Ashley Cooper / A SARDA (Search and Rescue Dog Association) dog on a search for a missing walker, Lake District, England, UK. February 2009

Ingo Arndt / Green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) group building nest by pulling on leaves together, Kakadu National Park Northern Territory, Australia. Commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of th...

Alex Mustard / A young veined octopus (coconut octopus: Amphioctopus marginatus) shelters in an empty bivalve shell by pulling the two halves together with its arms. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Piotr Naskrecki / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) workers pulling together leaves and holding them in place until other individuals bring the living tubes of glue, their own larvae, Guinea, West Africa

Jacob Guy / Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside clam shell by pulling both sides together with tentacles whilst changing colour through metachrosis to camouflage against the black sand, Indone...