Terry Whittaker / Man collecting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being raised up cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Ashley Cooper / Plastic rubbish washed ashore from the sea in Glen Brittle, Isle of skye, Scotland, UK. May 2012

David Fleetham / Sargasum frogfish (Histiro histiro) near the surface floating on discarded polypropylene rope, Hawaii.

Laurie Campbell / Discarded plastic rope and commercial fishing netting washed up on shore at Luskentyre, South West Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, May 2016

Dave Bevan / Swallow (Hirundo rustica) feeding juveniles perched on a rope near nest in a barn, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Steve Downer / Slug (Species unknown) descending on slime rope from leaf. UK. June.

Luis Quinta / Imperial blackfish (Schedophilus ovalis) sheltering under discarded fishing ropes drifting off Pico island, Azores, Portugal, May.

Pal Hermansen / Inuit sled dogs resting, near Ittoqortoormiit, Scoresbysund, Greenland. Second Prize in the Nature category of the Spider Black and White Photography Competition 2015.

Alex Mustard / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) on a reef wall with a rope sponge. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.

Arne Hodalic / Nenet herdsman with Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) during summer migration, Yamal Peninsula, Russia. May.

Cyril Ruoso / Woman with baby looking at Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying for rope making, Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.

Eric Baccega / Salt caravans made up of hundreds of Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) and their pullers transporting salt slabs cut from Lake Assale to the Mekele Market, Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiop...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) displayed in the market (souk), of a Tunisian town. This species is adapted to silence and solitude of the desert, this individual that had been caught as an adult showed cle...

Georgette Douwma / Erect rope sponge (Amphimedon compressa) Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean.

Georgette Douwma / Erect rope sponge (Amphimedon compressa) Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean.

Georgette Douwma / Row pore rope sponge (Aplysina cauliformis) Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean.

Bruno D'Amicis / Young Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) cub, offered for sale to the photographer by the young man who trapped it in the desert. Kebili Region, Tunisia. May 2014. Winner of the World in our Hands category, Wi...

Chris & Monique Fallows / Storm sending spray over pier, Kalk Bay harbor, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Merryn Thomas,Merryn Thomas / Black and white image of three punts, Mevagissey, Cornwall, England, January.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Recreational fishing in a sea kayak for West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii). Hoop net or trap is lowered onto the sea floor or kelp bed with a pouch of bait (sardines or pilchards) attached. Kom...

David Tipling / Aerial walkway through Rainforest canopy at Exploramo Lodge, Iquitos Region, Amazon, Peru

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus). Young animal caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique, November 2011. Wildl...

Nick Turner / Men pulling on a rope in a tug of war competition, Cotswold Olimpicks, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, June 2011.

Alex Mustard / A diver exploring a coral reef with formation of brown tube sponges (Agelas conifera) red rope sponges (Amphimedon compressa) and deepwater sea fans (Iciligorgia nodulifera) East End, Grand Cayman, Ca...

Pete Oxford / Canopy Walkway, 275m long, 36m high rigid walkway, at Sacha Lodge. Napo River bordering Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest Ecuador.

Juergen Freund / Bajau boys playing on a rope swing hung high up in two tall coconut trees. Sibuan Island, Malaysia, June 2009.

Juergen Freund / Local fishermen capturing a sea turtle for food, Kei islands, Moluccas, Indonesia, November 2009

Pete Oxford / Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) catching prey beside fisherman in boat at night, rainforest, Rupununi, Guyana, Endangered

Christophe Courteau / Kalahari bushmen, family playing traditional game, dry season, Central Kalahari Desert, Botswana, August 2008

Christophe Courteau / Kalahari bushmen, family group playing skipping game, Central Kalahari Desert, Botswana, August 2008

Petra Wegner / Mixed Breed Dog head portrait, with toy rope in her mouth.

Petra Wegner / Portrait of a mixed breed dog with bow in her hair, and a toy rope in her mouth.

Tim Laman / Self portrait of biologist / photographer, Tim Laman, climbing a rope into the rainforest canopy in Borneo. Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Orangutan researcher, Cheryl Knott, climbing rope into giant canopy tree with stranger fig tree roots growing down its side, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Young boy aged 7 (model released) exploring a canopy rope bridge walkway through the lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo. Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia, July 2007

Tim Laman / Young brother and sister (both model released) exploring a canopy rope bridge walkway through the lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo. Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia, July 2007

Tim Laman / A young boy (model released) aged 9, crossing a fallen tree bridge with a hand rope that spans the river, at the research station in Gunung Palung NP. Borneo. July 2007

Onne van der Wal / Tethered tender floating on clear waters in the Exumas, Bahamas, Caribbean. June 2009.

Jerry Monkman / Man walking with his climbing gear at Lower Slab in Pawtuckaway State Park, New Hampshire, USA, September 2008. Model released.

Jerry Monkman / Boy playing on rope swing over the Androscoggin River, Mollidgewock State Park in Errol, New Hampshire, USA, August 2008. Model released.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Gooseneck barnacles (Lepas anatifera) on a drifting rope, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Gooseneck barnacles on a drifting rope and a small shoal of Boarfish (Capros aper) seeking shelter, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009 Wild Wonders kids book.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Gooseneck barnacles on a drifting rope and a small shoal of Boarfish (Capros aper) seeking shelter, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Juan Carlos Munoz / Canopy walkway, rope suspension bridge, in rainforest canopy, Mount Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Carol Walker / Cowboy running with rope lassoo in hand, Flitner Ranch, Shell, Wyoming, USA, model released

Carol Walker / Cowboy galloping while swinging a rope lassoo at sunset, Flitner Ranch, Shell, Wyoming, USA, model released

Kim Taylor / Black Rat (Rattus rattus) on coiled rope. Digital composite.

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Male domestic Bactrian camel {Camelus bactrianus} rope through nose to controll it, Gobi desert, Mongolia

Juergen Freund / Looking up at silhouette of Diver under ice. Magdalen Islands, Atlantic, Canada

Doug Gimesy / Forest and Wildlife officer collecting a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) from a tree using a rope so it can have a health check following bush fires in the area. Gelantipy, Victoria, Australia. January...

Alex Mustard / Slender filefish (Monacanthus tuckeri) with red rope sponge on a coral reef. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) hides amongst rope sponges on a coral reef. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Sergio Hanquet / Person holding on to rope, practising freediving, boat and more divers at surface. Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2015.

Sergio Hanquet / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) female, partially decomposed, stranded on beach, two men attaching ropes. Las Caletillas, Tenerife. Canary Islands. 2015.

Nick Garbutt / Walkway through lowland Dipterocarp (Dipterocarpaceae) rainforest, aerial shot. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. 2018.

Steven David Miller / People climbing up Uluru / Ayers Rock, as of 2019 climbing up the rock is no longer permitted. Uluru-kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. 2014.

Olga Kamenskaya / Man holding onto rope on the shore of the Lena River, nearly blocked with logs, Baikalo-Lensky Reserve, Siberia, Russia. August 2018.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man collecting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man collecting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Man being raised up a cliff after collecting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.

Yashpal Rathore / Kambala buffalo racing - 'Hagga' buffalo race in which the racer holds onto rope, running with buffalo. Karnataka, India, January 2019.

Yashpal Rathore / Kambala buffalo racing - 'Hagga' buffalo race in which the racer holds onto rope, running with buffalo. Kambala buffalo races, Karnataka, India, January 2019.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannet (Morus bassanus) with a chick attends to the nest that has discarded rope or fishing net in it, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) nests with the blue representing discarded rope and fishing nets incorporated into the nests, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannet (Morus bassanus) with bits of rope and fishing net, making a nest, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June.

David Tipling / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) carrying rope for nest back to colony at Hermaness, Unst. Shetland, June

David Tipling / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) carrying rope for nest back to colony at Hermaness, Unst. Shetland, June

Ashley Cooper / Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team carrying an injured walker from the fells in Langdale, Cumbria, England, UK. August 2007

Ashley Cooper / Climbers on the arete leading up from the Vallee Blanche to the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France. September 2014

Ashley Cooper / Base jumpers wearing wing suites preparing to jump from the Aiguille Du midi above Chamonix, France. September 2014

Ashley Cooper / A climber crossing the steal rope bridge in glen Nevis Scotland, UK. March 2005

Ashley Cooper / Climber i on Sgurr Alasdair on the Cuillin Ridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland. March 2006

Ashley Cooper / Mountaineer winter climbing in Coire an Sneachda, Cairngorm mountains, Scotland, UK. February 2011

Ashley Cooper / Mountaineer winter climbing in Coire an Sneachda, Cairngorm mountains, Scotland, UK. February 2011

Tony Wu / Threadsail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer) two latched on to rope twhile resting, Toyama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. March.

David Fleetham / Scattered pore rope sponge (Aplysina fulva) reproducing by releasing sperm and/or eggs into the water column. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean.

Laurie Campbell / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) hauled out on rock entangled in plastic fishing netting, Farne Islands, Northumberland, July 1997

Laurie Campbell / Discarded plastic rope and commercial fishing netting washed up on shore at Luskentyre, South West Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, May 2016

Edwin Giesbers / Sign for the Royal Swan Upping and rope, the Swan upping is the annual census and marking of the Swans on the River Thames. England, UK, July 2016.

Alex Mustard / Colourful coral reef wall, with yellow branching tube sponges (Pseudoceratina crassa), brown tube sponges (Agelas conifera) and red rope sponges (Amphimedon compressa), in front of deepwater sea fans...

Dave Bevan / Juvenile Swallows (Hirundo rustica) exercising wings whilst perched on a rope in a barn, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Dave Bevan / Swallow (Hirundo rustica) feeding fledged juvenile perched on a rope in a barn, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Franco Banfi / Rope ladder used to land on the island, Malpelo Island National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Colombia, East Pacific Ocean

Nick Upton / David Bavin up a ladder as Josie Bridges hauls up a wooden den box on a rope pulley to be attached to a pine tree for use by Pine Martens (Martes martes) reintroduced to Wales by the Vincent Wildlife...

Ingo Arndt / Leopard slug (Limax maximus) mating, hanging from a rope of mucus. These slugs are hermaphrodites and can be seen here transferring sperm to one another through their male organs, Switzerland

Ingo Arndt / Leopard slug (Limax maximus) climbing and eating at the same time a rope of mucus after mating. These slugs are hermaphrodites and can be seen here transferring sperm to one another through their male...

Ingo Arndt / Leopard slug (Limax maximus) climbing and eating at the same time a rope of mucus after mating. These slugs are hermaphrodites and can be seen here transferring sperm to one another through their male...