Michele Westmorland / Man collecting black sand in an area which is one of the locations for producing fine restaurant quality salt, most of which is shipped to Japan, Kusimbi Beach, Bali, Indonesia 2009. No release availa...

Oriol Alamany / Close up of skin on the ear and back of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Mopani, Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, September.

Paul D Stewart / Chromolithograph illustration of Cromagnon 'Skull of an old man' Plate 1, Section C. Edouard Lartet and Henry Christy. 'Reliquiae Aquitanicae' 1865-1875, Williams and Norgate, London 1875..

Paul D Stewart / Engraving of an ape-like cave man accompanying an article by Boitard in the French 'Magasin Universel' (April 1838). This is the earliest reconstruction of a pre-historic human. It is striking that it...

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / A male (left) and female Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in winter plumage taking flight from an ice field as a skier passes by, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, March 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition.

Roy Mangersnes / Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on an old building including one landing, Finnmark, Norway, April

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / An adult male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) comes in to land, backlit by evening sunlight, Derbyshire, England, UK, March. Did you know? In addition to the colour differences between male and female du...

Kristel Richard / An Indian cowboy has lost his balance from a bronc or wild paint horse during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, at Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2011, Sequence 3...

Nick Garbutt / Juvenile African elephant (Loxodonta africana) wanders through a tourist safari lodge, Mfuwe Lodge, South Luangwa NP, Zambia, October

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / An adult Coot (Fulica atra) diving for food, Derbyshire, England, UK, March 2010

Andrew Parkinson / Siskin (Carduelis spinus) male peched on an alder branch, Rothiemurchus Forest, Scotland, UK, April.

Jerry Monkman / Woman mountain biking on a trail in an abandoned granite quarry on Millstone Hill, Barre, Vermont, USA. autumn. Model released, October 2010

Rolf Nussbaumer / Broad-headed Bug (Hyalymenus tarsatus) nymph on leaf mimicking an ant. Comal County, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA, October.

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...

Pete Oxford / Portrait of an Emerald Glass Frog (Espadarana / Centrolenella prosoblepon). Captive. Choc Region of northwest Ecuador.

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / View from summit of Sgorr Tuath, sandstone pinnacles, Assynt mountains, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Despite being one of the most nor...

Juergen Freund / Tingo Leve of WWF Solomon Islands' Melanesia Programme carrying out an annual reef check survey of Tetepare Island reefs, Solomon Islands, July 2010

Juergen Freund / Imperial / Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator / Zenopontonia rex) on an Eyed / Leopard sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Alex Mustard / A young Spiny / Yellow / Longsnouted Seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus), in an aquarium attached to plastic seagrass leaves. This seahorse is part of a UK seahorse breeding program. Photographed at the...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff looking at a cross section of pit organ tissue from a Coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) through an electron microscope with 20,000 x magnification. Pit organs...

Mark Carwardine / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) portrait, Captive, rescued as an orphan, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda, Africa, Endangered species, October

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) eating flowers left on grave in Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, an environmentally responsible cemetery, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Bernard Castelein / Cinereous / European Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) in dispute with an Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus), alongside a Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis) and Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicu...

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monk playing the Lawah (long trumpet) during afternoon pudja, Tso Kar, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Alex Mustard / A young Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) above kelp in the Farne Islands. This seal has an orange snout from foraging on a rusty ship wreck. Northumberland, England, UK. North Sea. August

Alex Mustard / An adult female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) head portrait, in a rocky underwater cave. La Paz, Baja California Mexico. Sea of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean. October

Solvin Zankl / An Olive ridley sea turtle hatchling (Lepidochelys olivacea) on its way to the sea. The hatchlings orientate themselves by the brightness of the horizon above the ocean, Ostional NP, Costa Rica. Octob...

Solvin Zankl / Female Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) swimming from the open ocean towards the beach of Ostional, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean to gather for an arribada (mass nesting event). November

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) head close-up portrait of an adult male, with snowflakes on fur, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Nick Garbutt / Arctic tern (Sterna Paradisaea) hovering in flight over an iceberg.Peterman Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. February.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Juvenile Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) recently released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, foraging in pastureland near a drainage ditch; one turns over an old cow...

Jeff Wilson / Jeff Wilson searching for Birds of Paradise, tropical rainforest, Papua New Guinea. For BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Niall Benvie / Boy in protective white suit and mask in the wilds surrounded by green vegetation, using binoculars, Scotland, UK, Model released

Niall Benvie / Boy in protective white suit and mask in the wilds surrounded by green vegetation, using binoculars, Scotland, UK, Model released

Eric Baccega / Buriat shaman plays tambourine on Olkhon Island, Baikal lake, Siberia, Russia, June 2000

Matthew Maran / Shadow of trained Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) carrying wildlife watchers, in green pool of water, with Barasingha / Swamp deer (Cervus duvaucel) Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, November 2...

Uri Golman / Portrait of an Arctic snow hare (Lepus arcticus groenlandicus) North East Greenland. March

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Stemless gentian (Gentiana clusii) flowers, an ant in one of them, Liechtenstein, June 2009. Highly Commended in the Creative Visions of Nature category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010.

Tim Fitzharris / Common Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) eating an apple, North America

Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) five week old cubs playing with an adult pride member's tail, vulnerable, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Geoffroy's Tailless Bat (Anoura geoffroyi) visiting an epiphytic Bromeliad (Vriesia sp) note pollen on head and shoulders, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis sp) do not wait passively for an insect to fall into their web, instead, they cast sticky nets, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

Michael Durham / Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) jumping as an evasive behavior, Forest Park, Oregon

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Desert Death Adder (Acanthophis pyrrhus) coiled in desert using tip of tail as a lure, an example of caudal luring, Australia

Sumio Harada / Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) separating seeds from an Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii) cone to store for winter food, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboy portrait with roses in his hat band, on an overnight ride at a hacienda to herd cattle, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Mitsuaki Iwago / Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni) with an open mouth, Australia

Mark Moffett / Tokay Gecko (Gecko gecko) foot pads showing scales which enable it to climb vertical surfaces by using an intermolecular force called Van der Walls force, southeast Asia

Mark Moffett / Tokay Gecko (Gecko gecko) foot pads showing scales which enable it to climb vertical surfaces by using an intermolecular force called Van der Walls force, southeast Asia

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) aerial view of an 80 foot individual, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Fred Bavendam / Common Comet Star (Linckia guildingii) in an unusual lavender color variation, it is typically beige or yellowish in color, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) eating Hydrilla (Hydrilla sp) an introduced plant that often clogs waterways, Blue Spring State Park, Florida

Mark Payne-Gill / Peregrine falcon in flight {Falco peregrinus} Captive, England, UK. Peregrines have been recorded at speeds of 217mph in an attack dive - more than nine times the maximum speed of a human (27mph). Per...

Michele Westmorland / Man collecting black sand in an area which is one of the locations for producing fine restaurant quality salt, most of which is shipped to Japan, Kusimbi Beach, Bali, Indonesia 2009

Gavin Hellier / Inside Cabot Circus, constructed at a cost of £500 million, is an architectural masterpiece. The shopping centre's glass roof equal in size to one and a half football pitches, Bristol, Avon, UK 2009

Gavin Hellier / Inside Cabot Circus, constructed at a cost of £500 million, is an architectural masterpiece. The shopping centre's glass roof equal in size to one and a half football pitches, Bristol, Avon, UK 2009

Nick Upton / Burdock gall fly (Terellia tussilaginis) female feeding on an Oxeye daisy / Marguerite flower (Leucanthemum vulgare) chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Striped millipede (Ommatoiulus sabulosus) crawling over sandstone rocks in an old quarry, Sandy, Bedfordshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Weevil (Phyllobius glaucus) preparing to take off from an old post, Wiltshire meadow, UK, April.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Sign with close-up portrait of an Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) outside entrance to the visitor centre at Dyfi Osprey Project, Powys, Wales, UK, May 2012.

Pascal Tordeux / An old Oak tree (Quercus robur) that survived on the front line of the World War One, in the region of Saint Quentin, Picardy, France, February 2012

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Volunteer for the Rivers Exe Projectinspecting an invertebrate kick sample in the River Exe to check water quality, Winsford, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Volunteer for the Rivers Exe Projectdoing an invertebrate kick sample in the River Exe to check water quality, Winsford, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Volunteer for the Rivers Exe Projectdoing an invertebrate kick sample in the River Exe to check water quality, Winsford, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Volunteer for the Rivers Exe Projectdoing an invertebrate kick sample in the River Exe to check water quality, , Winsford, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Volunteer for the Rivers Exe Projectdoing an invertebrate kick sample in the River Exe to check water quality, Winsford, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Volunteer for the Rivers Exe Projectdoing an invertebrate kick sample in the River Exe to check water quality, , Winsford, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Volunteer for the Rivers Exe Projectdoing an invertebrate kick sample in the River Exe to check water quality, Winsford, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Volunteer for the Rivers Exe Projectdoing an invertebrate kick sample in the River Exe to check water quality, Winsford, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Volunteer for the Rivers Exe Projectdoing an invertebrate kick sample in the River Exe to check water quality, Winsford, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Model released.

Jabruson / African forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) one covered in red soil wanders infront of bull elephant at Dzanga Bai. The Bai attracts elephants from all over the region and the coloured vari...

Andy Trowbridge / Fly fisherman (David Tasker) drifting an artificial fly passed a 'sighted' brown trout (Salmo trutta) sitting in shadow water, Oreti River, Te Anau, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand. Dece...

Andy Trowbridge / Fly fisherman (David Tasker) drifting an artifical fly pass a 'sighted' brown trout (Salmo trutta) on the Oreti River, Te Anau, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand. December, 2006. Model rel...

Paul D Stewart / Tiger complex mimics, (Heliconids), an old collection of butterflies in the famous 'tiger complex'. This is a group of around 200 species of mostly toxic South American species which share a similar p...

Donald M. Jones / Yucatan Jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus) juvenile, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) flying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) flying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) flying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) calling, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) chick in nest, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) flying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) white morph displaying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) white morph flying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) dark morph, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) dark morph flying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) dark morph flying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) dark morph flying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) juvenile, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) picking up nesting material in mid-flight, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Two recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus), one standing and one feeding on grain scattered near an adult crane model, alongside a carer wearing a crane costume acting as a surro...

Roger Powell / Common guillemot (Uria aalge) pair at nest, one about to incubate an egg while the other watches, Great Saltee Island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Roger Powell / Common guillemot (Uria aalge) pair at nest, one about to incubate an egg while the other watches, Great Saltee island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Soft focus Woodland abstract - Coniferous forest at Bolderwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, November. Did you know? In 1100 AD King William II was shot with an arrow by one of hi...

Roland Seitre / Breeding project of the Hermit / Northern bald ibis (Geroniticus eremita) at the Jerez de la Frontera Zoo, Cadiz, Spain. Keeper feeds one month chick and wears an ibis helmet to limit human imprint an...

Roland Seitre / Breeding project of the Hermit / Northern bald ibis (Geroniticus eremita) at the Jerez de la Frontera Zoo, Cadiz, Spain. Keeper feeds one month chicks and wears an ibis helmet to limit human imprint a...