Anup Shah / Lesser flamingos {Phoeniconaias minor} performing 'wing salute' as part of courtship display, the wings are spread out to the side of the body and held in this position for several seconds, making the...

Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a Killer whale (Orcinus orca) spyhopping several times close to land, with people watching and taking pictures, Sommaroy, Troms. Norway, January.

Nick Upton / Pair of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) mating on their nest, Knepp Castle Estate, Sussex, England, UK, April. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for several hundreds...

Nick Upton / Pair of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) arranging nest material on their nest, Knepp Castle Estate, Sussex, England, UK, April. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for...

Nick Upton / Pair of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) arranging nest material on their nest, Knepp Castle Estate, Sussex, England, UK, April. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for...

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair mating on their nest at sunset, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for several hundreds of y...

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair performing an up-down display with bill clattering on their nest in an Oak tree, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White s...

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) male landing with nest material and joining his mate on their nest in an Oak tree at sunset, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of...

John Cancalosi / American toads (Anaxyrus americanus), several males competing to mate with female, Maryland, USA, April.

Nick Upton / Leafcutter / Rose-cutter bee (Megachile willughbiella) lands at its nest in a Bamboo tube in an insect hotel near several nests she has completed and some Potter wasp (Ancistrocerus sp.) nests, Wiltsh...

John Cancalosi / American toads (Anaxyrus americanus), several males competing to mate with female, Maryland, USA, April.

Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) at roost, with several bats flying in, landing on others on a branch, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

John Waters / Female Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) pursued by several males, River Kennet, Berkshire, England, UK. March.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man feeding Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) at night in Harar City, this has been a tradition for several centuries, and has now become a show for tourists. Ethiopia, November 2014

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man feeding Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) at night in Harar City, this has been a tradition for several centuries, and has now become a show for tourists. Ethiopia, November 2014

Jabruson / Vehicle carrying several different duiker carcasses for commercial bushmeat trade including: Blue Duiker (Cephalophus monticola), Bay Duiker (Cephalophus dorsalis), Peter's Duiker (Cephalophus callipy...

Christophe Courteau / Aerial view of African elephant herd {Loxodonta africana}. Okavango delta, Botswana

Alex Hyde / Various pollen grains from several species of UK plant. False coloured scanning electron micrograph. Digital composite.

Christophe Courteau / Close up of man's hand harvesting Pyrethrum, which refers to several Old World plants of the Chrysanthemum genus which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads. Pyrethrum is also the...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) coming in to roost at Shapwick, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK. Photographer quote: 'Several million starlings roost on the Somerset Levels during the winter month...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Old Man of Storr at dawn, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, January 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate.Did you know? This landmark has been used as a location in several films, most recently the 2012 sci-f...

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Two Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) breaching, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August. Photographer quote: 'After several frustrating hours with too short a lens and dolphins too...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Konik horse (Equus caballus) two stallions fighting, wild herd in rewilding project, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June 2011. Photographer quote: "Koniks are a rare Polish horse used as surrogate gr...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglet in woodland undergrowth, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Photographer quote: "Getting down and dirty with this wild boar piglet meant that I had to eat the fo...

Juergen Freund / Blue sea star on massive Boulder coral (Gardineroseris planulata) North Sulawesi, Indonesia. This coral species is normally found from the Red Sea to Central America, and is relatively uncommon in the...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Pair of Gannets (Morus bassanus) mutual preening, Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK, June. Photographer quote: 'I never get tired of watching gannets. This pair who momentarily lined up in perfe...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag in pine forest in snow blizzard, Alvie Estate, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March. Photographer quote: "At times I couldn't see this red deer stag such was th...

Kevin Schafer / Bats (several species) emerge from a cave at dusk. Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan, Mexico.

Tim Laman / View of beach, and man fishing from a dugout canoe, at Yenbeser Village. Alfred Russel Wallace based himself in this village for several months in the 1850's. Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. May 2007

Solvin Zankl / After an incubation period of 45 to 55 days and several days long ascent through the sand the hatchling Olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) emerge all together. Ostional Beach, Costa Rica, No...

Solvin Zankl / Mating swarm of Long-tailed / Tisza mayflies (Palingenia longicauda) Tisza river, Hungary, Every female is approached by several mature males. Eventually the female mates with one of them on the water...

