Bence Mate / Dying Common frogs (Rana temporaria) with their legs removed for food, left to die in their breeding pool surrounded by frogspawn. Covasna, Romania. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism Ca...

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...

Jen Guyton / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) barely alive, with Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) quills through his abdomen. Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jabruson / Dying African forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis), shot and wounded by poachers, near Lokoue Bai. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Stephen Dalton / Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) in flight - the tatty rear wing indicating that this butterfly is nearing the end of its life, controlled conditions.

Georgette Douwma / Dead surgeonfish being 'cleaned' by a Bleusreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Many fish observed dead or dying on reefs in the Maldives, April 2012. Another episode of dying fish was in 2007....

Orsolya Haarberg / Dying Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) on the dark bottom of a deep gorge, Saefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, September 2010

Sandesh Kadur / Boy proudly holding dying Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) that he has shot with a catapult, Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya, North East India. HIGHLY COMMENDED: One Earth Award - Wildlife Photogra...

Jeff Rotman / Diver examining hooked Swordfish {Xiphias gladius} caught on longline fishing hook, underneath boat, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean, WHS

Jeff Rotman / Juvenile Blacktip shark close up {Carcharhinus limbatus} caught on longline hook, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean

Nigel Cattlin / Red thread (Laetisaria fuciformis) damage and stromata from the disease on lawn grass. Berkshire, England, UK. February.

Sergio Hanquet / Canary island date palm (Phoenix canariensis) trees charred and killed by forest fire. Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2012.

Sergio Hanquet / Canary island date palm (Phoenix canariensis) trees charred by forest fire. Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2012.

Sergio Hanquet / Charred trees and destruction caused by forest fire. Garajonay National Park, La Gomera, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2012.

Sergio Hanquet / Trees damaged by forest fire. Garajonay National Park, La Gomera, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2012.

Sergio Hanquet / Tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) plants charred by forest fire, amongst rocks. Ifonche, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2012.

Sergio Hanquet / Charred remains of tree following forest fire. Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2012.

Sergio Hanquet / Charred remains of tree following forest fire. Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2012.

Sergio Hanquet / Canary Island pine (Pinus canariensis) trees, dead in forest following forest fire. Ilfonche, Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2012.

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) crop wilted due to Clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae) allotment soil infection. England, UK.

Sandesh Kadur / Timelapse of a puddle drying out, killing a large number of Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) tadpoles, Honnavar, Karnataka, India.

Sandesh Kadur / Timelapse of a puddle drying out, killing a large number of Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) tadpoles, Honnavar, Karnataka, India.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Deadwood decaying in ancient Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) woodland. Rassal National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Highland, Scotland, UK.

David Perpinan / Necrosis / tissue dying in hemipenis of captive garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) small repro only

Tui De Roy / Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), pair fending off dying Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). El Nino resulted in starvation of iguanas. Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Gala...

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), adult killing chick. Genovesa Island, Galapagos.

Nick Garbutt / Deforestation of mid-altitude rainforest, high angle view. Near Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, eastern Madagascar. October 2017.

Karine Aigner / African wild dogs (Lycaon Pictus) pack killing a newborn Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) calf, Zimbabwe.

Ashley Cooper / Red Gum trees are iconic Australian trees that grow along the banks of the Murray River. They rely on a regular flood cycle to survive. The unprecedented drought of the last 15 years has lead to low r...

Ashley Cooper / Red gum trees (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) growing along the banks of the Murray River. During the drought 1996-2011 75% of the Red gums are either dead or dying. Victoria, Austria, February.

Ashley Cooper / Sand dunes planted to try and stabilise them and prevent their spread during severe drought. Inner Mongolia, China. March 2009.

Ashley Cooper / Withered crops dried up during drought, Beijing, China. March 2009.

Ashley Cooper / Tree planting to prevent desertification during severe drought. Inner Mongolia, China. March 2009.

Ashley Cooper / Tree planted to prevent desertification during severe drought, Inner Mongolia, China. March 2009.

Ashley Cooper / Dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during severe drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA, October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during severe drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA, October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during severe drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA, October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Sign from farmer trying to sell up his land that can no longer grow crops due to the drought. In the background are dying Almond trees that no longer have water to irrigate them. Near Bakersfield, Cal...

