Christophe Courteau / Male BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) pulling the head of a dead pregnant female that died due to complications whilst giving birth, trying to wake her up, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Par...

Roy Mangersnes / Dead Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on the coastal rocks on Santiago Island, Galapagagos, April 2016. It probably died of starvation as much of the algae in the region have died off due to un...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) displayed in the market (souk), of a Tunisian town. This species is adapted to silence and solitude of the desert, this individual that had been caught as an adult showed cle...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) displayed in the market (souk), of a Tunisian town. This species is adapted to silence and solitude of the desert, this individual that had been caught as an adult showed cle...

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) pride feeding on an elephant carcass that has died from natural causes. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) pride feeding on an elephant carcass that has died from natural causes. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) pride feeding on an elephant carcass that has died from natural causes. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) pride feeding on African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) carcass that has died from natural causes, Masai Mara, Kenya

Shattil & Rozinski,Shattil & Rozinski / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) playing with a dead squirrel in a garden Denver, Colorado, USA, July.

Paul D Stewart / 'Martha' the last passenger pigeon, (Ectopistes migratorius), who died Cincinnati Zoo, September 1st, 1914. This portrait of her published in March 1915 as the Frontispiece to William Hornaday's 'The...

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla male silverback "Faust" eating soil for mineral content in bai (forest clearing) Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo. Died July 2004, probably due to Ebola virus.

Doug Gimesy / Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby makes final arrangements to drive to Heaslville Sanctuary from East Sale RAAF Base, with a young rescued burn victim Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named '...

Doug Gimesy / Triage coordinator and Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby Smith - sitting in a Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) C-27J Spartan - holding a young koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in th...

Doug Gimesy / Baby Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Micky' - one of six evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre to Melbourne for further treatment to burns resulting from the Mallacoota bushfires...

David Gallan / The remains of the main street after a bushfire in Cobargo, NSW, Australia. Two people perished on New Years Eve 2019, and one later died in hospital. January 2020.

Doug Gimesy / Julie Jennings, senior wildlife carer for Port Stephens Koalas, move bushfire a burnt Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Flash' from his enclosure to allow her to clean the enclosure and check and...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a burnt koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Flash', a victim of the bushfires at Hillville near Taree (NSW). He arrived into care with a burnt nose, burnt hands and feet. Despi...

Doug Gimesy / Bat rescuer, carer and founder of Fly-by-night bat clinic, Tamsyn Hogarth, comforts a young rescued Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) that has just been rescued during a heat-stress even...

Doug Gimesy / Bat rescuer, carer and founder of Fly-by-night bat clinic, Tamsyn Hogarth, comforts a young rescued Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) that has just been rescued during a heat-stress even...

Doug Gimesy / 1554 recovered Grey-headed Fly-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) carcases collected during a heat-stress at event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony - about one third of those estimate...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of 1554 recovered Grey-headed Fly-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) carcases collected during a heat-stress at event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony - about one third of th...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43°C, Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocepha...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43°in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and...

Doug Gimesy / Park Ranger and Grey-headed Flying-fox Project Officer Stephen Brend on his way to get more supplies and coordinate rescue attempts, walks past a wheelbarrow filled with dead Grey-headed Flying-foxes...

Doug Gimesy / Firefighter from Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MBF) try and help cool down the Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony by spraying water on them. Park Ranger and Gre...

Doug Gimesy / Firefighter from Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MBF) try and help cool down the Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony by spraying water on them. Park Ranger and...

Doug Gimesy / Firefighters from Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MBF) try and help cool down Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony by spraying water on them. Pa...

Doug Gimesy / Wheelbarrow filled with just some dead Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) that were collected earlier that day, the result of an extreem heat event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed...

Doug Gimesy / Rescued Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) recovers in a cage in the shade, having been rescued a few minute earlier by wildlife carers during a heat stress event day at the Melbourne col...

