Anup Shah / Lesser flamingos {Phoeniconaias minor} performing 'wing salute' as part of courtship display, the wings are spread out to the side of the body and held in this position for several seconds, making the...

Aflo / Composite image of tick showing how its body expands after feeding

Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) caught on gill net being hauled up onto boat, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean. Model released. Model released.

Paul D Stewart / Lithograph with contemporary colouring, continental version of the last wallchart produced by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins for the Department of Science and Art 1862. It is entitled 'Pachydermata and C...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of 'The Entomologist'. Rare copper print with original hand colouring, drawn by George Spratt, printed by George Madely, and sold individually as part of a series through Charles Tilt's F...

Fiona Rogers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' carrying her stillborn infant in her arms, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 20...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Parasol Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) fruiting body. Bolderwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August.

Martin Dohrn / Cardinal fish (Apogon sp) moments after it has mistakenly tried to eat an ostracod. The ostracod then releases glowing mucus that is so bright that it can be seen through the body of the fish. This gi...

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / A line of Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ducklings swimming on a still lake, Derbyshire, England, UK, June. Did you know? A Mallard duck will lay more than half her body weight in eggs.

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...

Pete Oxford / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), the only species of bird to have a bill longer than the rest of its body, approaching a flower. Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Silhouette of a Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), the only species of bird to have a bill longer than the rest of its body. Yanacocha Reserve cloud forest, Ecuador.