Michel Poinsignon / Great white egret (Egretta alba) detail of plumage and legs from the front, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April

Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Mangrove trees (Rhizophora) Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.

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

Fabrice Cahez / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunting, head in hole, Vosges, France, June

Pete Oxford / Macushi woman preparing cassava bread from Cassava / Yuca (Manihot esculenta), crop is harvested, peeled, grated, squeezed to a matape, sieved, and roasted into a large flat piece of bread, Fairview...

Toby Roxburgh / Cleaning and processing of King scallops (Pecten genus) prior to auction at Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Doug Wechsler / Cross-section of Goldenrod stalk showing Small Carpenter Bee (Ceratina sp) nest with larvae and pollen ballsk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, July.

Kim Taylor / Leaf-cutting Bee (Megachile species) resting with freshly cut leaf section. Surrey, England, July

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) major worker ant smashes the mid-section of a long centipede caught during a raid, which the smallest minor worker ants have pinned down, Celebes Island, Indonesi...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Claudia Barton, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Konstantin Mikhailov / The mid section of the Denali Canyon with a view to the Alaska Range after a hot summer, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA, September 2009

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Black softshell turtle (Nilssonia nigricans) extending neck, showing folded skin, and looking around. This species is endemic to India and Bangladesh. Turtle Island, Graz, Austria. Critically endanger...