Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Wood ants (Formica rufa) on anthill, squirting formic acid to repel threat, Bavaria, Germany, April.
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Mick Jenner / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) feeding on plastic, West Sussex, England, UK.
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Juergen Freund / Paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) with engorged body on human hand, this species affects many species, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) among them and infects them with a toxin that ca...
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Bernard Castelein / Bitter nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July
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Bernard Castelein / Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaea) caterpillars on Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July
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Eric Baccega / Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). Skin with secretion of blood sweat, a red substance that acts as natural sunscreen. Beauval Zoo Parc, France. Captive.
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Eric Baccega / Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). Skin with secretion of blood sweat, a red substance that acts as natural sunscreen. Beauval Zoo Parc, France. Captive.
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Eric Baccega / Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), close up of eye. Skin spotted with secretion of blood sweat, a red substance that acts as natural sunscreen. Beauval Zoo Parc, France. Captive.
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Eric Baccega / Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), close up of eye. Skin spotted with secretion of blood sweat, a red substance that acts as natural sunscreen. Beauval Zoo Parc, France. Captive.
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Nick Upton / Devil's apple (Solanum linnaeanum) with toxic fruit. Invasive species, native to South Africa. Sardinia, Italy. June.
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Nick Upton / Apple of Sodom / Devil's apple / Devil's tomato (Solanum linnaeanum / sodomaeum) an invasive South African species with toxic fruits developing, coastal scrubland, Sardinia, Italy, Jun...
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John Cancalosi / Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) in blue-green algal bloom (Woronichinia naegeliana). Microcystin produced is toxic to wildlife and humans. Maryland, USA. October 2018.