Bence Mate / Green / Double-crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) running across water surface, Santa Rita, Costa Rica. Did you know? This amazing lizard is colloquially known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard' for i...

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) school in coral reef with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Piling with sponges, tunicates, and ascidians, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

Marie Lochman / Biodiversity of flora in heath / Kwongan habitat, Wheatbelt, Frank Hann National Park, November 2013

Marie Lochman / Carpet of annual everlasting daisies, Everlastings (Rhodanthe chlorocephala subsp. splendida) in flower, Midwest, Karara Rangelands, Western Australia. September 2018

Alex Mustard / Bengal snapper (Lutjanus bengalensis), Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes) and Fusiliers (Caesio sp.) diving towards coral reef to avoid predators. North Ari Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.

Jack Dykinga / Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) and Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) trees that are covered with moss, Hoh Temperate Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. June 2017.

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Winner of the Man and Nature Portfolio Award in the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Aw...

Pete Oxford / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and scuba divers seen from below, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua. Indonesia. Winner of the Man and Nature Portfolio Award in the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competit...

Pedro Narra / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to sea, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Terre Sau...

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling at sea surface, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Te...

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to see after egg laying, e to open sea after digging nest. Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS End...

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) two interacting at surface, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the...

Juergen Freund / Gorgonian fan coral (Gorgonaceae) in the shallow mangroves, split level. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competit...

Juergen Freund / Split level view of coral reef, Komodo National Park, Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competition 2015.

Juergen Freund / Man moving Grouper fish between fish pens, Tampakan, Kudat, Sabah, Borneo. June 2009. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competition 2015.

Juergen Freund / Mud crab (Scylla serrata) in shallow sandy water. Split level with island and thatched house on stilts. Moromahu Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the...

Juergen Freund / Schooling silversides (Atheriniformes) split level with karst limestone cliff and West Papuan fishermen in their dugout outrigger canoe. Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of t...

Juergen Freund / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) split level view, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competition 2015.

Alex Mustard / Colourful reef scene with Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata), map puffer (Arothron mappa) and Panda butterflyfish (Chaetodon adiergastos). Tank Reef, Fiabacet Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia...

Konrad Wothe / View up into canopy with sun rays shining through the leaves, lowland rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) jumping out of the sea, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Highly commended in the Single Species Portfolio of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...

Sandesh Kadur / Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) walking along fallen tree trunk, Assam, India, captive. Vulnerable species.

Daniel Heuclin / Armadillo Lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) biting its own tail while trying to roll into a defensive ball, captive, from South Africa

Eric Dragesco / Wild female Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) portrait, standing camouflaged on rocky mountainside, at an altitude of 2500m, Altai mountains, Mongolia. July . NB-This female probably has cubs: the fur aro...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Walia ibex (Capra walie) herd, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) in flower, growing near the military cemetry, Bolsena, Italy. Taken with fisheye lens

David Tipling / Red-crowned Cranes (Grus japonensis) displaying at dawn Hokkaido, Japan, February. Did you know? Red crowned cranes mate for life.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) in tree, Jozany Forest, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Highly endangered. Did you know? Zanzibar red colobuses are called 'Poison monkeys' by the local people on the is...

Christophe Courteau / Aerial view of Okavango Delta, Botswana, Southern-Africa. End of rainy season, April.

Paul D Stewart / Photomontage of living gecko feet showing a variety of forms. Gecko feet employ very small subdivided filaments to bond with their substrates at the molecular level using Van Der Waals' forces. Every...

Tui De Roy / Wolf-Volcano giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra becki) portrait with ground finch (Geospiza sp. ) sitting on foot, Isabela Island, Galapagos. Did you know? Galapagos tortoises have a mutualistic relati...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / A Long-legged fly (Neurigona quadrifasciata) rarely recorded in the UK, found during Bioblitz survey at Abbots Pool and woodland reserve, silhouetted against an Ivy leaf (Hedera helix), Bristol, UK, J...

Daniel Heuclin / Goliath frog (Conraua goliath) sitting on rock on side of river, Cameroon.

Roland Seitre / Spanish / Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardina) cub portrait, part of a breeding and reintroduction program. Captive: critically endangered. Andalusia, Spain, June 2006.

Fiona Rogers / Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) mature male head and shoulders portrait. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, April. Did you know? A Proboscis monkey's nose can reach up to a quarter of...

Georgette Douwma / Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) on coral reef with soft corals (Scleronephthya sp), gorgonian and Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis). Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Axel Gomille / Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) mother with cub riding on her back. Karnataka, India, April. Did you know? The sloth bear is the only bear that carries its young on its back.

Ann & Steve Toon / Baby African elephants (Loxodonta africana) of various ages playing together, Addo national park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January. Did you know? Elephants can tell the difference between different...

Juergen Freund / Horsehoe crab (Tachypleus gigas) swimming on its back with gills creating the propulsion, Palawan, Philippines. Did you know? Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders than crabs.

Claudio Contreras / La Hotte big-legged landfrog (Eleutherodactylus apostates), critically endangered, Haiti, captive

Nick Upton / Traditional organic hay meadow with a profusion of wild flowers and grasses including Pyramid orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Rough hawkbit (Leontodon hisp...

Kevin Schafer / Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) wild, Poco das Antas Reserve, Atlantic Forest, Southeast Brazil, Critically endangered, November. Did you know? More than 400 Golden lion tamarins have bee...

Georgette Douwma / Coral hind (Cephalopholis miniata) lying in ambush under table coral on reef. Andaman Sea, Thailand.

Georgette Douwma / Coral reef scenery with Gorgonian and shoal of Pygmy / Glassy sweepers (Parapriacanthus guentheri) Egypt, Red Sea

Nick Garbutt / Male Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) stalking prey in beach side vegetation. Bay of Antongil, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar. Did you know? Chameleons don't change colour...

Georgette Douwma / Squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) on featherstar, Solomon Islands. Did you know? There are over 900 species of Squat lobster in the world - most of which live around hydrothermal vents.

Stephen Dalton / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) female in flight. Did you know? Monarch buttterflies migrate up to 2500 miles from Mexico to Canada.

Albert Lleal / Pollen of different species photographed under a microscope, Spain

Tim Laman / Split level of roots of Red mangrove {Rhizophora mangle} supporting rich invertebrate life, Brain coral and Silversides fish in the Belize Cays, Tunicate Cove, Belize.

Floris van Breugel / Ferns, mosses and blooming azaleas in marshes, Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, New York, USA. May. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 - Highly Commended in the 'In Praise of Plants'...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Schandy / Caucasian rhododendron (Rhododendron caucasium) flowers with Mount Elbrus in the distance, Caucasus, Russia, June 2008

Konrad Wothe / Giant Green Sea Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) group, Goose Barnacles (Lepas anserifera) group and Ochre Sea Stars (Pisaster ochraceus) at low tide, Olympic National Park, Washington

Bernard Castelein / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) yawning on beach, Helgoland, Germany. Second Place in the Comedy Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards 2016.

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull with ears out in defensive posture, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) and Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) at waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Shin Yoshino / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) along waterhole with wallowing Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibious) and Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) flock, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Pete Oxford / African Elephants & mixed game at waterhole {Loxodonta africana} Chobe NP, Botswana

Pete Oxford / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking at waterhole. Chobe NP, Botswana, Southern Africa

Konrad Wothe / Rainforest interior dominated by palms, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia

Chris Newbert / Reef scenic at one-hundred-twenty feet, showing Soft Corals, Sea Fans, Crinoids, Leather Corals, Sea Whips and Sponges, Solomon Islands

Birgitte Wilms / Diana's Hogfish (Bodianus diana) and Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp), Red Sea, Egypt

Chris Newbert / Underwater reef scene with Sea Whips, Gorgonian Whip Coral, blossoming Soft Corals, Guard Plate Coral, and schools of Pseudanthias, Red Sea, Egypt

Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) schooling Pygmy Sweeper (Parapriacanthus ransonneti) and Lionfish (Pterois volitans)

Chris Newbert / Fan Coral (Melithaea sp) group and Feather Star (Oxycomanthus bennetti), Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming over coral reef, Red Sea

Chris Newbert / Reef scenic, many species of Soft Coral and Basslet (Pseudanthias sp) school, 50 feet deep Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming over reef, 20 feet deep, Red Sea

Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) outcroppings, Sea Fan (Subergorgia sp) and Glassfish (Parapriacanthus ransonneti)

Mark Moffett / Rainforest edge at Amazon River, near Iquitos, Peru

Michio Hoshino / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) group with Sally Lightfoot Crabs (Grapsus grapsus), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) group sharing boulder with Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) trio to escape high tide, Mosquera Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) group sharing boulder with three Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) group to escape high tide, Mosquera Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Fred Bavendam / Several species of Basslets (Pseudanthias sp) swarming above a Columnar Leaf Coral (Pavona clavus), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Doug Perrine / Coral Hind / grouper {Cephalopholis miniata} on coral reef, Maldives, Indian Ocean (Non-ex).

Pete Oxford / Buttress roots of Ficus tree, Yasuni NP, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Georgette Douwma / Coral reef scenery with orange Scalefin anthias fish {Pseudanthias squamipinnis} Red Sea, Eygpt

Jabruson / Western lowland gorillas and Forest elephant in rainforest clearing, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Carine Schrurs / Coral reef scenic with Barrel sponges {Xestospongia testudinaria}, Crinoids {Crinoidea}, Anthias fish Batangas, Philippines. Indo-Pacific

Alex Mustard / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) circling over a shallow coral garden (Acropora spp.). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Misool Marine Protected Area. Ceram Sea. Tropical West...

Alex Mustard / Reef manta (Mobula alfredi) visiting a cleaning station on a coral reef with a school of Onespot snappers (Lutjanus monostigma), Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) and Sabre squirrelfish (Sa...

Tom Walmsley (new) / Sign promoting conservation at Bristol Festival of Nature, Bristol, UK, June 2019.

Tom Walmsley (new) / Sign promoting conservation at Bristol Festival of Nature, Bristol, UK, June 2019.

Tom Walmsley (new) / Sign promoting Bristol Schools Nature Reserv at Bristol Festival of Nature, Bristol, UK, June 2019.

Tom Walmsley (new) / Sign promoting biodiversity at Bristol Festival of Nature, Bristol, UK, June 2019.

Tom Walmsley (new) / Sign promoting biodiversity at Bristol Festival of Nature, Bristol, UK, June 2019.

Tom Walmsley (new) / Sign promoting biodiversity at Bristol Festival of Nature, Bristol, UK, June 2019.

Tom Walmsley (new) / Sign promoting biodiversity at Bristol Festival of Nature, Bristol, UK, June 2019.

Tom Walmsley (new) / Sign promoting biodiversity at Bristol Festival of Nature, Bristol, UK, June 2019.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Piling with sponges, tunicates, and algae, Western Port Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Pylon with sponges and bryozoans, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Pylon with sponges and bryozoans, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) school in coral reef with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) school in coral reef with with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) school in coral reef with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia