Georgette Douwma / Stove-pipe sponge (Aplysina archeri) and Orange elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes) Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean.

Kristel Richard / Close up of the curved ears of a rare Cremello Kathiawari mare with young Indian boy riding her, in Jasdan, Gujarat, India. The pink points on her head are tradionally put by women during ceremonies,...

Nick Upton / Spiny broom (Calicotome villosa) with endemic Mouse ear chickweed (Cerastium supramontanum) amongst it. Branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus) in background with mountains beyond. Supramonte range, ne...

Nick Upton / Mouse ear chickweed (Cerastium supramontanum) amongst Spiny broom (Calicotome villosa). Branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus) in background with mountains beyond. Supramonte range, near Urzulei, Sard...

Philippe Clement / Shetland Mouse-eared Chickweed (Cerastium nigrescens) in flower, Keen of Hamar, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May

Lynn M. Stone / Papillon sitting beside Rhododendron flowers. Haddam, Connecticut, USA. May.

Lynn M. Stone / English springer spaniel, three standing with front legs on rock, Rhododendron flowers in background. Haddam, Connecticut, USA. June.

Guy Edwardes / Shetland Mouse-eared chickweed (Cerastium nigrescens), Keen of Hamar National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / Shetland Mouse-eared chickweed (Cerastium nigrescens), Keen of Hamar National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / Shetland Mouse-eared chickweed (Cerastium nigrescens), Keen of Hamar National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / Shetland mouse-eared chickweed (Cerastium nigrescens), Keen of Hamar National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.

James Dunbar / Wool carder bees (Anthidium manicatum) mating on a Lambs ear (Stachys), Bristol, England, UK, July.