Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) Sultan tied up in front of a tourist shop in the souk, Douz, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia. Unwittingly, tourists support the capture of fennec fox cubs from the wild by payi...

Jack Dykinga / Hectia, a tropical bromeliad, stress coloured with blades grown in interlocking patterns, in the state of Yucatan, Mexico

Juergen Freund / Hard corals showing bleaching caused by heat stress, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, May 2010.

Mark Taylor / Maine Coon female cat, Serafin, in fierce defensive posture

Mark Taylor / Ginger kitten with tail in the air

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event where temperatures exceeded 40°C, Melbourne Zoo veterinarian Sarah Frith gives in-filed triage to a suffering young and Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus polioce...

Doug Gimesy / Bat rescuer, carer and founder of Fly-by-night bat clinic, Tamsyn Hogarth, comforts a young rescued Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) that has just been rescued during a heat-stress even...

Doug Gimesy / Bat rescuer, carer and founder of Fly-by-night bat clinic, Tamsyn Hogarth, comforts a young rescued Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) that has just been rescued during a heat-stress even...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event where temperatures exceeded 40°C, wildlife rescuer and carer Kate Chamberlain gives in-field triage to a suffering Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalu...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event where temperatures exceeded 40°C at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony, Melbourne Zoo veterinarian Sarah Frith (right) gives in-filed triage t...

Doug Gimesy / Volunteer bat rescuer Tracy Cleaves, spraying water t to cool down some Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) that have descended from the safety of higher branches, in an attempt to escap...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony, where temperatures exceeded 40°C, Melbourne Zoo veterinarian Sarah Frith gives in-field triage to a suf...