Nick Upton / Blind adult male Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) 'Marlin' waving a flipper at the edge of a convalescence pool where he is a long-term resident, Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gweek, Cornwall, UK, January. Mo...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43??in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and les...

Doug Gimesy / Damaged wing of Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) - the result of being caught in barbed-wire that surrounded a school. This bat had to be euthanised. Albert Park, Victoria, Australia. M...

Alex Mustard / Wire coral goby (Bryaninops yongei) with what looks like a fungal infection covering its body on a wire coral (Cirripathes sp.). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Nick Hawkins / A young moose (Alces alces) with a condition known as 'ghost moose' which is caused by heavy tick investations. New Brunswick, Canada. August

Nick Hawkins / A young moose (Alces alces) with a condition known as 'ghost moose' which is caused by heavy tick infestation, New Brunswick, Canada. August

Suzi Eszterhas / Isabel Luevano, Rehabilitation Technician, and volunteer, examining Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) that is suffering from malnutrition International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California, USA, M...

Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) pellet of worms coughed up by cormorant International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California

David Perpinan / Cachectic or emaciated captive Bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) confiscated by police due to poor care'United Kingdom. Small repro only

David Perpinan / Deformed Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni). This is a common condition in Mediterranean tortoises kept in cold weathers or under inadequate husbandry. Small repro only

David Perpinan / Gastric hyperplasia in a captive corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus). This is a common and often fatal infection in captive snakes. Small repro only

David Perpinan / Captive veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus). This animal is extremely thin (cachectic) and has metabolic bone disease due to inadequate husbandry. Problems related to husbandry deficiencies are v...