Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) attacking an Arctic Fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) protecting its nest site, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Highly commended, MAMMALS, GDT 2011 competition

Bernard Castelein / Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganticus) male roosting in tree, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Juergen Freund / Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying from roosting tree at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) catching a Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia.

Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) trying to catch Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Large group of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Large group of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) at roost, with several bats flying in, landing on others on a branch, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) leaving roost site, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Wildlife carer wrapping a Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby in blankets, Tolga Bat Hospital, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) feeding on nectar from flowers of the Golden penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus), Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. June. Second Place in the Man...

Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer handing Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) baby as it flaps her wings, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May 2015. Second Place in t...

Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital director Jenny Maclean rescuing, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) caught in barbed wire fence. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. April 2015. Second Place i...

Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer with Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) crawling over shoulder. Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. August 2014. Second Place in the M...

Juergen Freund / Little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying around and roosting in trees, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. December. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category of the Terr...

Juergen Freund / Paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) with engorged body on human hand, this species affects many species, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) among them and infects them with a toxin that ca...

Juergen Freund / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) roosting with baby, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Image...

Sergey Gorshkov / Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) chasing Snow Goose (Chen caerulesens) off its nest, Wrangel Island, Russia

Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus), flying, India

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth and teats in mouths ready for feeding in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled up in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Juergen Freund / Crate of Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies just arrived by plane from Brisbane after months of care, ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to the wild, A...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) inside enclosure, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Barry Mansell / Neotropical Fruit Bat (Aritbeus hartii) in flight at night, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Edwin Giesbers / Madagascar fruit bat / flying fox (Pteropus rufus) Berenty Reserve, Madagascar (Digital composite)

Edwin Giesbers / Madagascar fruit bat / flying fox (Pteropus rufus) Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Indian flying fox {Pteropus gigantea} in flight, chased by House Crow {Corvus splendens}, Tamil Nadu, India

Niall Benvie / Indian flying fox {Pteropus giganteus} captive USA

Anup Shah / Flying fox with baby {Pteropus genus} hanging upside down from branch. Occurs in Malaysia

Anup Shah / Flying fox {Pteropus genus} hanging from branch in tree, occurs in Malaysia, South East Asia

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) hang in a tree with one coming in to land. Yarra Bend Park. Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. November.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) hang in a tree with one coming in to land. Yarra Bend Park. Kew, Victoria, Australia. November.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. November.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) hang from a branch during a light summer rain shower. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. November.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) flying during a very light rain shower with her baby / pup hanging on. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. November.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) flying during a very light rain shower. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. November.

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging from a branch. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. October.

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging from a branch. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. October.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) that has just given birth, eats the placenta. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. October.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) that has just given birth, eats the placenta. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. October.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) female that has just given birth licking clean her new born. Placenta visible. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. October.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) flying over the Yarra River, Melbourne. Watched on by wildlife rescuer Louise Bonomi. Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. March.

Doug Gimesy / Parks Victoria ranger and Grey-headed Flying-fox Project Officer Stephen Brend, releasing a Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) back to Yarra Bend Park, which was in care. Watched on by wi...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) flying .??Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. ?January.

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event where temperatures exceeded 40°C, Melbourne Zoo veterinarian Sarah Frith gives in-filed triage to a suffering young and Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus polioce...

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 / During an extreme heat-stress event where temperatures exceeded 40°C, wildlife rescuer and carer Kate Chamberlain gives in-field triage to a suffering Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalu...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a young pup Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) with piebaldism (a rare genetic condition, typically present at birth, in which an animal develops unpigmented) hangs from a tre...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a young pup Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) with piebaldism (a rare genetic condition, typically present at birth, in which an animal develops unpigmented) hangs from a tre...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event where temperatures exceeded 40°C at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony, Melbourne Zoo veterinarian Sarah Frith (right) gives in-filed triage t...

Doug Gimesy / Volunteer bat rescuer Tracy Cleaves, spraying water t to cool down some Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) that have descended from the safety of higher branches, in an attempt to escap...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony, where temperatures exceeded 40°C, Melbourne Zoo veterinarian Sarah Frith gives in-field triage to a suf...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox colony, where temperatures exceeded 40°C, Melbourne Zoo veterinarian Sarah Frith gives in-field triage to a suf...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 40°C, Grey-headed Flying-foxed (Pteropus poliocepha...

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??in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and les...

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, in a desperate search for somewhere cooler a...

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 / Sprinkler system set up high in the trees at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony in an attempt to try and keep them cool during an extreme heat event whe...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 40°C, wildlife rescuer and carer Kate Chamber...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging from a branch with wings wrapped around body to help keep dry during a summer rain shower. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Austra...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging from a branch with wings wrapped around body to help keep dry during a summer rain shower. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Austr...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging from a branch with wings wrapped around body to help keep dry during a summer rain shower. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Austra...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging from a branch. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. December. Cropped.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in flight flares wings coming in to land. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. December 2019.?

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in flight flares wings coming in to land, during a light summer rain shower. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. December.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) female in flight with baby/pup hanging on underneath. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. December 2019.

Doug Gimesy / Trees with Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) hang in them. Yarra Bend Park. Kew, Victoria, Australia. November 2019.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) spotting and flaring wings to come in to land on a branch. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. November 2019.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) hang from a branch.?Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia. November 2019.

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a male Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) coming in to land. Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia.? November 2019.

Steven David Miller / Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) resting in tree within colony. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) resting in tree, scratching itself. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) sleeping in tree roost. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) sleeping in tree roost. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto), two resting, hanging from tree at roost. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) female and baby, hanging with feet down to defecate. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus), two hanging from branch with suckling young. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) male roosting, hanging from branch. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus), two roosting within camp. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus), three males hanging at camp. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) female and suckling baby in flight, searching for place to roost. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Steven David Miller / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying in search of place to roost within camp. Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Rescued and orphaned Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in captivity, feeds on the nectar of a flowering native eucalyptus tree. Black Rock, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a young rescued Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) sucking a dummy from her milk feeding bottle. Fly By Night Bat clinic, Olinda, Victoria, Australia.