Solvin Zankl / Mating swarm of Long-tailed / Tisza mayfly(Palingenia longicauda) Every female is approached by several mature males. Eventually the female mates with one of them on the water surface. June 2008

Solvin Zankl / Aquatic larva of the Long-tailed / Tisza mayfly(Palingania longicauda) shoveling and digging. These larvae live for several years in the clay of the river bed of the Tisza River. Hungary, Central Euro...

Solvin Zankl / Aquatic larva of the Long-tailed / Tisza mayfly(Palingania longicauda) These larvae live for several years in the clay of the river bed of the Tisza River. Hungary, Central Europe.

Wild Wonders of Europe / D'Amicis / Aerial view of border between spruce forest and Dwarf mountain pine (Pinus mugo) zones showing several trees killed by Bark beetle (Scolytidae) Western Tatras, Carpathian Mountains, Slovakia, June 200...

Anup Shah / Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) juvenile sitting in a tree overhanging a drop of several thousand feet, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November

Andrew Parkinson / Adult male Brown / European hare {Lepus europaeus} along with several others, pursues a female along a field margin, Derbyshire, UK

Flip Nicklin / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) surrounded by several scuba divers, threatened, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Chris Newbert / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) several youngsters playing in cave, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Fred Bavendam / Several species of Basslets (Pseudanthias sp) swarming above a Leaf Coral (Pavona clavus), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Several species of Basslets (Pseudanthias sp) swarming above a Columnar Leaf Coral (Pavona clavus), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Norbert Wu / Jellyfish (Diplulmaris antarctica) with several Amphipods (Hyperiella dilatata) bell can reach 18 centimeters, Medusa provides amphipods with protection and mating platform, Antarctica

Pascal Kobeh / Three Pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti) on a Seafan / Gorgonian (Muricella sp) including one or several pregnant males. New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean

Pascal Kobeh / Four Pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti) on a Seafan / Gorgonian (Muricella sp. ) including one or several pregnant males. New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Grey bonnet snail (Phalium glaucum) female laying a large mass of orange eggs. This egg mass has been laid by several snails. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Sergio Hanquet / Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) above sea floor, several fish in background. El Hierro, Canary Islands.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) female hanging from the mesh of its enclosure. This enclosure will be her home for several months until she is old and strong enough to be released. F...

Doug Gimesy / Rescued Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) is released back into his Melbourne colony by wildlife carer Francois Malherbe. The bat was rescued several months earlier as a result of enta...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) released back into his Melbourne colony by wildlife carer Francois Malherbe. The bat was rescued several months earlier, found hanging low in a fruit tr...

Theo Bosboom / Layers of colourful flysch rock partly covered with sand and with common limpets (patella vulgata) on several places, as photographed on Barinatxe beach in the Blibao region in Northeast Spain. April...

Pascal Kobeh / Several common two-banded sea breams (Diplodus vulgaris) under a cave, Canary Islands

Pascal Kobeh / Several pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti) on a Muricella sp. Seafan / gorgonian. There is obviously among them one pregnant male, Sulu sea, Philippines

Graham Eaton / Several faults cutting through Jurassic age, Liassic Limestones (Blue Lias) near Southerndown, South Glamorgan Heritage Coast, Wales, UK. September. The faults can be seen displacing the bedding plane...

Alex Mustard / Few fish from a school of Bigeye trevally (+Caranx sexfasciatus) break off to scratch themselves against the flank of a blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus). This is a common and world wide...

Alex Mustard / Several mimic goatfish (Mulliodichthys mimicus) hide within a school of Bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) on a coral reef. North Ari Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean

Nick Upton / Narrow-bordered five-spot burnet moth (Zygaena lonicerae) and several Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a clump of Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk g...

Nick Upton / Volcanic landscape with several volcanic cones, Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, February 2018.

Nick Upton / Pair of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) mating on their nest, Knepp Castle Estate, Sussex, England, UK, April. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for several hundreds...

Nick Upton / Pair of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) mating on their nest, Knepp Castle Estate, Sussex, England, UK, April. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for several hundreds...

Nick Upton / Pair of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) mating on their nest, Knepp Castle Estate, Sussex, England, UK, April. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for several hundreds...

Nick Upton / Pair of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) arranging nest material on their nest, Knepp Castle Estate, Sussex, England, UK, April. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for...

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair standing on their nest in an Oak tree, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for several hundre...

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) male flying with nest material, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for several hundreds of years.

