Guy Edwardes / Field of flowering Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) at sunrise, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy. May 2019.

Philippe Clement / Long-spurred violet (Viola calcarata) in flower, Val Veny, Italian Alps, Italy, June

Juan Manuel Borrero / Mixed forest in Val d'Aran / Aran Valley in the mist, Pyrenees, Lleida Province, Spain, June

Jean E. Roche / Mixed cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) in garden with wild Barley plants growing as weeds, Val de Loire, France, June

Philippe Clement / The chapel Sankt Johann at Val di Funes / Villnösstal, in the foothills of the Dolomites, Italy. July 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Sunset over Val D'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy April 2010

Guy Edwardes / Sunrise over "The Belvedere" (Tuscan farmhouse) and the Val d'Orcia, San Quirico d'Orcia,Tuscany, Italy April 2010

Eric Baccega / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) reintroduction to Bateke Plateau National Park through Gorilla Protection Project. Keeper observing female Gorilla through cage prior to travel to air...

Eric Baccega / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) reintroduction to Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon through Gorilla Protection Project. Man loading cage with female Gorilla onto van, evening prior...

Eric Baccega / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) reintroduction to Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon through Gorilla Protection Project. Veterinarians loading anaesthetised female Gorilla into crat...

Eric Baccega / Keeper preparing food for journey of Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) to Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon. Reintroduction through Gorilla Protection Project. Beauval Zoo, Centre-V...

Eric Baccega / Keeper arranging bedding in crate for journey of Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) to Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon. Reintroduction through Gorilla Protection Project. Beauval Zo...

Loic Poidevin / Flowers on balcony, Grimentz, Valais, Val d'Anniviers, Switzerland, September.

Loic Poidevin / Pyramides d'Euseigne, Val d'Herens, Valais,Switzerland, September.

Loic Poidevin / Pyramides d'Euseigne, Val d'Herens, Valais,Switzerland, September.

Loic Poidevin / Creux du Van, Val de Travers, Canton de Neuchatel, Switzerland. September 2018.

Kerstin Hinze / Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) on a twig, Val Mustair, Grisons, Switzerland, September.

Bruno D'Amicis / Sunset light on Val Cervara old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest after winter snowfall. Europe's oldest Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Naziona...

Bruno D'Amicis / Sunset light on trees Val Cervara old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest after winter snowfall, Europe's oldest Beech forest, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abr...

Bruno D'Amicis / Autumn colors in Val Cervara old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Europe's oldest Beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNESCO...

Bruno D'Amicis / Autumn colors in Val Cervara old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Europe's oldest Beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNESCO...

Bruno D'Amicis / Partly snow-covered slope in Val Cervara old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Europe's oldest Beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e M...

Bruno D'Amicis / Night shot of centuries-old trees in Val Cervara old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest after winter snowfall. Europe's oldest Beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazi...

Bruno D'Amicis / Tree shadows on snow in Val Cervara old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Europe's oldest Beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise...

Bruno D'Amicis / Tree shadows on snow in Val Cervara old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Europe's oldest Beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise...

Bruno D'Amicis / Centuries-old Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees in Val Cervara old-growth beech forest under heavy winter snowfall. Europe's oldest Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National P...

Bruno D'Amicis / Centuries-old Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees in Val Cervara old-growth beech forest under heavy winter snowfall. Europe's oldest Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National P...

Bruno D'Amicis / Centuries-old Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees in Val Cervara old-growth beech forest under heavy winter snowfall. Europe's oldest Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National P...

Bruno D'Amicis / Centuries-old Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees in Val Cervara old-growth beech forest under heavy winter snowfall. Europe's oldest Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National P...

Bruno D'Amicis / Centuries-old Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree in Val Cervara old-growth beech forest during a winter snowfall. Europe's oldest Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park...

Bruno D'Amicis / Beech tree canopy (Fagus sylvatica) in Val Cervara old-growth beech forest after snowfall. This is Europe's oldest Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco N...

Bruno D'Amicis / Detail of centuries-old Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) covered in lichens and mosses. Val Cervara old-growth beech forest. Europe's oldest beech forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Par...

Bruno D'Amicis / Sunset light on Val Cervara old-growth beech forest after winter snowfall. Europe's oldest Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo,...

Bruno D'Amicis / Details of centuries-old Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in the Val Cervara old-growth beech forest after winter snowfall. Europe's oldest Beechforest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parc...

Bruno D'Amicis / Afternoon light on Val Cervara old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in winter. Europe's oldest Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'...

Guy Edwardes / Odle range, Val di Funes, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy. March 2016

Guy Edwardes / Belvedere at dawn, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy, May 2018.

