Michele Westmorland / Man collecting black sand in an area which is one of the locations for producing fine restaurant quality salt, most of which is shipped to Japan, Kusimbi Beach, Bali, Indonesia 2009. No release availa...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of trilobuite (Paradoxides bohemicus), Plate 1. From 'Organization of the Trilobites' by Hermann Burmeister, appearing in the Ray Society translation of his work published in 1846. The Il...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) standing on ice feeding on fish bought by visitors from supermarket, Reddish Vale Country Park, Greater Manchester, UK. Photographer quote: "It's great to see herons in loca...

Andrew Walmsley / Mount Cook / Aoraki covered in snow with fine clouds, New Zealand, May 2007

Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) pair, a wild camelid of the high Andes exploited for its extremely fine wool, Pampas Galeras Nature Reserve, Peru

Pascal Kobeh / Fine lined slug (Nembrotha lineolata) feeding. Flores Sea, Indonesia.

Heather Angel / Goat willow (Salix caprea) female catkin in UV light, fine hairs and nectar fluroescing. Surrey, England, UK. Focus stacked.

Franco Banfi / Diamond stingray (Dasyatis brevis) with Longspined porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus), Cabo Pulmo Marine National Park, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Robert Valentic / Brown pricklenape (Acanthosaura lepidogaster) female, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Vietnam. Dry season.

Robert Valentic / Brown pricklenape lizard (Acanthosaura lepidogaster) female in karst rainforest within the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Vietnam. Dry season.

Juergen Freund / Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) in its discarded aluminum can home, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) in its discarded aluminum can home, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

David Fleetham / Longspined / Freckled porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus), two. Philippines.

Daniel Heuclin / Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) caterpillar on fine thread of silk attached to Box (Buxus sp). Native to East Asia. Invasive species in Europe.

Ashley Cooper / Black Church Rock near Clovelly in Devon, England, UK, June.

Ashley Cooper / Black Church Rock near Clovelly in Devon, England, UK, June 2006.

Doug Perrine / Comb jelly / sea gooseberry (Hormiphora palmata) diffracting light through cilia (fine hair-like structures) on the comb rows, Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA.

Claudio Contreras / Ghost Crab (Ocypode sp.) eating Balloonfish (Diodon holocanthus) carcass, Playa Morro Ayuta, Oaxaca state, southern Mexico, August

Claudio Contreras / Balloonfish (Diodon holocanthus), San Agustin Bay, Huatulco Bays National Park, southern Mexico, November

Claudio Contreras / Balloonfish (Diodon holocanthus), San Agustin Bay, Huatulco Bays National Park, southern Mexico, November

Franco Banfi / Fine spotted moray (Gymnothorax dovi) Malpelo Island National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Colombia, East Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Fine spotted moray (Gymnothorax dovii) Malpelo Island National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Colombia, East Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Fine spotted moray eels (Gymnothorax dovi) together in den, Malpelo Island National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Colombia, East Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Fine spotted moray eel (Gymnothorax dovii) together in a den, Malpelo Island National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Colombia, East Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Fine spotted moray eel (Gymnothorax dovii) together in a den, Malpelo Island National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Colombia, East Pacific Ocean

Andy Trowbridge / Black / New Zealand stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) standing on fine sand. Ashley River, Canterbury, New Zealand. July. Critically Endangered Species.

Franco Banfi / Long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) Salvatierra wreck dive site, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

Juan Manuel Borrero / Palacio de las Bellas Artes / Palace of Fine Arts. Mexico City. Mexico, March 2017.

Ingo Arndt / Red Fort, fine example of Mughal architecture, Delhi, India

Paul Harcourt Davies / Venus' looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris) a weed of cultivated land whose flowers open in fine weather. Near Norcia, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Venus' looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris) a weed of cultivated land whose flowers open in fine weather. Near Norcia, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Venus' looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris) with other weeds of cultivated land Legousia flowers open in fine weather. Nr Norcia, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy, June.