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) male landing with nest material at nest in Oak tree, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for sever...

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) male landing with nest material as his mate bill clatters on their nest in an Oak tree, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White...

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) male landing with nest material and joining his mate on their nest in an Oak tree, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White stor...

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair mating on their nest, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for several hundreds of years.

Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) pair arranging nest material on their nest in an Oak tree, Knepp estate, Sussex, UK, April 2019. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for...

Nick Upton / Several bats (Myotis) circling around an old quarry face and the entrance to Box Mine during autumn swarming period, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Recorded during a licensed survey with Wiltshire...

Nick Upton / Panning shot showing several bats (Myotis) circling around an old quarry face and the entrance to Box Mine during autumn swarming period, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Recorded during a licensed...

Nick Upton / Several bats (Myotis) circling around an old quarry face and the entrance to Box Mine during autumn swarming period, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Recorded during a licensed survey with Wiltshire...

Nick Upton / Several bats (Myotis) circling around an old quarry face and the entrance to Box Mine during autumn swarming period, Wiltshire, England, UK, September. Recorded during a licensed survey with Wiltshire...

John Cancalosi / American toads (Anaxyrus americanus), several males trying to mate with female, Maryland, USA, April.

Doug Perrine / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble net feeding on herring, with sea gulls hoping to snatch fish; baleen can be seen in the open mouths of several of the whales; Kupreanof Island, Frederic...

Andy Sands / Beech Tree (Fagus sylvatica) ancient coppice stools uncut for several generations, Essex, England, UK, November

Andy Sands / Beech Tree (Fagus sylvatica) ancient coppice stool uncut for several generations self portrait to show scale, Essex, England, UK, November

Andy Sands / Beech Tree (Fagus sylvatica) ancient coppard - old coppice stool that was then pollarded and has since not been cut for several generations, Essex, England, UK, November

Andy Sands / Photographer Andy Sands with Beech Tree (Fagus sylvatica) ancient coppard - old coppice stool that was then pollarded and has since not been cut for several generations self portrait to show scale, Es...

David Fleetham / Slender spongegoby (Phyllogobius platycephalops) and two Crabs of different species on Sponge. Several parasites with egg cases on the side of the Goby. Philippines.

David Fleetham / Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) with Pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) and Remora (Echeneididae). In open ocean several miles off The Big Island / Hawaii, Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Calf cowry (Lyncina vitellus) with several Skeleton shrimp (Caprellidae sp) covering sand in front. Dumaguete, Philippines.

David Fleetham / Ringed olive snail (Oliva annulata) surrounded at night by several Skeleton shrimp (Caprellidae sp.), close-up. Dumaguete, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) at roost, with several bats flying in, landing on others on a branch, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) at roost, with several bats flying in, landing on others on a branch, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Karine Aigner / African wild dog (Lycaon Pictus) pups at dusk and looking around for the adults. Mana Pools, Zimbabwe.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Release of 30 captive-bred Crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) to celebrate the national Bird Love Week at the Tongchuan Crested Ibis Breeding Centre, Shaanxi, China. The species was once only found in 6 i...

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Release of 30 captive-bred Crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) to celebrate the national Bird Love Week at the Tongchuan Crested Ibis Breeding Centre, Shaanxi, China. The species was once only found in 6 i...

Ashley Cooper / In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 h...

Jeff Foott / Several boats of tourists watching and photographing Jaguar (Panthera onca) Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Jeff Foott / Several boats of tourists watching and photographing Jaguar (Panthera onca) Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) mummified juvenile which was carried for several weeks after death by his mother. Bossou, Republic of Guinea

David Fleetham / Hard and soft coral, schooling anthias and manta rays all come together in this Indonesian reef scene. Several images were digitally combined for this panorama.

David Fleetham / Schooling Raccoon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) and a Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus). Lanai, Hawaii. Several images were digitally combined to create this panorama.

David Fleetham / Several Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) gather at a cleaning station on reef where small fish will remove parasites from their skin. West Maui, Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Flatfish in larval stage, probably a peacock flounder (Bothus mancus),at night, several miles off the Kona Coast of the Big Island, Hawaii.

Doug Perrine / Fissure along the east rift zone of Kilauea Volcano, blasting lava bombs hundreds of meters into the air near a residence off Highway 132 between Pahoa and Kapoho in Puna District, Hawaii. The house w...