Sylvain Cordier / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) wintering in Oyamel pine forests (Abies religiosa) Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve / Reserva de Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca UNESCO World Heritage Site, An...

Floris van Breugel / Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) over winter on Eucalyptus and Monterey Cypress trees near Pismo Beach, San Luis, California, USA December.. When temperatures warm up enough, they will embark on...

Phil Savoie / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), queen, feeding on Chive (Allium schoenoprasum), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March

Nigel Cattlin / Pharoahs ant (Monomorium pharaonis) colony on timber with workers, queen and larvae.

Nigel Cattlin / Pharoahs ant (Monomorium pharaonis) colony on timber with queens, workers, winged adults, eggs and pupae.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) male in urban park, Queens Park, Glasgow, Scotland

Piotr Naskrecki / Soil-feeding Termite (Apicotermes sp) workers and two queens, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Ashley Cooper / Rubbish up against a litter trap on a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands. May 2013

Ashley Cooper / Rubbish up against a litter trap on a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands. May 2013

Ashley Cooper / Litter on the streets of Amsterdam following the annual Queen day celebrations, Netherlands. April 2013

Ashley Cooper / Man stoking boiler at Queens Mill in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK. The mill is powered by a steam engine built over 100 years ago and is still powering the mill today. The steam powered industry...

Kirkendall-Spring / Portrait of the Queen of Thailand, on the grounds of Wat Arun, Bangkok. Thailand, September 2014.