Alan Williams / Domestic pigeons (Columba livia) flock in flight over houses, Cheshire, UK, June.

Neil Aldridge / Portrait of an African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) wearing a radio collar in dense mopane bushveld, Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa, February 2010.

TJ Rich / Jack Russell Terrier running with ball. Wiltshire, UK

David Fleetham / Two girls in traditional costume for cultural ceremonies taking a photo with a smartphone on beach. Yap, Micronesia. September 2013. Model released.

Yashpal Rathore / Superb fan-throated lizard (Sarada superba) displaying dewlap, with wind turbines behind, Chalkewadi Plateau, Maharashtra, India

Yashpal Rathore / Superb fan-throated lizard (Sarada superba) male displaying dewlap, with wind turbines behind, Chalkewadi Plateau, Maharashtra, India

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Secondary school student interviewed by TV channel about the release of juvenile Chinese horseshoe crabs (Tachypleus tridentatus) that have been artificially-bred by City University of Hong Kong, and...

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Wildlife photographer Staffan Widstrand being interviewed by Sichuan TV, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Wildlife photographer Jed Weingarten being interviewed by Sichuan TV, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Wildlife photographer Staffan Widstrand interviewed by Sichuan TV, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Wildlife photographer Staffan Widstrand being interviewed by Sichuan TV, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Tony Wu / Ama diver on boat. preparing to work in the ocean. Metal tool to pry shells from rocks, net to collect shells and hoses to supply air and facilitate communication. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Shizuok...

Oliver Hellowell / Photographers Oliver Hellowell and Ken Jenkins (Tennessee based photographer) being interviewed on film for the BBC programme The One Show. Balloch Castle, Loch Lomond, Scotland, UK. July 2018

Oliver Hellowell / Photographers Oliver Hellowell and Ken Jenkins (Tennessee based photographer) being filmed at their joint exhibition at the T5 Gallery, Heathrow Airport, England, UK. July.

Cyril Ruoso / Conservationist making radio call from tree in Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) habitat, Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia.

Cyril Ruoso / Long tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) juvenile playing with mirror, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand.

Dave Bevan / Common starling (Sternus vulgaris) singing, perched on a television aerial, Norfolk, England, UK, February.

Ingo Arndt / Antennas from Sousy Svalbard Radar (SSR) Project, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, April

Ingo Arndt / Antennas from Sousy Svalbard Radar (SSR) Project, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, April

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai holding up mobile phone to get better reception, Mara Region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Maasai man using mobile phone, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Tom Gilks / Mobile phone in hand of Maasai man, Mara region, Kenya, September 2013.

Terry Whittaker / Red kite (Milvus milvus) in flight past TV aerial, attracted by leftover food from a roadside cafe, Chilterns, England, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Press interviewing Magor Czibi from WWF Romania about the release of European bison / Wisent (Bison bonasus) in the Tarcu mountains nature reserve, Natura 2000 area, Southern Carpathians, Romania. May...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Armenis priest at the release of European bison / Wisent (Bison bonasus) in the Tarcu mountains nature reserve. The priest held a sermon for the bison and splashed them with Holy water. Natura 2000 ar...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Armenis priest at the release of European bison / Wisent (Bison bonasus) in the Tarcu mountains nature reserve. The priest held a sermon for the bison and splashed them with Holy water. Natura 2000 ar...

Eric Baccega / Tourists with cell phones photographing elephant (Loxodonta africana) approaching guest lodge, Duba Expedition Camp, Duba Plains concession, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Eric Baccega / Tourists with cell phones photographing elephant (Loxodonta africana) approaching guest lodge, Duba Expedition Camp, Duba Plains concession, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Sam Hobson / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) calling on lobster trap, Scarborough, UK. July

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Young Nenets man on a mobile phone wearing traditional reindeer skin clothing during the reindeer herders' festival at Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Daniel Heuclin / Kayan girls with neck rings looking at smartphone, Thailand. November 2015.

Stephen Dalton / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) singing, perched on spade in garden, Sussex, UK January

Eric Baccega / Nenet reindeer herder in traditional malitsa (reindeer skin coat) with smartphone. Yar-Sale district, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Eric Baccega / Carolina Serotetto, Nenet teenager wearing sunglasses and traditional winter coat of reindeer fur holding smartphone. Yar-Sale district, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Eric Baccega / Himba woman turning on her solar powered radio, Etanga, Kaokoland, Namibia. October 2015

Eric Baccega / Himba woman with traditional hair and jewellery, breastfeeding whilst on a mobile phone nursing her baby. Kaokoland, Namibia October 2015

Eric Baccega / Himba woman with traditional hair and jewellery, breast feeding whilst on a mobile phone nursing her baby. Kaokoland, Namibia October 2015

Eric Baccega / Himba woman in traditional clothing with cellphone and doing shopping at the supermarket, Opuwo, Kaokoland, Namibia. October 2015

Christophe Courteau / Summit of the Nyiragongo Volcano, scientific monitoring equipment to monitor the gases released from the volcano, and also radio equipment for communication. Near the crater. North Kivu Province, Demo...

Alex Mustard / Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) investigating a diver's fin Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. California, USA. North East Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Gary K. Smith / Out of use BT telephone box, overgown and surronded by vegetation, Norfolk, England UK. August

Gary K. Smith / Out of use BT telephone box, overgown and surronded by vegetation, Norfolk, England UK. August

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Shark spotter looking out to sea at Muizenberg Beach at sunset, near Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. July 2013.

