Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Saplings amidst coniferous trees burned by forest fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sapling amid coniferous trees burned by forest fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Konrad Wothe / Slash and burn rainforest destruction, Madagascar

Michael Quinton / Yellowstone fire, sprouting wildflower near burnt Lodgepole pine cone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Jim Brandenburg / Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) seedling sprouting after fire, Minnesota

Tim Fitzharris / Coniferous forest succession years after fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Floris van Breugel / Spring flowers including Phacelia and Mustard in the burned remnants of the Angeles National Forest after the Station Fire of 2009, Southern California, USA, May 2010.

Marie Read / Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides), male hovering to investigate potential nest hole in burned Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi), Mono Lake Basin, California, USA, June.

Marie Read / Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides), male hovering to investigate potential nest hole in burned Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi), Mono Lake Basin, California, USA, June.

Marie Read / Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) outside its nest hole in a burned Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi), Mono Lake Basin, California, USA, June.

Scott Leslie / Plant emerging from burnt tree stump after forest fire, Canada

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) male on burned and rotting log in garden habitat, Suffolk, UK, July, controlled conditions

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) male on burned and rotting log in garden habitat, Suffolk, UK, July, controlled conditions

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) male on burned and rotting log in garden, Suffolk, UK, July, controlled conditions

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) male on burned and rotting log in garden, Suffolk, UK, July, controlled conditions

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) male on burned and rotting log in garden, Suffolk, UK, July, controlled conditions

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) male on burned and rotting log in garden, Suffolk, UK, July, controlled conditions. Did you know? Stag beetles are known as ‘thunder beetles' since they most commonly fly...

Pete Oxford / Slash and burn clearing, Intag Valley, northwest Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Slash and burn clearing, Intag Valley, northwest Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Slash and burn clearing, Intag Valley, northwest Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / Cycad (Cycas sp) new leaf with burned trunk after fire, South Africa

Christian Ziegler / Cowslip Orchid (Caladenia flava) flowering in charcoal from fire near Perth, western Australia

Christian Ziegler / Blue Velvet Orchid (Cyanicula sericea) flowering on base of tree burned by recent fire near Perth, western Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Burned coniferous forest after big forest fire with fresh snow on ground, British Columbia, Canada

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Blackboy Tree (Xanthorrhoea sp) recovering after bush fire, Western Australia, Australia

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of an unhabited mangrove island, with half the mangroves already harvested. Coconut trees are grown here and there and some trees seem to be burned. Palawan, Philippines, April 2010.

Ingo Arndt / Paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia) forest in the wet season after bushfire, Kakadu National Park, Australia

Ingo Arndt / Bushfire, Kakadu National Park, Australia

Ingo Arndt / Bushfire, Kakadu National Park, Australia

Juergen Freund / Aerial view showing slash and burned patches of barren land amidst other cultivated vegetation. Philippines, April 2010 . NOT AVAILABLE FOR MAGAZINE USE IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES UNTIL 1ST JULY 2...

Juergen Freund / Aerial view showing slash and burned patches of barren land amidst other cultivated vegetation. Philippines, April 2010 . NOT AVAILABLE FOR MAGAZINE USE IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES UNTIL 1ST JULY 2...

Juergen Freund / Aerial view showing slash and burned patches of barren land amidst other cultivated vegetation. Philippines, April 2010 . NOT AVAILABLE FOR MAGAZINE USE IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES UNTIL 1ST JULY 2...

Pete Oxford / Florida Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) male in burned area, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) forest after fire showing barren understory, Georgia

Philippe Clement / Close-up of Common wall lizard (Podarcis / Lacerta muralis) sunning on burned wood, La Brenne, France

Philippe Clement / Common wall lizard (Podarcis / Lacerta muralis) sunning on burned wood, La Brenne, France

Floris van Breugel / These burned trees were victims of the arson caused station fire near Los Angeles. Southern California, USA, September 2009.

Marie Read / Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) female at nest hole in burned Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi) Mono Basin, California, USA

Marie Read / Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) outside its nest hole in burned Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi), with beakful of insects to feed its young, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA. (Digitally retouched...

Marie Read / Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) male with food (beetle larva) in bill clinging outside its nest hole in burned Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi) trunk, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA.

Marie Read / Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) foraging on burned Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffrey) trunk, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA.

Marie Read / Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) female with food for young (beetle larva) in bill, clinging near its nest hole in burned Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi) trunk, Mono Lake Basin, California,...