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife bat rescuers Megan Davidson gives a rescued Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) oral liquids to try and rehydrate it. This was one of many bats rescued at the Melbourne colony dur...

Theo Bosboom / Dead guillemot washed up at the beach of Texel in the Netherlands. An estimated number of 20.000 guillemots died in January/February 2019 in the Netherlands. The cause is being investigated by scienti...

Theo Bosboom / Rough weather in the North sea, possibly the cause of death of guillemots. 20,000 died off the Netherlands in February 2019.

Theo Bosboom / A dead guillemot washed up at the beach of Texel in the Netherlands. An estimated number of 20.000 guillemots died in January/February 2019 in the Netherlands. The cause is being investigated by scien...

Terry Whittaker / People watching Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) passing Chanonry Point. Highlands, Scotland. August 2017. A large pod entered the inner Moray Firth where one animal stranded and died. The...

Terry Whittaker / Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) passing Chanonry Point. Highlands, Scotland, August. A large pod entered the inner Moray Firth where one animal stranded and died. The rest of the pod left...

David Perpinan / Artificial incubation of eggs obtained from wild female Diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) that died after a road traffic accident. Georgia, United States, Rehabilitation Centre. Small repro...

Oscar Dewhurst / Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) juvenile that has died after becoming tangled in netting installed on buildings in Newcastle in an attempt to prevent the kittiwakes nesting on them. Newcastl...

Oscar Dewhurst / Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) adults on nests underneath the Tyne Bridge. Also visible are kittiwakes that died after being trapped in netting erected as a deterrent to the kittiwakes bree...

Ashley Cooper / Dandelions (Taraxacum officiniale) growing on South Georgia in the Southern Ocean. A non native invasive plant species that has spread rapidly and isout competing native species. They arrived when Nor...

Ashley Cooper / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death as a consequence of climate change. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death as a consequence of climate change. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death as a consequence of climate change. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death as a consequence of climate change. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Kangaroos skeleton which died during drought which lasted from 1996-2011. Victoria, Australia, February.

Neil Aldridge / Scarred face of a white rhinoceros (Ceratotherum simum) that survived an attack by poachers who illegally tranquillised her, two other rhinoceroses died from their injures. However this female 'Th...

Lorraine Bennery / Spotted butterfly (Melitaea sp.) chrysalis which has died due to parasite which has emerged through hole, Isere, France, September.

Melvin Grey / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) juvenile approx. washed up on beach, Teifi River Estuary, Cardigan Bay, Wales, December 2006. This turtle was alive in this image, but died a few days after in cap...

Constantinos Petrinos / Scorched Mediterranean pine (Pinus halepensis) forest after forest fire, Corinth Prefecture, Peloponnese, Greece, September 6, 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It destroyed 2...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean forest fire. During the summer months of 2007, Greece witnessed the greatest forest fire disaster to date. Forest fires throughout Greece burned approximately 270,000 hectars, 63 people...

Constantinos Petrinos / Scorched Mediterranean pine (Pinus halepensis) forest after forest fire, Corinth Prefecture, Peloponnese, Greece, September 6, 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It destroyed 2...

Constantinos Petrinos / Partially burnt Mediterranean pine (Pinus halepensis) forest after forest fire, Corinth Prefecture, Peloponnese, Greece, September 6, 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It dest...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Black smoke from burning Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) forest fire, blocking out sunlight.Taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece.9th July 2007. This was the...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It de...

Constantinos Petrinos / Mediterranean pines (Pinus halepensis) in forest fire, taken from the Patra Korinth Highway, Mount Klokos, Peloponese, Greece. 9th July 2007. This was the largest forest fire in Greece recorded. It d...

Christophe Courteau / Group of African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding on a dead female BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) that died due to complications giving birth, Etosha National Park, Namibia....

Christophe Courteau / Group of African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding on a dead female BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) that died due to complications giving birth, Etosha National Park, Namibia....

Christophe Courteau / Male BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) sniffing around the head of a dead pregnant female that died due to complications whilst giving birth, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Part of a sequence...

Christophe Courteau / Male BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) sniffing around the head of a dead pregnant female that died due to complications whilst giving birth, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Part of a sequence...

Christophe Courteau / Group of BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) gathering around a dead pregnant female that died due to complications whilst giving birth, with a stallion sniffing around her head, Etosha Nationa...

Christophe Courteau / Group of BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) gathering around a dead pregnant female that died due to complications whilst giving birth, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Part of a sequence.

Christophe Courteau / Dead pregnant BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii), died due to complications whilst giving birth, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Part of a sequence.

Ingo Arndt / Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) feeding on dead Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) died during an arribada (mass nesting event) Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) feeding on dead Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) died during an arribada (mass nesting event) Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) feeding on dead Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) died during an arribada (mass nesting event) Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan huan, giving birth to her second twin (at 22h32) which she is holding in her mouth. Her first twin, born 15 minutes before, is on the ground in this i...

Tony Wu / Carcass of a female Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni brydei) carried into port on the bow of a ship. It is possible it died as a result of a ship strike. Laem Chabang Port, Thailand.

Jen Guyton / Close up of underside of foot of dead African elephant (Loxodonta africana), a young male which died after being shot in the leg, probably by poachers. Mozambique

Lorraine Bennery / Darter dragonfly (Sympetrum sp.) which died whilst hatching from pupal case, Fontainebleau forest, France, July.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) pup is crushed and later died from the injuries sustained by mating adults at the Sandy Bay colony, Enderby Island, Auckland Islands archipelago, New Zealand....

Cyril Ruoso / Ceremony and ritual offering to pay tribute to the Chimpanzees which died during scientific experiments into intelligence. These Chimps died of disease. Tokyo University, Japan

Christophe Courteau / Group of BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) walking away from a dead pregnant female that died due to complications whilst giving birth, with a stallion standing nearby, Etosha National Park,...

Pal Hermansen / Crested tit (Parus cristatus) died in strong winter cold, Akershus, Norway

Pal Hermansen / Crested tit (Parus cristatus) died during cold winter night, Akershus Norway

Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) nervously investigating dead African elephant calf (Loxodonta africana) that had died of natural causes, Greater Kruger National, Park South Africa

Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) nervously investigating dead African elephant calf (Loxodonta africana) that had died of natural causes, Greater Kruger National, Park South Africa

Roy Mangersnes / Very underweight Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on the coastal rocks on Santiago Island, Galapagagos, April 2016. Much of the algae which these iguanas eat have died off due to unusually warm...

Roy Mangersnes / Dead Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on the coastal rocks on Santiago Island, Galapagagos, April 2016. It probably died of starvation as much of the algae in the region have died off due to un...

Roy Mangersnes / Skeleton of Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) that probably died from starvation. Unusually warm El Nino waters have killed a lot of the algae which is the food for these iguanas. Fernandina isl...

Olga Kamenskaya / Endemic freshwater sponge (Lubomirskia baicalensis), Lake Baikal, White stems died, Siberia, Russia. September 2013

Dave Watts / Historical photograph of the last Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in Hobart Zoo which died in 1936, Tasmania, Australia. Extinct species.

Cyril Ruoso / Skulls of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) which died during the droughts of 1972, when thousands of elephant died, East Tsavo, Kenya, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) displayed in the market (souk), of a Tunisian town. This species is adapted to silence and solitude of the desert, this individual that had been caught as an adult showed cle...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) displayed in the market (souk), of a Tunisian town. This species is adapted to silence and solitude of the desert, this individual that had been caught as an adult showed cle...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) displayed in the market (souk), of a Tunisian town. This species is adapted to silence and solitude of the desert, this individual that had been caught as an adult showed cle...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) carcasses on river bottom, having died after spawning, Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Richard Du Toit / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) bones, animal died of natural causes, Chobe National Park, Botswana