Ashley Cooper / Grubbed out Almond trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during sever drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during severe drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA, October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them during severe drought, near Bakersfield, California, USA, October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Abandoned dead and dying Orange trees that no longer have water to irrigate them near Bakersfield, during the 2012-2017 California Drought, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Dead and dying Almond trees in Almond groves in Wasco in the Central Valley of California after the irrigation water ran out following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's...

Ashley Cooper / Dead and dying Almond trees in Almond groves in Wasco in the Central Valley of California after the irrigation water ran out following the four year long drought in the Western USA. 80% of the world's...

Ashley Cooper / Drought killed trees near Tehachapi Pass, during California's four year long drought, USA. September 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Pines trees killed by the four year long Californian drought in Tehachapi Pass, California, USA. September 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Drought killed trees near Tehachapi Pass, during California's four year long drought, USA. September 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Drought conditions near Tehachapi Pass, in California's four year long drought, USA. September 2014.

Charlie Summers / Pink / Humpback Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) male, dying with parts of flesh rotting, trying to make it upstream to its spawning grounds, Ketchikan Creek in the middle of Ketchikan, Alaska.

Emanuele Biggi / Abra Acanacu marsupial frog (Gastrotheca excubitor) dying due to heart attack caused by Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Peru.

Denis-Huot / Catfish in drying muddy pool at the end of the dry season, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, September.

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.

Christophe Courteau / Pregnant female BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) dying due to complications during birth, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Part of a sequence.

Christophe Courteau / Pregnant female BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) dying due to complications during birth, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Part of a sequence.

Christophe Courteau / Pregnant female BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) dying due to complications during birth, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Part of a sequence.

Ingo Arndt / Mayfly (Palingenia longicauda) dies after swarming, Tisza river, Hungary, June

Jen Guyton / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) barely alive, with Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) quills through his abdomen. Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) barely alive, with Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) quills through his abdomen. Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) barely alive, with Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) quills through his abdomen. Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / High visibility deer fencing used in woodland where Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) may be present to reduce risk of these birds flying into the structures and dying....

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Decaying Silver birch (Betula pendula) surrounded by autumn colour, Scotland, UK, October.

Olga Kamenskaya / Diver exploring carpet of dying filamentous algae and cyanobacteria , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Carpet of dying filamentous algae and cyanobacteria , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Diver exploring carpet of dying filamentous algae and cyanobacteria , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Carpet of dying filamentous algae and cyanobacteria , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Carpet of dying filamentous algae and cyanobacteria , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Carpet of dying filamentous algae and cyanobacteria , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Carpet of dying filamentous algae and cyanobacteria , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Diver exploring sick sponge, stricken by a Cyanobacteria and filamentous algae, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Diver exploring sick sponge, stricken by a Cyanobacteria , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015. Model released.

Olga Kamenskaya / Sick freshwater sponge, stricken by a Cyanobacteria , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Sick sponge, stricken by a Cyanobacteria, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. December.

Olga Kamenskaya / Sick sponge, stricken by a Cyanobacteria, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. December.

Olga Kamenskaya / Sick sponge, stricken by a Cyanobacteria, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. December.

Olga Kamenskaya / Sick sponge, stricken by a Cyanobacteria, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. December.

Olga Kamenskaya / Sick sponge, stricken by a Cyanobacteria, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. December.

Olga Kamenskaya / Old fishing nets and Cyanobacteria smothering sponge (Libomirskia baicalensis) Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Merryn Thomas / Women dying wool in Planeterra-supported women's weaving project, Huchuy Qosco indigenous village, Sacred Valley, Peru. December 2013.

Georgette Douwma / Acoel flatworms (Waminoa sp) on polyps of Bubble coral (Plerogyra sinuosa) Indonesia. This flatworm can cover the whole surface of some corals, leaving them no way to catch plankton and their symbioti...

Georgette Douwma / Acoel flatworms (Waminoa sp) on polyps of Bubble coral (Plerogyra sinuosa) Indonesia. This flatworm can cover the whole surface of some corals, leaving them no way to catch plankton and their symbioti...

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,...

Roy Mangersnes / Dead Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) with some alive in the background, Fernandina island, Galapagos. April 2016. The iguanas are probably dying of starvation as unusually warm El Nino water...

Pascal Kobeh / Hard coral - on right, (Lobophyllia sp) bleached because of the raise of the water temperature, and on the left a dying needle coral (Seriatopora hystrix) covered with algae after a bleaching, Walindi...

Anup Shah / White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) lying sick on the ground unable to move. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.