Theo Bosboom / Conifer trees in snowy landscape, near Baraque Michel, Belgian Ardennes, January 2010

Sven Zacek / Sunrise over mineral islands in the Muraka bog in Eastern Estonia. August 2011.

Tony Phelps / Southern Dwarf Adder (Bitis armata) climbing in dune thicket. De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, January.

LYNN M. STONE / Portrait of German Shorthair Pointer in thicket of pink berries, Illinois, USA

Michael Durham / Eastern Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) flying at night, Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas

Yashpal Rathore / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) tigress (T32) dragging Spotted deer / Chital (Axis axis) kill into thicket to hide it from predators and scavengers . Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera t...

Yashpal Rathore / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) tigress (T32) dragging Spotted deer / Chital (Axis axis) kill into thicket to hide it from predators and scavengers . Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera t...

Lynn M. Stone / Chesapeake Bay retriever, male sitting , in frosty thicket, Long Island Sound; Stonington, Connecticut, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / Chesapeake Bay Retriever, male, in frosty thicket, Long Island Sound, Stonington, Connecticut, USA.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus), standing near bamboo thicket, ready to dart back inside if threatened. Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan province, China.

Andy Sands / Downy birch (Betula pubescens) left standing among 2nd year coppice re-growth, an ancient woodland indicator species in UK, Suffolk, England, UK, May

Andy Sands / Recently felled ancient coppice woodland showing timber trees and stacked poles with traditional fencing using brushwood to protect re-growth of stools, example of woodmanship and traditional woodland...