David Woodfall / Sequence of strips of cultivated Machair with early shoots of Black oats (Avena strigosa) pushing through the sand. North Uist, Scotland, UK, June.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Recently burnt heathland, showing new Bracken growth (Pteridium aquilinum), Caesar's Camp, Fleet, Hampshire, England, UK, May.

Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male scratching head, drunk on bamboo shoots, Volcanoes NP, Virunga mountains, Rwanda Note - if gorillas eat an excess of bamboo shoots they ca...

Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male playing in habitat, drunk on bamboo shoots, Volcanoes NP, Virunga mountains, Rwanda Note - if gorillas eat an excess of bamboo shoots they...

Nature Production / Sunflower {Helianthus annuus} shoots pushing up a stone as they germinate, Japan

Tony Evans / Avocado fruit growing shoots, leaves and roots {Persea americana}

Nigel Cattlin / Lupin aphid (Macrosiphum albifrons) infestation on stem and apical shoots of young Tree lupin (Lupinus arboreus). Berkshire, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Common couch grass (Elymus repens) shoots and rhizomatous roots, on black background.

Nigel Cattlin / Common couch grass (Elymus repens) stems, shoots and rhizomatous roots, black background.

Nigel Cattlin / Common couch grass (Elymus repens) shoots and rhizomatous roots, white background.

Nigel Cattlin / Common couch grass (Elymus repens) stems, shoots and rhizomatous roots, white background.

Nigel Cattlin / Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) cross section of bulb with leaf and root development. Cultivated in garden. January.

Nigel Cattlin / Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) bulb with leaf and root development in late winter

Nigel Cattlin / Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) bulb with leaf and root development in late winter

Nigel Cattlin / Wheat (Triticum aestivum) seeds germinating with development of roots and shoots, above and below ground.

Nigel Cattlin / Wheat (Triticum aestivum) seeds germinating with development of roots and coleoptile covering of shoots. Image above and below ground.

Nigel Cattlin / Bamboo (Bambusidae) shoots prepared for sale, on market stall. Bangkok, Thailand.

Nigel Cattlin / Bamboo (Bambusidae) shoots prepared for sale, on market stall. Bangkok, Thailand.

Nigel Cattlin / Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica), tender shoots used for cooking in South East Asia. Thailand.

JIM CLARE / Paramo fire, set to promote new shoots for cattle grazing. Canar, Andes, Ecuador.

David Woodfall / Sequence of strips of cultivated Machair with early shoots of Black oats (Avena strigosa) pushing through the sand. North Uist, Scotland, UK, June.

John Shaw / Spray shoots up from a blow hole on the Dyrholaey Peninsula, near Vik, Iceland, March.

David Woodfall / Strips of cultivated Machair with early shoots of Black oats (Avena strigosa) pushing through the sand. Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / New leaf shoots of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, May.

Neil Aldridge / Gamekeeper kills a Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) by cutting its throat after shooting it on an estate in Scotland where game birds are bred to be shot for sport. Scotland, UK, April 2015. Winner of the Port...

Matthew Maran / Goat willow (Salix caprea) felled by a Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) with teeth marks The riverside tree will resprout with new shoots supplying a source of food for the beavers for years to come. De...

Matthew Maran / Goat willow (Salix caprea) felled by a Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber). The riverside tree will resprout with new shoots supplying a source of food for the beavers for years to come. Devon, England, UK...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) feeding on heather shoots in snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) feeding on heather shoots in snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) feeding on heather shoots in snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Male Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) grazing on heather shoots, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) foraging for heather shoots beneath snow, Scotland, UK, January.

Ben Cranke / Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) subadult siblings descend from the canopy of the cloud forest to feed on bamboo shoots and leaves. Singalila National Park, West Bengal, India.

Ben Cranke / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) descends from the cloud forest canopy to feed on bamboo shoots and leaves. Singalila National Park, West Bengal, India.

Connor Stefanison / White-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura) hunkered down next to small tree shoots, perfectly camouflaged in snow, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, December

Connor Stefanison / White-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura) hunkered down next to small tree shoots, perfectly camouflaged in snow, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, December

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) feeding on fresh green shoots, Scotland, UK, April.

Mark Hamblin / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) adult feeding on grass shoots in summer meadow , Scotland, UK. June.

Nick Garbutt / Indri (Indri indri) feeding on fresh leaves / shoots in the rainforest canopy. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, eastern Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Indri (Indri indri) feeding on fresh leaves / shoots in the rainforest canopy. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, eastern Madagascar.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Fallen Oak (Quercus sp) with shoots growing from trunk in Atlantic oakwood, Taynish National Nature Reserve, Argyll, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) tree shoots, Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

Gary K. Smith / Shoots of Day lily (Hemerocallis, emerging through frosty ground in garden, England, February.

Stephen Dalton / Horsetail (Equisetum palustre) young shoots Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) shoots emerging in late winter, Sussex, UK February

Ingo Arndt / Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla) shoots collected for food, Shunan Zhuhai National Park, Sichuan, China

Markus Varesvuo / Male Willow grouse / Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) looking at new shoots on twig, Inari Kiilopaa, Finland, April.

Bernard Castelein / Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) fertile shoots, Brasschaat, Belgium, April.

