Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...

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...

Alex Hyde / Green Dock Beetle (Gastrophysa viridula) female with huge abdomen swollen with eggs. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May.

Espen Bergersen / Adult male King eider (Somateria spectabilis) close up portrait, Batsfjord, Norway, March.

Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkat / Suricate (Suricata suricatta) pregnant female standing on hind legs, with swollen abdomen exposed, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain kissing rescued bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty'. Sooty was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019. His nose, hands, feet and chin we...

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain with rescued bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty'. Sooty was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019. His nose, hands, feet and chin were...

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain with rescued bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty', Sooty was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019. His nose, hands, feet and chin were...

Doug Gimesy / Very badly burnt front foot of a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty' from the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019, is held by koala rescuer and carer, Sue Swain. When he arrived, his nose...

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain looks at the bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty' who she has just applied burn cream to. 'Sooty' was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires...

Doug Gimesy / ?Sue Swain gives a bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty', a dietary supplement in her garage (where she keeps this koala being cared for). ??Sooty' was very badly burnt during...

Doug Gimesy / ?Sue Swain gives a bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty', a dietary supplement in her garage. '??Sooty' was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2...