Guy Edwardes / Odle range, Val di Funes, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy. March 2016

Guy Edwardes / Capella di Vitaleta at sunset, near San Quirico d'Orcia, Val d'Orcia Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Guy Edwardes / Capella di Vitaleta at sunset, near San Quirico d'Orcia, Val d'Orcia Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Guy Edwardes / View over The Belvedere at dawn, San Quirico d'Orcia,. April 2010

Guy Edwardes / Tuscan farmhouse and olive grove, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy, May 2018.

Guy Edwardes / View over The Belvedere at dawn, San Quirico d'Orcia, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy, April 2010.

Guy Edwardes / View over The Belvedere at dawn, San Quirico d'Orcia, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy, May 2018.

Guy Edwardes / Farmhouse and cypress trees, Bagno Vignoni, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy, May 2018.

Guy Edwardes / View over The Belvedere at dawn, San Quirico d'Orcia, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy, April 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Dawn with fog over farmland, Pienza, Tuscany, May 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Dawn with fog over farmland, Pienza, Tuscany, May 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Dawn with fog over farmland, Pienza, Tuscany, May 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Dawn with fog over farmland, Pienza, Tuscany, May 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Dawn with fog over farmland, Pienza, Tuscany, May 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Rosebay willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium) in front of Mont Chetif and the Mont Blanc range, from Refuge Bertone, above Courmayeur, Italy. August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / View towards Mont Blanc from above Val Veny. With a rock marked with the Tour du Mont Blanc long distance footpath. Italy, August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / View towards Mont Blanc and the Glacier du Miage from above Val Veny, Italy. August 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Walkers on the Tour de Mont Blanc ascending out of the Vallon de la Lex Blanche in Italy, below Mont Blanc, Alps, Italy, August 2014.

Philippe Clement / Alpine pasqueflower (Pulsatilla alpina) in flower, with a glacier in the background. Val Veny, Graian Alps, Italy, June.

Philippe Clement / Waterfall on the Aiguille des Glaciers in spring, Val Veny Graian Alps, Italy, June.

Inaki Relanzon / Artiga de Lin in autumn, Val d'Aran, Catalonia, Spain, October 2013.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) feeding on bamboo, Beauval zoo, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) feeding on bamboo, Beauval zoo, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) feeding on bamboo, Beauval zoo, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) adult feeding chick, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) in flight, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) on ground, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) chicks on the ground. Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) chicks on the ground. Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) chicks on the ground. Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) pair preening on ground, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June

Todd Mintz / Bison (Bison bison) Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. January

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) on sign warning visitors about burrowing owl nest site in the area. Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Todd Mintz / American bison (Bison bison) Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June

Todd Mintz / American bison (Bison bison) Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. January

Todd Mintz / American bison (Bison bison) Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. January

Todd Mintz / American bison (Bison bison) Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) in flight, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June.

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) in flight, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June.

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) young owlet testing its wings by jumping and flapping its wings to build strength.Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) juveniles play fighting,Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. June

Todd Mintz / Bison (Bison bison) dust bathing, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) group of chicks, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) adult with prey, surrounded by chicks, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) hunting, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) adult with chicks, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) on ground, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) adult feeding chick, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

Todd Mintz / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) with prey, Grasslands National Park, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada. July

David Noton / Rural landscape at Val d'Orcia near Pienza, Tuscany, Italy, June 2016.

David Noton / Villa Casanova and the Val d'Orcia at dawn, Tuscany, Italy, June 2016.

Philippe Clement / Retreating glacier in the Mount Blanc massif seen from the Val Veny valley, Graian Alps, Italy, June 2015

Philippe Clement / Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, part of the Peuterey ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc with its higher neighbour, the Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey seen from the Val Ferret valley, Graian Alps, Italy, June...

Philippe Clement / Yellow alpine pasqueflower (Pulsatilla alpina subsp. apiifolia) in flower in Val Veny, Italian Alps, Italy, June

Philippe Clement / Common houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) and Long-spurred violet (Viola calcarata) in flower, Val Veny, Italian Alps, Italy, June

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man and woman holding a small crate of produces and a sign at an organic farm, Les Terres du Vancon, Les Demesses, Volonne, Val de Durance, Alpes Haute Provence, France, June.

Pascal Tordeux / Icy mountain stream, Val d'Escreins, Queyras Regional Park, Hautes-Alpes, France, October 2014.

Pascal Tordeux / Larch (Larix sp) in mountain habitat with autumn foliage, Val d'Escreins, Queyras Regional Park, Hautes-Alpes, France, October 2014.

Pascal Tordeux / Forest in autumn with mountains beyond, Val d'Escreins, Queyras Regional Park, Hautes-Alpes, France, October 2014.