Jeff Rotman / Lobsterman holds a fine specimen of American lobster (Homarus americanus) Portland, Maine USA October. Model released.

Nick Upton / Young European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers, or glass eels retained in a collecting bucket with a fine mesh base during a fishing session on the River Parrett at night, caught under licence Somerset...

Tony Wu / Porcupine pufferfish (Diodon holocanthus) three males pursuing a female, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tony Wu / Long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) male pursuing a female fish, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tony Wu / Long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) male pursuing a female fish to mate, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Philippe Clement / Chalcedony specimen, cryptocrystalline form of silica, composed of very fine intergrowths of quartz and moganite on white background

John Cancalosi / Hertfordshire Puddingstone, a conglomerate of well rounded flint pebbles, embedded in a matrix of fine pale coloured sand, all bound together by hard natural silica cement, Hertfordshire, england

John Cancalosi / 'Zebra stone', sedimentary rock from the east Kimberley of Western Australia.Composed essentially of small particles of quartz and sericite' (fine-grained white mica), zebra rock also contains the min...

Wim van den Heever / Lioness (Panthera leo) attempting to cross wide channel, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male walking profile, taken at night using a side lit spot light, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Wim van den Heever / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) lone animal silhouetted against rich sunrise, Masai Mara NR, Kenya

Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male walking along at night, using a spot light, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Pascal Kobeh / Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) close up skin detail, Sulu Sea, Philippines

Georgette Douwma / Freckled / Spiny porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Nick Upton / Young European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers, or glass eels retained in a collecting bucket with a fine mesh base during a fishing session on the River Parrett at night, Somerset, UK, March.

Todd Mintz / Sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) in prairie grasses, Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada, July.

Todd Mintz / Sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) in prairie grasses, Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada, July.

Todd Mintz / Sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) in prairie grasses, Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada, July.

Georgette Douwma / Freckled or Spiny porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) with Funnel weed (Padina gymnospora) Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Franco Banfi / Fine spotted moray (Gymnothorax dovii) Darwin island, Galapagos Islands, East Pacific Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Fine spotted moray (Gymnothorax dovii) Darwin island, Galapagos Islands, East Pacific Ocean.

Nick Upton / Sue Sayer of the Cornwall Seal Group holding some fine fishing net next to a photograph of a Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Beast' that was rescued with deep neck wounds from being entangled in i...

Pascal Kobeh / Close-up of Shortspine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus), coast of Dhofar and Hallaniyat islands, Oman. Arabian Sea.

Pascal Kobeh / Longspined porcupinefish / balloonfish (Diodon holocanthus) on reef, San Salvador Island / Colombus Island, Bahamas. Caribbean.

Pascal Kobeh / Finespotted / Speckled moray (Gymnothorax dovii) the mouth wide open, Revillagigedo islands, Mexico. Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Finespotted / Speckled moray (Gymnothorax dovii) the mouth wide open, Revillagigedo islands, Mexico. Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Finespotted / Speckled moray (Gymnothorax dovii) the mouth wide open, Revillagigedo islands, Mexico. Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Longspined porcupinefish / balloonfish (Diodon holocanthus) Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Sea of Cortez.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Larva of thread-wing lacewing (Dielocroce hebraea) These insects are found only inside desert caves, usually buried in the fine dust on the cave's floor waiting for unsuspecting soft-bodied prey insec...

MYN / Gil Wizen / Larva of thread-wing lacewing (Dielocroce hebraea) found only inside desert caves, usually buried in the fine dust, Negev Desert, Israel, June. Meetyourneighbours.net project. Taken with digital focus...

David Tipling / Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) displaying on lek at dawn in the Sandhills, Nebraska, USA, April.

Charlie Summers / Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) female, Custer State Park, South Dakota prairie, USA, October.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Water dropwort (Oenanthe aquatica) Danube Delta, Romania, June.