Adrian Davies / Rhododendron (Rhododendron x superponticum) clearance, new shoots emerging from poisoned stump. This species is an invasive species. Snowdonia, north Wales, UK, July.

Tui De Roy / Takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) feeding on grass shoots, Burwood Breeding Center, New Zealand

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in winter plumage feeding on heather shoots in snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, February.

Anup Shah / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) juvenile aged 18-24 months feeding on leaves and shoots. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. Mar 2010.

Anup Shah / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) juvenile aged 18-24 months feeding on leaves and shoots. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. Mar 2010.

Anup Shah / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) juvenile aged 18-24 months feeding on leaves and shoots. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. Mar 2010.

Fiona Rogers / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) juvenile aged 12-18 feeding on plant shoots and shellfish found in pools left on the mudflats of the mangrove swamp at low tide. Bako National Park, Sarawak,...

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis) feeding on shoots , Mount Yatsugatake, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, May. Endemic species.

Ernie Janes / Four Labrador Retrievers waiting at a pheasant shoot, Norfolk, England, UK, December.

Ernie Janes / Cocker spaniel retrieving a shot Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), Norfolk, England, UK, December.

Ernie Janes / Dead Common pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) strung up after a shoot, Norfolk, England, UK, December.

Ernie Janes / Cocker spaniel retrieving a shot Red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa), Norfolk, England, UK, December.

Ernie Janes / Yellow labrador retrieving a shot Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), Norfolk, England, UK, December.

Shattil & Rozinski / Canada goose (Branta canadensis), with arrow protruding from its rear, Colorado, March.

Shattil & Rozinski / Canada goose (Branta canadensis), with arrow protruding from its rear, Colorado, March.

Will Watson / Epicormic growths (shoots from bud beneath the bark) on Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur) symptoms of chronic oak decline, Herefordshire, England, UK, April.

Konrad Wothe / Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) male eating bamboo-shoot, rainforest of Ranomafana, Hapalemur aureus, Madagascar, Africa.

Ernie Janes / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) new shoots against black background.

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Spider Mangrove (Rhizophora stylosa) view of roots and shoots, North Queensland

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Spider Mangrove (Rhizophora stylosa) view of roots and shoots, North Queensland

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Moncheca sp), newly discovered species, with red gland that shoots chemicals as a defense mechanism, Suriname

Fiona Rogers / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) female feeding on leaf shoots, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Fiona Rogers / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) female feeding on leaf shoots, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Adrian Davies / Chitted Potato (Solanum tuberosum), showing young shoots, April.

Norbert Wu / Mangrove (Rhizophoraceae) shoots in shallow water, Bahamas, Caribbean

Fiona Rogers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years feeding on shoots in forest, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Nov...

Nick Upton / Young Sea thong (Himanthalia elongata) 'buttons' on intertidal rocks exposed at low tide, Crail, Fife, UK, July

Nick Upton / Young Sea thong (Himanthalia elongata) 'buttons' on intertidal rocks exposed at low tide, Crail, Fife, UK, July

Nick Upton / Young Sea thong (Himanthalia elongata) 'buttons' on intertidal rocks exposed at low tide, Crail, Fife, UK, July

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Recently burnt heathland, showing new Bracken growth (Pteridium aquilinum), Caesar's Camp, Fleet, Hampshire, England, UK, May.

Laurie Campbell / Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) germinating, Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, May

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in winter plumage feeding on heather shoots, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, February

Nick Garbutt / Adult Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) feeding on shoots, Menabe Forest, west Madagascar, Vulnerable.

Roberto Rinaldi / Tube anemone (Cerianthus membranaceus) on sea bed amongst shoots of the invasive algae (Caulerpa taxifolia), Strait of Messina, Southern Italy Sequence 2/2

Roberto Rinaldi / Growth shoots and fronds of invasive algae (Caulerpa taxifolia) Strait of Messina, Southern Italy

Nature Production / Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) shoots on basket, Japan

Nature Production / Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus ssp. Japonicus) germinating in sand, Kyushu, Japan, April

Nature Production / Cross section through soil showing Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) plant roots, Japan, sequence 1/2

Nature Production / Maize / corn plant (Zea mays) seed germinating, shoot and root clearly visible

Nature Production / Rice plant (Oryza sativa) root system , cross-section in soil, Japan

Nature Production / Taro (Colocasia esculenta) shoots sprouting from tuber, hydroponic cultivation, Japan

Nature Production / Potato shoots (Solanum tuberosum) sprouting from potato tuber, hydroponic cultivation, Japan

Nature Production / Potato shoots (Solanum tuberosum) sprouting from potato tubers, hydroponic cultivation, Japan

Juergen Freund / Underwater photographer shoots a pygmy seahorse. Other divers at this manta cleaning station waiting for mantas to arrive. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) sub-adult male 'Zidane' collecting shoots from the river to feed on. Camp Bulu, Lamandau Nature Reserve, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, July 2010. R...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) sub-adult male 'Zidane' feeding on shoots from the river. Camp Bulu, Lamandau Nature Reserve, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, July 2010. Rehabilitate...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Peta' and her baby daughter 'Petra' aged 12 months wading through a river looking for shoots to pull up and feed on - wide angle perspective. Camp Le...

Jouan & Rius / Young shoot growing from Suicide Tree fruit (Cerbera odollam) Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia