeding colony raising young birds for UK White Stork reintroduction project at the Knepp Esta...

Juergen Freund / Scientists studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Scientists studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Scientists studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman researching changes in phloem flux to environmental variables in two tropical forest canopy tree species at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015....

Stefan Christmann / Member of BBC Dynasties crew photographing on sea ice in light of full moon, during polar night. Atka Bay, Antarctica. July 2017.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man leading Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) in sand dunes, Nubra Valley. Ladakh,,India, September 2018.

Clay Bolt / Entomologist and bee expert Eli Wyman with the first rediscovered individual of Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) Mollucas, Indonesia. January 2019. Model released.

Clay Bolt / Entomologist examining a large female Megachile bee during the hunt to rediscover Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) on the island of Ternate, North Moluccas, Indonesia. January 2019

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.

David Fleetham / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), a commercial encounter for tourists with feeder above on canoe. Oslob, Cebu, Philippines. April 2017.

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.

Guy Edwardes / Man O' War Cove, St Oswald's Bay, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2013.

Guy Edwardes / The Old Man of Storr in winter, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebride, Scotland, UK. January 2015.

Guy Edwardes / The Old Man of Storr in winter, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebride, Scotland, UK. January 2015.

Guy Edwardes / The Old Man of Storr in winter, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebride, Scotland, UK. January 2015.

Guy Edwardes / Old Man of Storr, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. January 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Old Man of Storr, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. January 2014.

Five Films / Fisherman using a net to land a large Pollack (Pollachius pollachius), with dog on boat, sustainably caught using pole and line, English Channel, near Salcombe, Devon, UK, November 2016.

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.

Michel Roggo / Autumn trees viewed from below Lake Baikal, Lake Baikal UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siberia, Russia. May 2013. Photographed for The Freshwater Project.

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'...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Timelapse of Old Man of Storr in winter, Trotternish Ridge, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, March 2014.

Tui De Roy / Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) male displaying inflated gular sac, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Ingo Arndt / Villagers collecting eggs from Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) during the first two days of the arribada (mass nesting event). This is the only place in the world where it is legal to...

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

Ingo Arndt / Aerial view of crowd of people at the Rheinkultur Festival, Bochum, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Close up of underside / sole of human foot {Homo sapiens}

Claudio Contreras / Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) departing from nest, San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve / Archipielago de Revillagigedo UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site (Socorro Isl...

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) orphan with sanctuary director, Greg Irons, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, Australia

Luke Massey / Black kites (Milvus migrans) flying above man as he throws food skyward from a rooftop. Old Delhi, India. February 2016. Finalist in the Urban category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards...

Cyril Ruoso / Inmates of the Cedar Creek Corrections Center raising endangered Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) Prisoners in this facility are raising endangered frogs for release in the wild, as part of the Sus...

Vincent Grafhorst / Man looking into crater at night, Mount Nyiragongo, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Alex Mustard / Aggregation of Golden jellyfish (Mastigias sp.) in a marine lake in Palau, the golden colour of this species comes from symbiotic algae in its tissues. Jellyfish Lake, Eil Malk island, Rock Islands, P...

Alex Mustard / Diver (Predrag Vuckovic) is dwarfed by Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran). This species can reach over 6m in length. South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary. Gulf Stream, We...

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Winner of the Man and Nature Portfolio Award in the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Aw...

Pete Oxford / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and scuba divers seen from below, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua. Indonesia. Winner of the Man and Nature Portfolio Award in the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competit...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Travelers watching lava on Erta Ale volcano crater. Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa. November 2014.

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

Tony Wu / Swimmer stroking 'Scar', a male Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) who often seems to seek out and enjoy contact with people. Caribbean, January 2010. Model released.

Jabruson / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) ivory in piles, ready to be burnt by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). The burn included 105 tons of elephant ivory worth over $150 million Nairobi National Park...

Kristel Richard / Two cowboys mounted on a Pantaneiro stallion, round up a band of wild Pantaneiro horses, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. August 2015.

Huw Cordey / Sir David Attenborough recording voice over for BBC series, The Hunt. September 2015.

Pedro Narra / Scientists observing lava and ash plume erupting from Fogo Volcano, Fogo Island, Cape Verde, 29th November 2014.

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.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) biologist, Paul Houghtaling, using telemetry to track mother and cubs near houses, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Jeff Rotman / Hauling in dragger net filled with Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Pollock (Pollachius), Dogfish (Squalidae) and Lobster (Nephropidae) Georges Bank off Massachusetts, New England, USA, May 2015. M...

Jeff Rotman / Man and woman with Cannabis plant in organic Marijuana farm, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, June 2015. . Marijuana has legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana for medical and reta...

Claudio Contreras / Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) wide angle view of fin, Akumal, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, January. Endangered species.

Claudio Contreras / Mesoamerican slider turtle / terrapin (Trachemys scripta venusta) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Shark spotter, in front of black flag at the Kalk Bay post. It provides a warning to ocean goers that visibility is bad and the shark spotters may not see a white shark if it does enter the bay. West...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Lynn Ballagh closing gate on his cattle ranch, Sandhills of Nebraska, Garfield County, Nebraska, USA.

Pedro Narra / Man and woman undertaking monitoring work measuring Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests as the the female digs it, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes M...

Pedro Narra / Local people gathered for education program to conserve the wildlife of the Bissagos Islands including the endangered Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau, October 2014. 3rd P...

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 / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) feeding on nectar from flowers of the Golden penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus), Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. June. Second Place in the Man...

Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer handing Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) baby as it flaps her wings, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May 2015. Second Place in t...

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...