Niall Benvie / Queen Mary's Tree, a veteran Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) over 600 years old, Cumbernauld, Scotland, UK, July.

Aflo / N-5703 900-year-old European beech tree in field {Fagus sylvaticus} Bavaria, Germany.

Tui De Roy / Pinta Island Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni), Lonesome George, the last survivor of his race, Darwin Reserve Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Neil Aldridge / Dehorned female Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) portrait, poaching survivor known as Thandi, Kariega Game Reserve, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, September.

Aflo / N-0805 Bristlecone pine {Pinus aristata} Arches NP, Utah, USA.

Aflo / N-0801 Pine tree growing from sandstone cliff, Zion NP, Utah, USA.

Aflo / N-5401 Single tree in field against blue sky, California, USA.

Jeff Rotman / Rodney Fox shows his scar from attack by Great White Shark when he was badly bitten around the chest and arm in December 1963. South Australia. Model released.

Pete Oxford / Pinta Island Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni), Lonesome George, the last survivor of his race, Darwin Reserve Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Pinta Island Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni), Lonesome George, the last survivor of his race, Darwin Reserve Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Pinta Island Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni), Lonesome George, the last survivor of his race, Darwin Reserve Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Pinta Island Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni), Lonesome George, the last survivor of his race, Darwin Reserve Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador