Juergen Freund / Scientist Susan Laurance leads the Daintree Drought Experiment in far north Queensland. The experiment combines the efforts of plant physiologists, ecologists, soil experts, climatologists and hydrolo...

Valeriy Maleev / Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) walking in snow, Land of the Leopard National Park, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia. February.

Jack Dykinga / Toroweap Overlook in sunrise light illuminating rim rocks with Colorado River far below, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.

Jack Dykinga / Toroweap Overlook in sunset light illuminating rim rocks with Colorado River far below. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.

Sergey Gorshkov / Plume of volcanic ash lit by a basaltic lava flow from the Tolbachik volcano complex, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, eruption lasted from December 22nd 2012 through to January 2nd 2013

Sergey Gorshkov / Plume of volcanic ash lit by a basaltic lava flow from the Tolbachik volcano complex, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, eruption lasted from December 22nd 2012 through to January 2nd 2013

Igor Shpilenok / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub biting tail of adult male, Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East. June.

Floris van Breugel / California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) extend as far as the eye can see, Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve, California, USA

Floris van Breugel / California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) extend as far as the eye can see, Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve, California, USA

Floris van Breugel / Sunrise over Mt Morrison in the far distance, near Convict Lake, Sierra Nevada, California, USA January

Sergey Gorshkov / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) juveniles play fighting, Wrangel Island, Far East Russia, August.

Igor Shpilenok / Young female Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) playing with oil drum, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Far East Russia. May. These bears can develop addiction to sniffing the aviatio...

Igor Shpilenok / Young female Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) playing with oil drum, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Far East Russia. May. These bears can develop addiction to sniffing the aviatio...

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Rock arch in the far north of Niger, 2005.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi girls, with their family's ancestral clan mark painted in reindeer blood on their face, a ritual during the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reindeer' during which young reindeer are sacrificed....

Sergey Gorshkov / Plume of volcanic ash lit by a basaltic lava flow from the Tolbachik volcano complex, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, eruption lasted from December 22nd 2012 through to January 2nd 2013.

Sergey Gorshkov / Basaltic lava flow from the Tolbachik volcano complex, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, eruption lasted from December 22nd 2012 through to January 2nd 2013.

Sergey Gorshkov / Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) playing, silhouetted at sunset, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia. August 2010.

Sergey Gorshkov / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) on coast of Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, September.

Sergey Gorshkov / Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) juveniles playing in waves, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia. September 2010.

Sergey Gorshkov / Snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) taking off, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, June.

Sergey Gorshkov / Snow goose (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) brooding chicks, with rusty orange face from iron rich soil in which it forages. Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, June.

Sergey Gorshkov / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) vocalising, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, September.

Sergey Gorshkov / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking along beach, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, September.

Sergey Gorshkov / Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) two covered in snow, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, September.

Sergey Gorshkov / Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) covered in snow, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, September.

Sergey Gorshkov / Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) two in habitat, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, October.

Sergey Gorshkov / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) in winter fur, licking nose, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, October.

Sergey Gorshkov / Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) herd, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, March.

Sergey Gorshkov / Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) portrait, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, March.

Sergey Gorshkov / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother with three very young cubs, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, March.

Sergey Gorshkov / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) with Snow goose egg in mouth, mid moult from winter to summer fur, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia.

Sergey Gorshkov / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) with Snow goose egg in mouth, mid moult from winter to summer fur, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, June.

Sergey Gorshkov / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) with Snow goose egg in mouth, mid moult from winter to summer fur, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, June.

Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) fishing for Sockeye salmon in the Ozernaya River, Kamtchatka, Russia, August

Juergen Freund / Stars facing north towards constellation Perseus with Perseid meteor shower, above farming fields in the Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland. August 14, 2013 4am, composite image.

Juergen Freund / Glowing / bioluminescent fungi on rainforest tree, possibly Omphalotus nidiformis, Tableland rainforest, Far North Queensland, Australia

Edwin Giesbers / Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), captive, native to Sumatra, Indonesia.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of an eye of a Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), captive, native to Sumatra, Indonesia.

Edwin Giesbers / Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), captive, occurs in Sumatra, Indonesia

Edwin Giesbers / Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), captive, native to Sumatra, Indonesia

Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) female holding baby close in snow, Jigokudani, Japan.

Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile portrait, Jigokudani, Japan. February

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Wolverine (Gulo gulo) portrait. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, February.

Vladimir Medvedev,Vladimir Medvedev / Amur / Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) female in the wild, on a hillside, Lazovskiy zapovednik / Lazo Reserve protected area, Primorskiy krai, Far Eastern Russia, February 2012

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) sitting in heavy snowfall. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, December.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) stands on its back legs to more easily determine the source of an unfamiliar sound. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Fa...

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / American Mink (Neovison vison) swimming. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, June.

Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) by malachite (copper mineral) outcrop. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, Valley of the Geysers, October.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Ranger station in winter with Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus), Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, June. Sequence 3 of 3.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Large male Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) standing in shallow waters of the Kronotsky lagoon, away from biting insects. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, July.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Portrait of male Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) with large antlers, in velvet. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, June.

Igor Shpilenok / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in wide landscape with Kronotsky Volcano on the horizon. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, March.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) jumping across stream. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, March.

Igor Shpilenok / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait, resting on snow. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, March.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) and snow bank reflected in river. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, February.

Igor Shpilenok / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) sitting on snow. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, February.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) fighting outside ranger cabin window. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, February.

Igor Shpilenok / European Bison (Bison bonasus) calf and mother portrait. 'Mefody', first calf born to reintroduced herd in Bryansk Forest. Bryansk Forest Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Russian Far East, May.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) on the Pacific coast of Kamchatka. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, July.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / A Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) standing in breaking waves. Pacific coast of Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, July.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) recently risen from hibernation in the caldera of the Uzon Volcano. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, April.

Jabruson / Fisherman with a haul of Halfbeaks (Hemirhamphus far) to be taken to Shimoni market from Wasini Island, off the coast of Kenya, February 2011. No release available.

Mark Carwardine / Siberian tiger anti-poaching patrol with arrested poachers (with secret police for extra protection), 600 miles north of Vladivostok, Primorksy, Russian Far East, October 2005

Mark Carwardine / Tiger Conservation: Russian children learning about tiger conservation, Tiger Eco-Centre, Novopokrovka, northern Primorye, Russian Far East

Mark Carwardine / Siberian / Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) yawning, Male rescued from poachers, ÊUtyos Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Kutuzovka Village, Russian Far East, in taiga forest, Endangered species

Mark Carwardine / European lynx (Lynx lynx) rescued from poachers, Utyos Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Kutuzovka Village, Russian Far East

Mark Carwardine / Siberian / Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica). Male rescued from poachers, ÊUtyos Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Kutuzovka Village, Russian Far East, in taiga forest, Endangered species

Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) crossing a fallen tree over a river, Kedrovaya, Pad Reserve, Far East Russia 1987

Paul D Stewart / Lithograph with contemporary colouring, continental version of the last wallchart produced by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins for the Department of Science and Art 1862. It is entitled 'Pachydermata and C...

Vladimir Medvedev / Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) on rocky slope at night, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorskiy krai, Far East Russia, December, Critically endangered species.

Vladimir Medvedev / Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) profile view, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorskiy krai, Far East Russia. January, Critically endangered species.

Vladimir Medvedev / Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) rear view, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorskiy krai, Far East Russia. December, Critically endangered species.

Sergey Gorshkov / NOT FOR WEBSITE Close-up of Brown bear (Ursus arctos) in lake, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August

Vladimir Medvedev / Camera trap image of wild Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) walking through woodland, Lazovsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, November 1994

Vladimir Medvedev / Camera trap image of wild female Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) scent marking the trunk of a Cedar (Cedrus) tree, Lazovsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, April...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Little Owl (Athene noctua) taking flight from a post. Wales, UK, June. Did you know? Owls are far sighted - so can't see objects close to their faces clearly.

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) portrait, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Shibai Xiao / State-owned forestry plant with workers lifting logs early in the morning, Heilongjiang Provinc, China, January 2010. No release available

Shibai Xiao / Preserved root of Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis) used in traditional Chinese medicine, Henan Province, China, March 2010. No release available.

Shibai Xiao / Hainan leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus hainanensis) young photographed on white background, China.

Shibai Xiao / Marbled eel (Anguilla marmorata) captured by local people and being held up in net, Hainan Island, China. No release available.

Shibai Xiao / Spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) sitting in tree, Hainan Province, China.

Shibai Xiao / Scientist using white sheet and light trap to capture bugs and moth species for research, Guangxi Province, China, November 2008. No release available.

Shibai Xiao / Colour changed tree monitors / Garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) and Bronze skinks (Lygosoma indicum) hanging up at market ready to sell as pets, Hainan Island, China, January 2007. No release availa...

Shibai Xiao / Hainan black-crested gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) young male in tree, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) jumping to a higher tree, Guangxi Province, China.

Shibai Xiao / Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) close up portrait of head with black background, Guangxi Province, China.

Shibai Xiao / Chinese ferret badger (Melogale moschata) two captured by camera trap at night, Guangxi Province, China.

Shibai Xiao / Northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri) captured with camera trap at night, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Mangrove forest (Sonneratia hainanensis) respiratory roots with man standing up in small boat, Guangxi Province, China. No releases available.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Combine harvester harvesting Oats (Avena sativa), Haregill Lodge Farm, Ellingstring, North Yorkshire, England, UK, August. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Oats are a hardy...

Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species

Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) looking up, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species