Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) tusks being burnt after confiscation from poachers. Nairobi National Park, Kenya, 1990.

Bert Willaert / Hunter and his dog waiting for raptors to fly over, Georgia, September 2011. No release available.

Jeff Rotman / Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) severed fin being held up by gill net fisherman, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Jordi Chias / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) trapped in a drifting abandoned net, Mediterranean Sea. (Winner of the One Earth Award, WPY Competition 2010 )

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) in heavy snowfall, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Children from Rowley View Nursery School exploring nature at the Moorcroft Environmental Centre Forest School, Moorcroft Wood, Moxley, Walsall, West Midlands, July 2011.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Children from Rowley View Nursery School exploring nature at the Moorcroft Environmental Centre Forest School, Moorcroft Wood, Moxley, Walsall, West Midlands, July 2011.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Family on raised wooden walkway on visit to the Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011, model released

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, UK, July 2011

Benoit Stichelbaut / Workers cleaning beach of spilt oil from cargo boat "TK Bremen", beached by heavy winds. Erdeven, Brittany, France, December 16th 2011.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / RSPB Project Manager Dave Hedges at site. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, UK. November 2011. Model relea...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Heavy earth excavator removes clay for future replacement with topsoil. Wetland habitat ecosytem creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Estuary, Essex, U...

Juergen Freund / Rangers catching a Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) for tagging and release, Tetepare Island reserve, Solomon Islands, July 2010

Juergen Freund / Tingo Leve of WWF Solomon Islands' Melanesia Programme carrying out an annual reef check survey of Tetepare Island reefs, Solomon Islands, July 2010

Andy Rouse / Harvested potatoes in Virunga Volcanoes National Park with agricultural land behind and forest beyond where the mountain gorillas live, Rwanda, April 2010. Encroachment of the human population on habi...

Juergen Freund / Diver lowering an artificial reef made of ceramic snowflakes to help rejuvenate the dead reef of El Nido. The 1998 El Nino caused a massive scale coral bleaching to this tourist town that used to have...

Juergen Freund / Erik Koti holds some of his coral pieces. Cultured corals are propagated by cutting fragments of corals from mother colonies or brood stock. These coral pieces are attached to concrete mounts until it...

David Woodfall / Sheep fold and wood pasture in mist, managed for its importance for nature conservation by grazing. Romania, October 2010

Solvin Zankl / A Costa Rican researcher monitors the temperature in the developing sea turtle nests at Ostional beach, Costa Rica, November 2009. ^^^ Sea turtles have, like many other reptiles, temperature-dependent...

Pete Oxford / Sustainable logging operation, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Ann & Steve Toon / Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) with young offspring, Mlilwane nature reserve breeding programme, Swaziland, Southern Africa

Jeff Rotman / Close up of diving scientist reviving a Bigeye / Iago shark (Iago omanensis) Red Sea, Model released Model released.

Jerry Monkman / Nature Conservancy employees cutting back Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) in an invasive species eradication effort on the TNC's Silverweed Seep preserve in Plainfield, New Hampshire, USA.

Jerry Monkman / Researchers searching for freshwater mussels in the Ashuelot River, Keene, New Hampshire, USA, September 2006.

Juergen Freund / Boat at surface tracking Nautilus movements with a mobile receiver, off Queensland, Australia, 2007

Juergen Freund / Chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) with radio transmitter, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Charlotte Watson snorkels down to collect sand which may contain polychaete worms, Coral Reef census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2008. Model released

Suzi Eszterhas / Rescued chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) playing with Bruce Ainebyona (Caretaker) Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda, Africa. Captive, June 2009. model released, *Digitally removed fence post in...

Suzi Eszterhas / Rescued Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) within cage, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda, Africa. Captive, June 2009.

Mark Bowler / Sustainable river fishing for Silver Arowana / Arahuana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) for the tropical fish trade - baby Arowana fish fry are harvested from the adult male (this species is a mouth broode...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Xiang Xiang the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild, in pre release enclosure eating bamboo, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China

Katherine Feng / Lesser Panda (Ailurus fulgens) eating bamboo, endangered, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) 37 day old cub, Ying Ying, in incubator, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi), Lewa Wildlife Conservation Area, northern Kenya

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) male feeding, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Richard Du Toit / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male lying on back, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) adult with wingspan of 9 feet flying, critically endangered, bred in captivity, later released, and wearing radio transmitter, near Zion National Park, Utah

Pete Oxford / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sitting in vegetation eating bamboo, Wolong China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda within Wolong Reserve, Sichuan Province

Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) mother and young cubs, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) female attacking Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Patricio Robles Gil / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchling being released, Pacific Ocean, Oaxaca, Mexico

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Gongzhu and cub in bamboo forest, Wolong Nature Reserve, China, digital composite

Martin Dohrn / Sunset in tropical rainforest after destruction by fire, Brazil

Martin Dohrn / Lorry dumping coal slurry, Ruhr valley, Germany

Mark Moffett / Deforestation study plot, biological dynamics for forest fragments project near Manaus, Brazil

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) baby being weighed on a scale at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Mitsuaki Iwago / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) portrait, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Konrad Wothe / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) mother and calf crossing savannah, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) portrait, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) grazing in grassland surrounded by a flock of Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) with Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) on its back, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Thomas Mangelsen / African Lion (Panthera leo), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) mother and baby with Red-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Shin Yoshino / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) along waterhole with wallowing Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibious) and Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) flock, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) three month old cub sleeping on mother's leg, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Gerry Ellis / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) portrait, Lewa Wildlife Conservation Area, Kenya

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) male, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Gongzhu is successfully re-introduced to one of her nine week old twin cubs which she initially rejected, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Pand...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) adult and baby in bamboo forest at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) two cubs playing at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) detail of underside of paw, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) three young Pandas playing at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) pair of young Pandas playing with cardboard box at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Pete Oxford / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Wolong Valley, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) young Panda hanging from tree at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) young Panda hanging from structure at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) young Panda playing with basket, at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) young Panda hanging from tree at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) close up portrait of young Panda at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) baby stretching at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) baby at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) mother and two week old infant, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) infant being cleaned at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub climbing tree, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) pair of young Pandas playing at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) mother and her cub at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) mother and her cub at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Mitsuaki Iwago / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) calling in tall grass, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Dan Burton / Recycling aluminium cans Devon, UK.

David Tipling / Hobby (Falco subbuteo) shot illegally by hunter, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Hobby (Falco subbuteo) shot illegally by hunter, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) shot illegally by hunter, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Vet looking at Xray of Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) shot illegally by hunter. During BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta April 2013

David Tipling / X-ray of Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) shot illegally by hunter and shows broken left wing - bird was put down by vet. During BirdLife Malta Springwatch, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / X-ray of Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) illegally shot by hunter, xray shows shot lodged in bird and fractured wing. Bird sent to Sicily for rehabilitation. During BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp,...

David Tipling / Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) shot illegally by hunter causing broken wing being examined by vet, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / X-ray of Hobby (Falco subbuteo) showing fractured wing and shot in breast from being hit by hunter, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / ALE (Administrative Law Enforcement) Police with confiscated turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) and equipment from dove trapping area, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

David Tipling / Masked hunter in Foresta 2000 reserve, Malta, during Bird Life Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013 (Very small file) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

David Tipling / Xray of shot Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) showing gun shot lodged in muscle, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Vet examining shot Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)Malta, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp

David Tipling / ALE (Administrative Law Enforcement) Police with confiscated turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) and equipment from dove trapping area, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013