Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) female in woodland undergrowth smelling air for scent of human, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Photographer quote: 'I am not sure if it was my lack of smelly shower...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / View up through canopy of Silver birches (Betula pendula) in winter, Insh Marshes, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, December. Photographer quote: "Fingers and toes might protest at -15c, but on...

Doug Wechsler / Man by buttress root of Mora tree {Mora excelsa}, valuable timber tree. Guyana, South America

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) bulls sparring in poor evening light. Elephants visit the forest clearings to obtain valuable minerals located at certain points within the clear...

Jabruson / African Forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) next to African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus). Elephants visit the forest clearings (bai) to obtain valuable minerals located at certain...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) two bulls sparring, competition for access to valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's water points, Dzanga-Ndoki Nationa...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) two bulls sparring, competition for access to valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's water points, Dzanga-Ndoki Nationa...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) two bulls sparring, competition for access to valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's water points, Dzanga-Ndoki Nationa...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) two bulls sparring, competition for access to valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's water points, Dzanga-Ndoki Nationa...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) two bulls sparring, competition for access to valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's water points, Dzanga-Ndoki Nationa...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) two bulls sparring, competition for access to valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's water points, Dzanga-Ndoki Nationa...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) two bulls sparring, competition for access to valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's water points, Dzanga-Ndoki Nationa...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) two bulls sparring, competition for access to valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's water points, Dzanga-Ndoki Nationa...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) adult bull chasing others and vying for position at mineral drinking hole. These elephants visit the forest clearings to obtain valuable minerals...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) walking across Dzanga Bai, elephants visit the forest clearings to obtain valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's water...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) bull walking across Dzanga Bai. Elephants visit the forest clearings to obtain valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's w...

Jabruson / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) bull walking across Dzanga Bai. Elephants visit the forest clearings to obtain valuable minerals located at certain points within the clearing's w...

Chien Lee / Mountain Tree Shrew (Tupaia montana) feeding on Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes rajah) nectar, inevitably leaving its scat in the pitcher which is a valuable nitrogen source in their impoverished mountain ha...

Shattil & Rozinski / Wetland area acquired by the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge showing the disruption of the US / Mexico border wall construction. Before the wall, this valuable habitat was part of an important widl...

Shattil & Rozinski / Area of wetland acquired by the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge showing the disruption of the US / Mexico border wall construction. Before the wall, this valuable habitat was part of an important w...

Roy Mangersnes / Tidal flats in Northern Norway, like this one in Balsfjord in Troms, are an extremely valuable habitat for migrating waders in spring. May

Konstantin Mikhailov / Korean Pines (Pinus koraiensis), a valuable source of timber in the Ussurian forests, Primorsky, SE Siberia, far east Russia (Ussuriland).

Xi Zhinong / Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) carcasses of animals killed by poachers for their valuable fur, Arjin Mountain Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, northwestern China

Norbert Wu / Seagrass beds are valuable sediment traps to keep water clear, Palau

Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) Chacu yearly round-up, native community profits from highly valuable wool, Pampa Galeras Nature Reserve, Peru

Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) round-up, bearing the finest fiber, wild herds are corralled for shearing in ancient tradition, native community profits from highly valuable wool, Pampa Galeras National Rese...

Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) round-up, bearing the finest fiber, wild herds are corralled for shearing in ancient tradition, native community profits from highly valuable wool, Pampa Galeras National Rese...

Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) Chacu yearly round-up, native community profits from highly valuable wool, Pampa Galeras Nature Reserve, Peru