Doug Perrine / Giant squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum) at cleaning station in the cockpit of wreck of Panorama Air Tour Beech H18S that crashed in 1983 after take-off from Keahole airport, Kona, Hawaii.

Chadden Hunter / Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) males dive through openings in the sea ice to take their first swim in over 4 months as they have spent the bleak winter incubating their eggs. Cape Washington,...

John Waters / Hand-reared Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) being trained to fly alongside a car at Weson airfield by Lloyd and Rose Buck for filming purposes. Somerset, UK, January 2011.

John Waters / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) adult female taking off, flying over mountain landscape, trained bird photographed during filming in Glenveagh National Park, Donegal, Republic of Ireland. August 2010

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) small flock of juveniles taking flight over the frozen, snow covered pastureland on a foggy winter morning. These Cranes were released by the Great Crane Project...

Graham Eaton / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) running over the sea, about to take off, Aberdaron, Wales, UK, May

Ashley Cooper / Montbretia, a garden escape, flowering all along the banks of the River Barle, below Simonsbath, Exmoor, England, UK. September 2011

Ashley Cooper / A farmer droves his cattle out of the remote Strath Na Sealga where they have been grazing over the summer, to take them in for winter time, near Dundonnel in the north West Highlands. Small repro onl...

Jen Guyton / Scientist Dr. Greg Kaltenecker holding a White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) caught to attach GPS transmitter, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. The researchers temporarily put a sock over its he...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sunrise over Lamlash Bay and the no take zone, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sunrise over Lamlash Bay and the no take zone, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.

Tony Wu / Researcher reaching over to take samples of Whale lice (Cyamus ovalis) from one of the callosities on Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) at surface, photographed with the permission of the Dep...

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Persian shearwater (Puffinus persicus) running over water to take flight, Oman, November

Roy Mangersnes / Glacier calving causing kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) to take to the air in panic, west coast of Svalbard, Norway, August.

Marie Read / Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) fighting with European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) that is trying to take over the woodpecker's nest hole, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New Y...

Marie Read / Red-headed woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), pair fighting with European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) that is trying to take over the woodpeckers' nest hole, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge...

Markus Varesvuo / King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) female in flight over water, Norway, April

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) taking off over the heads of several Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) Bukta. Svalbard, Norway.

Alex Mustard / Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) migrating upstream in the Adams River, British Columbia, Canada.The stresses of the migration take their toll on the health of these fish, and this one has lots of f...

Bence Mate / Hawk owl (Surnia ulula) flying low over snow, Norway

Louis-Marie Preau / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) taking off over snow, Canada

Charlie Summers / Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) male leaving the nest box as the female approaches to take over nest duties. Aurora, Colorado, USA.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Dense flock of European wigeon (Anas penelope), Common teal (Anas crecca) and a Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) flying over and taking off from flooded marshes in winter, Greylake RSPB reserve, Somerset L...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Flocks of European wigeon (Anas penelope), Common teal (Anas crecca) and Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) flying over and taking off from flooded marshes in winter, Greylake RSPB reserve, Somerset Levels,...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Flock of Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus) taking flight over sea, near Ardnamurchan Point, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July 2011

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / An adult Coot (Fulica atra) running across the surface of a lake, pursuing a second adult (out of shot) in a dispute over territory, Derbyshire, England, UK, March 2011

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / An adult Coot (Fulica atra) running across the surface of a lake, pursuing another adult (out of shot), in a dispute over territory, Derbyshire, England, UK, June 2011

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / An adult Coot (Fulica atra) running along the surface of a lake, pursuing another adult (out of shot) in a dispute over territory, Derbyshire, England, UK, June 2011

Ernie Janes / Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) in flight over reeds, Norfolk, UK, May

Nick Upton / Coot (Fulica atra) running over lake surface and flapping wings to take off. Wiltshire, UK, March.

Bernard Castelein / Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) in flight over edge of lake, Rajasthan, India

Pete Oxford / Bull Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) after fighting for take over of the harem. Even a short fight usually results in both bulls getting badly cut on their necks and faces. The Tussock Bird...

Alan Williams / Male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) flying low over lake just after take off. Lancashire, UK, March.

John Downer / Eastern white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) taking off and flying over water, Kenya

Chris Gomersall / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) adult in flight over calm sea. Inner Hebrides, Scotland. June.

Michael Durham / Blue Mud Wasp (Chalybion californicum) photographed with a high-speed camera. They feed Black Widow spiders to their young and will take over the nests of Black and Yellow wasps

Michael Durham / Blue Mud Wasp (Chalybion californicum) photographed with a high-speed camera. They feed Black Widow spiders to their young and will take over the nests of Black and Yellow wasps

Kerstin Hinze / Grey Heron (Ardea cincerea) running over frozen river Peenestrom, with a fish in beak, about to fly, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Wolgast, Peenestrom, Germany

David Kjaer / Male Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) in flight over heather moorland, Deeside, Scotland UK

David Kjaer / Male Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) in flight over heather moorland, Deeside, Scotland UK

Tui De Roy / Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) female laying egg with male waiting to take over first incubation stint, Genovesa Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Rick Tomlinson / Assa Abloy supporters take over an island as the fleet passes at the restart in Gothenburg Sweden during a leg of the Volvo Ocean Race - June 8, 2002.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Persian shearwater {Puffinus persicus} in flight over sea, off Muscat, Oman

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) perched at entrance to nest hole with European roller (Coracias garrulus) pair preparing to attack nest, feed on chicks and take over nest, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusz...

Roman Willi / Leafcutter ant (Atta cephalotes) workers walking over a fallen twig, with some carrying items such as leaves or petals, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. February.

Nick Upton / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) emerging from burrow of Sand tailed digger wasp (Cerceris arenaria), seeking to take over in cliff edge sand bank, The Gower, Wales, UK. July.

Tony Wu / Two mature male Asian sheepshead wrasses (Semicossyphus reticulatus) fighting over territory during breeding season. Mature males take on a whitish coloration, when approaching females and during terr...