Gerry Ellis / Bush fire burning dry grasses and eucalyptus trees, Kakadu National Park, Australia

Pete Oxford / Savannah fire, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Savannah fire, Rupununi, Guyana

Richard Du Toit / Forest fire aftermath, Western Cape, South Africa

Neil Lucas / Abandoned burned out Ford Mercury car, with bullet holes in panel. Woodland, Minnesota, USA, October 2009

Neil Lucas / Abandoned burned out Ford Mercury car, in woodland Minnesota, USA, June 2006

Neil Lucas / Abandoned burned out Ford Mercury car, in woodland Minnesota, USA, June 2006

Lisa Hoffner / Colombian woman cooking over a Bindi, a clay pot used to increase wood burning efficiency by reducing amount of wood burned. Los Limites, Colombia, South America. February 2008

John Cancalosi / Jarrow's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovi) On log burned by forest fire, Arizona, USA

John Cancalosi / Mountain Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovi) recolonising an area burned by forest fire, Arizona, USA

Chien Lee / Slash-and-burn is a common forest clearing practice, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Slash-and-burn is a common forest clearing practice, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Slash-and-burn is a common forest clearing practice, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Slash-and-burn is a common forest clearing practice, Borneo, Malaysia

Adrian Davies / Abandoned burned out car in Bluebell Wood, Surrey, UK

Adrian Davies / Abandoned burned out car in Bluebell Wood, Surrey, UK

Adrian Davies / Abandoned burned out car in Bluebell Wood, Surrey, UK

Adrian Davies / Abandoned burned out car in Bluebell Wood, Surrey, UK

Richard Herrmann / Laurel Sumac (Rhus laurina) in 2004, recovering after 2003 fire, Poway, California

Richard Herrmann / Death Camas (Zigadenus sp) flowering with burned Toyon (Heteromeles sp) behind, San Diego, California

Richard Du Toit / Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) trees burned in the dry season, white shapes are ash, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Charred trunks of coniferous trees, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Coniferous trees burned by forest fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Charred trunks of coniferous trees, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sapling amid coniferous trees burned by forest fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Hills burned by fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Suzi Eszterhas / Poacher's confiscated meat of wildebeest and impala with supplies being burned by Mara Conservancy rangers, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Aerial view of burned-out land in the Cerrado of Roraima, by the road Boa Vista city - Bonfim town, Roraima State, Northern Brazil.

Gerry Ellis / Slash and burn rainforest destruction for agriculture, Belize

Adrian Davies / New growth of Bracken and Heather on ground burned in previous year. Thursley Common National Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, 2007

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Charred trunks of spruce trees after recent forest fire caused by lightning during prolonged drought, Glacier National Park, Montana

Eric Baccega / Man pruning vine stocks at the end of winter, and the shoots being burned. Chouilly, the Cte de Blancs vineyard, Champagne country, France

Konrad Wothe / Slash and burn agriculture, where forest is burned to create agricultural land, Madagascar

Tui De Roy / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) pod swimming closely together in coastal waters, showing burn from stranding, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand

Niall Benvie / Conifer tree regrowth after fire among fallen timber and burned trees, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA

Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) mother roaring at hotspring after her cub burned paw walking over it, Uzon Caldera, Kronotsky Zapovednik Reserve, Kamchatka, Russia.

Shin Yoshino / Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) flowers in bloom around fire scorched trees, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Sumio Harada / Evidence of fire on burned trees and new growth emerging from forest floor, Rocky Mountains, North America

Sumio Harada / Evidence of fire on burned trees and new growth emerging from forest floor, Rocky Mountains, North America

Sumio Harada / Evidence of fire on burned trees and new growth emerging from forest floor, Rocky Mountains, North America

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Wheat (Triticum sp) fields ploughed and burned after harvest, Palouse Hills, Washington

Pete Oxford / Cattle branding at a hacienda in the Andes Mountains during the annual cattle round-up, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Cattle branding at a hacienda in the Andes Mountains during the annual cattle round-up, Ecuador

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / New vegetation among burned stumps in old logged coniferous forest, British Columbia, Canada

Gerry Ellis / Scorched earth rainforest destruction showing stumps of logged trees with undisturbed rainforest in distance, Borneo

Tui De Roy / Pampas Deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) buck feeding on regrowth in recently burnt Cerrado habitat, Emas National Park, Brazil

Tui De Roy / Pampas Deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) buck feeding on regrowth in recently burnt Cerrado habitat, Emas National Park, Brazil

Michael Quinton / Yellowstone fire, path of forest fire on wooded mountainside, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Tui De Roy / Yareta (Azorella yareta) said to grow only 1 millimeter per year, found above 4, 600 meters altitude, burned for fuel, Pata Pampa, Peru

Norbert Wu / Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) eating Organ Pipe Coral (Tubipora musica) with tissue burns from stinging coral around face, Papua New Guinea

Michael Quinton / Yellowstone fire, severely burned forest, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Michael Quinton / American Badger (Taxidea taxus) and new growth in meadow, burned by forest fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Michael Quinton / Elk (Cervus elaphus) shed antlers lying on burned forest floor after Yellowstone fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Michael Quinton / Elk (Cervus elaphus) skull burned by Yellowstone fire, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming