Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) - see original image number 01482830 EMBARGOED FOR NAT GEO UNTIL the end of 2015

Derek Galon / Damaged forest overgrown by various vines, a typical scene in western part of Dominica, West Indies. After hurricane Maria an unprecedented number of vines took advantage of suddenly open spaces in th...

Sylvain Cordier / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), wintering from November to March in Oyamel pine forests (Abies religiosa) Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) blurred view of vast number of individuals moving along their annual migration route, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Pal Hermansen / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) taking off in the snow, with old cars in the background, Bastnas, Sweden, February. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portf...

Laurent Geslin / Large number of Honey bees {Apis mellifera} flying to hive, Europe, August

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Family fishing from the bank of the River Tweed at Junction Pool, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The most popular UK spor...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Old fishing boat held upright at low tide with ropes and chains, Roa Island, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England, UK, February 2012. Did you know? Over the last decade the number of UK fishermen has decl...

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) on a bare field, Norfolk, England, UK, April. Did you know? Partridges have the largest number of eggs in a clutch of any bird species, the highest number recorded being...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Male urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) sniffing ground near graves, West London cemetery, UK, May. Did you know? Foxes have 28 different calls to communicate with each other, as well as a number of visual...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) adult on breeding loch, Flow Country, Highland, Scotland, UK, June, vertical crop of image number 01358766

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) amongst visitors in Regent's Park, London, UK, April 2011. Photographer quote: 'It was fascinating to watch public reaction to the large numbers of herons in London's parks...

Laurent Geslin / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) flying through the city. Paris, France

Billy Black / Gull (Larinae) sitting on mooring ball in calm waters on misty day. Robinhood, Maine, USA, July 2010.

Eric Baccega / Bunches of Chardonnay grapes on the vine, Cte de Blancs vineyard, Champagne country, France

Doug Gimesy / 1554 recovered Grey-headed Fly-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) carcases collected during a heat-stress at event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony - about one third of those estimate...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of 1554 recovered Grey-headed Fly-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) carcases collected during a heat-stress at event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony - about one third of th...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43??in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and les...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43°C, in a desperate search for somewhere cooler a...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43°C, Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocepha...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43°in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and...

Theo Bosboom / Dead guillemot washed up at the beach of Texel in the Netherlands. An estimated number of 20.000 guillemots died in January/February 2019 in the Netherlands. The cause is being investigated by scienti...

Theo Bosboom / Dead guillemot is photographed before it is investigated by researchers. A number of dead guillemots t washed up along the Dutch North sea coast in January / February 2019

Theo Bosboom / A dead guillemot washed up at the beach of Texel in the Netherlands. An estimated number of 20.000 guillemots died in January/February 2019 in the Netherlands. The cause is being investigated by scien...

Jeff Foott / Large number of tourists on overcrowded hiking trail, Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

John Shaw / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana), with chicks tucked under adult's feathers. Note the number of legs showing. Pantanal, Brazil. July.

Nick Hawkins / North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) at surface, active group comprised of one female and a number of males competing with each other in order to mate with her. Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Ca...

Sandesh Kadur / Timelapse of a puddle drying out, killing a large number of Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) tadpoles, Honnavar, Karnataka, India.

Sandesh Kadur / Timelapse of a puddle drying out, killing a large number of Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) tadpoles, Honnavar, Karnataka, India.

Jeff Foott / Large number of tourists on overcrowded hiking trail, Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.

Karine Aigner / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) running across dirt track between a large number of watching tourists. Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India. 2018.

Fabrice Cahez / Wild boar (Sus scrofa )two females walking with large number of piglets, one leading the other taking up the rear, Vosges, France, July.

Ashley Cooper / Snowy weather in Ambleside during the December 2010 big chill, Lake District, England, UK. December 2010

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroys an area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, whi...

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroyed area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, which...

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroyed area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, which...

Ashley Cooper / Wildfire damage in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, which lea to an increasing number of wild fires. Octo...

Ashley Cooper / The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Electric vehicle at a recharging station on the street in Berkeley Square, London, UK. May 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Electric vehicle at a recharging station on the street in Berkeley Square, London, England, UK. May 2012.

Jeff Foott / Large number of tourists watching Jaguar (Panthera onca) Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Graham Eaton / A bowl carved in Carboniferous, Millstone Grit on Stannage Edge, Hathersage, Derbyshire, March. The bowls were carved by a local gamekeeper in the early 1900's as drinking bowls for grouse and dog...

David Fleetham / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) hosting an unusually high number of shark suckers (Echeneis naucrates), Grand Bahamas, Caribbean.

Sylvain Cordier / Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) (Falco vespertinus var. amurensis), Up to one million birds are concentrated in Nagaland on their migration route to southern Africa

Nick Upton / Skeleton of a Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) on the seafront at Jandia Playa, one of a number of stranded whales exhibited around Fuerteventura by the 'Senda de los cetaceos' (path of the cetace...