Charlie Summers / Two male Arctic graylings (Thymallus arcticus) displaying to a female, the males vibrate their tails to kick up a fine stream bottom silt, the female ejects roe and the males eject milt into this str...

Charlie Summers / Three male Arctic graylings (Thymallus arcticus) displaying to a female, the males vibrate their tails to kick up a fine stream bottom silt, the female ejects roe and the males eject milt into this s...

Jeff Rotman / Short spined porcupine fish (Diodon holacanthus) in Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Claudio Contreras / Balloonfish (Diodon holocanthus), Cabo Pulmo National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, July

Juergen Freund / Dry lakes or ephemeral lakebeds consisting of fine-grained sediments infused with alkali salts. South Australia, Australia

Juergen Freund / Fine needles of a stinging tree leaf on nettle tree (Dendrocnide excelsa) Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Kirkendall-Spring / Cumulus clouds. Washington, USA, August.

David Tipling / Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) displaying on lek at dawn, Sandhills, Nebraska, USA April

Michele Westmorland / Man collecting black sand in an area which is one of the locations for producing fine restaurant quality salt, most of which is shipped to Japan, Kusimbi Beach, Bali, Indonesia 2009

Gavin Hellier / The Blue Lagoon, Iceland's most famous tourist attraction is located among the black lava flows outside Reykjavik. The geothermal spa owes its existence to the Svartsengi geothermal power plant powere...

Gavin Hellier / The Blue Lagoon, Iceland's most famous tourist attraction is located among the black lava flows outside Reykjavik. The geothermal spa owes its existence to the Svartsengi geothermal power plant powere...

Gavin Hellier / Panoramic view of Palace of Fine Arts illuminated at Night, San Francisco, California, USA 2011

Neil Aldridge / A Zu/'hoasi Bushman child blows onto fine embers in a clump of grass and plant fibres in order to make a fire. Kalahari, Botswana. April 2012.

Shibai Xiao / Fine lizard (Acanthosaura lepidogaster) close up head portrait feeding on insect prey, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Fine lizard (Acanthosaura lepidogaster) close up on leaf, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Shibai Xiao / Fine lizard (Acanthosaura lepidogaster) resting in tree, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Roland Seitre / Analysis of a Shahtoosh made from fine wool of the endangered Tibetan Antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Solvin Zankl / Using fine electrodes to measure brain activity in Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) adult pair displaying on breeding loch, Flow Country, Highland, Scotland, UK, June, Did you know? In Shetland this bird was considered one of the best indicators o...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / "Professor Mulchanov" in Magdalene Fjord on a fine day with altostratus clouds. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 2008.

Christian Ziegler / Chestnut Short-tailed Bat (Carollia castanea) showing nose used to fine tune echolocation, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Juergen Freund / One metre of mud has washed into this now abandoned local church in Barangay Victoria. The mud has cracked in the dry summer heat, turning to fine dust that has permeated everything. Mindoro, Philippi...

John Cancalosi / Sharp tailed grouse {Typanuchus phasianellus} male displaying at lek. Colorado, USA

Pete Oxford / Fire Coral (Millepora alcicornis) with fine hairs that contain nematocysts which sting on contact, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Fine engraving on Reindeer antler sheath of a Sami knife, Finland.

Aflo / Y-3705 Cirrus clouds in blue sky

Aflo / Y-3704 Cirrus clouds in blue sky

Gerrit Vyn / Adult male Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) making an aggressive charge on a lek. Ft. Pierre National Grassland, South Dakota. USA, April.

Gerrit Vyn / Adult male Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) displaying on a lek. Ft. Pierre National Grassland, South Dakota, USA, April.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of claws used for fine control of the web by the Orb weaver spider {Araneus quadratus} UK, Araneidae

Jeff Rotman / Fine-spotted moray eels (Gymnothorax dovii) living in coral cracks, with continuously open mouths to breath, Malpelo Island, Colombia, Pacific Ocean