Inaki Relanzon / Nomadic family moving to summer place. With children playing in tractor with trailer and vans loaded with possessions. Khongor Sand Dune, Govi Gurvan Saikhan National park, Gobi desert, South Mongoli...

Ernie Janes / Red phone box and crofters houses at Baile Mor, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June 2015.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga man crouching by Hongphoi Village Log drum. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Gary K. Smith / Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) perched and singing on old farm machinery, Norfolk, England, July.

Richard Du Toit / Tourist using mobile phone to film Impala (Aepyceros melampus) Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Tourist in vehicle taking photograph of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with mobile phone, Kruger National Park, South Africa. March 2015.

Pal Hermansen / Masai woman with portable television, powered by solar energy, Masai Mara, Kenya. March 2013.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with radio collar, calling on cliff in distance, with mountainous Svalbard landscape and clouds, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, January 2014.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Dayak woman on mobile phone, in longhouse, Pontianka, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Solvin Zankl / Dr Ingrid Wiesel of the Brown Hyena Research Project holding radio receiver, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, November.

Solvin Zankl / Dr Ingrid Wiesel of the Brown Hyena Research Project holding radio receiver, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, November.

Solvin Zankl / Radio receiver tuned to receive signal from a Brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) collared by the Brown Hyena Research Project , Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, November.

Kirkendall-Spring / Woman using a mobile phone miles away from any city along the Jhomolhari Trek. Bhutan, October 2014. Model released.

David Tipling / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag bellowing during rut, with group of hinds, Richmond Park, London, UK, September.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Young girl walking past fruit stall, Ranomafana village, Madagascar, February 2005.

Ernie Janes / Yellow Labrador playing on a Norfolk beach, retrieving ball from sea, East Anglia, England, UK, December.

Ernie Janes / Yellow Labrador playing on a Norfolk beach, retrieving ball from sea, East Anglia, England, UK, December.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Photographer / film-maker Steve Taylor interviewing local man in Agadez, Niger, 2005.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Photographer / film-maker Steve Taylor interviewing local man in Agadez, Niger, 2005.

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) chick being colour ringed at urban nest site on a tall building in London. Hammersmith, London, UK. May 2013.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Village drum in Mongo village, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, November 2011.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Village drum in Mongo village, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, November 2011.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Village drum used to gather people for announcements, Mbuti Pygmy village, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, January 2012.

Sergey Gorshkov / Man looking at phone with antennae Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, March 2011.

Claudio Contreras / Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) orphan hanging on washing line. Baby monkey was kept as pet by workers at El Mirador base camp, after mother was killed. Selva Maya Biosphere Reserve,...

Claudio Contreras / Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) orphan hanging on washing line. Baby monkey was kept as pet by workers at El Mirador base camp, after mother was killed. Selva Maya Biosphere Reserve,...

Claudio Contreras / Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) orphan hanging on washing line. Baby monkey was kept as pet by workers at El Mirador base camp, after mother was killed. Selva Maya Biosphere Reserve,...

Claudio Contreras / Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) orphan hanging on washing line. Baby monkey was kept as pet by workers at El Mirador base camp, after mother was killed. Selva Maya Biosphere Reserve,...

Claudio Contreras / Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) orphan hanging on washing line. Baby monkey was kept as pet by workers at El Mirador base camp, after mother was killed. Selva Maya Biosphere Reserve,...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subadult playing with a fishing net left behind by subsistence fisherman, along the Arctic coast in autumn, North Slope, Alaska, September

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subadult playing with a fishing net left behind by subsistence fisherman, along the Arctic coast in autumn, North Slope, Alaska, September

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subadult playing with a fishing net left behind by subsistence fisherman, along the Arctic coast in autumn, North Slope, Alaska, September

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subadult playing with a fishing net left behind by subsistence fisherman, along the Arctic coast in autumn, North Slope, Alaska, September

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subadult playing with a fishing net left behind by subsistence fisherman, along the Arctic coast in autumn, North Slope, Alaska, September

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subadult playing with a fishing net left behind by subsistence fisherman, along the Arctic coast in autumn, North Slope, Alaska, September

Alex Hyde / Puss Moth (Cerura vinula), showing antennae, Derbyshire, UK. May

Florian Möllers / Giant Schnauzer x Hovawart crossbreed puppy with toy, Germany, September.

Florian Möllers / Young Belgian Shepherd police dog playing, Germany, July.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) babies investigating camera, Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.

Eric Baccega / Scientists from the French Wildlife Department (ONCFS) radio tracking the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) in a wheat field, Alsace, France, April 2013 Model released.

David Woodfall / Flooded phone box during February 2014 floods, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, 8th February 2014.

Tom Gilks / Streetside stalls selling mobile phone chargers, Darajani District, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Laurent Geslin / Sound recording birdsong, Caprivi strip, Namibia

Laurent Geslin / Sound recording birdsong, Caprivi strip, Namibia

Florian Möllers / 'Jogi', a Jack Russell Terrier cross breed, male playing in the snow. Germany

Rick Tomlinson / SY "Adele"'s radar shows nine icebergs about 30 miles north of South Georgia, February 2007