Frederique Olivier / Large number of Common jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) at surface, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA.

Peter Bassett / Group of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) entering the sea with a large number of Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) hauled out on the shore, Gold Harbour, South Georgia.

Ann & Steve Toon / National Trust ranger Laura Shearer recording number of ring just fitted to puffin chick (Fratercula arctica), newly emerged from burrow, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, July.

Ann & Steve Toon / Recording number of ring just fitted to puffin chick (Fratercula arctica), newly emerged from burrow, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, July.

Pat Tuson / Number 476 red bus to Euston entering Euston Bus Station, London Borough of Camden, England, UK, March 2015.

Pat Tuson / Santander Cycles or Boris Bikes, bicycle hire scheme docking station with number 29 bus, corner of Hampstead Road and Euston Road, Camden, England, UK, March 2016.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Oak hawkmoth (The oak hawk ( Marumba quercus) shows a remarkable degree of camouflage when resting in dry oak leaves: one of a number of local hawkmoths caught using a MV light trap. Podere Montecucc...

Nick Upton / Catherine McNicol reading the PIT tag number of a Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) she has re-trapped in a live capture trap while monitoring the squirrel population in the area where their predat...

Tony Wu / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) at surface showing callosity on head with huge number of Whale lice (Cyamus ovalis) amongst other organisms, photographed with the permission of the Departme...

Tony Wu / Psychedelic frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica) in shallow water rubble, Ambon, Indonesia. This fish was described only in 2009, and only a limited number of specimens have been documented.

Yashpal Rathore / Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) gathering of large number of cranes in a chugga ghar (bird feeding enclosure) during annual migration. Khichan, Western Rajasthan, India. February.

Yashpal Rathore / Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) gathering of large number of cranes in a chugga ghar (bird feeding enclosure) during annual migration. Khichan, Western Rajasthan, India. February.

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students prepare to erect a number of nestboxes for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of the Marlborough Downs Nature Improvement Area proj...

Georgette Douwma / Coral reef with a Coral hind (Cephalophus miniata), Delicate sea whips (Jungceellia fragilis) and a large number of Pygmy sweepers (Parapriacanthus ransonetti) Similan Islands, Andaman Sea, Thailand.

Jeff Rotman / Large number of fishing boats fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) using drift gill nets, and trying to out manoeuvre other boats. Naknek River, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Jeff Rotman / Large number of fishing boats fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) using drift gill nets, and trying to out manoeuvre other boats. Naknek River, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Franco Banfi / Hard coral with number for research, growing on structure of bio-rock, a method of enhancing the growth of corals and aquatic organisms. Karang Lestari Pemuteran project, Desa Pemuteran, Bali Island,...

Dave Bevan / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarellii) close up of nest with seven eggs, this is an unusual high number of eggs. Carmarthenshire, Wales, June.

Nick Upton / Sue Sayer of the Cornwall Seal Group using unique coat patterns to identify a Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) 'Dangles' photographed at a number of sites along the Cornish coast, Cornwall, UK, October....

Gerrit Vyn / Common raven (Corvus corax) nestlings on man made tower outside village. Man made structures have increased the number of ravens, which has led to increased predation on may Arctic nesting birds, nest...

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Peruvian blonde tarantula (Lasiodora polycuspulatus) - see original image number 01482832

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Common iguana (Iguana iguana) - see original image number 01482835

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of head and legs of Abbot's Angle Headed Lizard (Gonocephalus doriae). See original image number 01482827.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Blue crown pigeon (Goura) feathers. See original image number 01482826.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) feather. See original image number 01471792.

Michael D. Kern / Dart Frog Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus). See original image number 01194344.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of East African Crown Crane (Balearica regulorum) feather. See original image number 01482825.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of an Eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii). See original image number 01395832.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Rhinoceros viper (Bitis nasicornis) scales. See original image number 01482824.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Green bottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens). See original image number 01194383.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Iguana (Iguana iguana) spines. See original image number 01395867.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Leaf Tail Gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) legs and tongue cleaning eye. See original image number 01395955.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) scales. See original image number 01482823.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Rainbow Millipede (Aulacobolus rubropunctatus). See original image number 01295835.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii) head and body. See original image number 01482822.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii), pink form. See original image number 01482821.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Tarantula. See original image number 01482820.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) scales and face. See original image number 01482819.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) crest feathers. See original image number 01482818.

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Wagler's Temple Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri) scales. See original image number 01173495.

Peter Cairns / Car with number plate indicating support for wolves, Yellowstone National Park, USA, February.

Ernie Janes / Large number of Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Monkey Temple or Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal. November 2014.