Kim Taylor / Bachacs / Leafcutter ants {Atta cephalotes} carrying sections of Cocoa leaf bearing 'riders' thought to ward off parasitic flies which would otherwise lay their eggs on the pieces of leaf. Trinidad, W...

Christophe Courteau / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) male preparing to jump. Low tide in the mangroves, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Christophe Courteau / Black heron (Egretta ardesiaca) spreads its wings on the Okavango Detla, Botswana. The birds' wings form an umbrella over the water so they can see and hunt fish more easily

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France sequence 5/7

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years feeding on rotten wood from a tree while his juvenile son 'Tembo' aged 4 years waits his turn, Bai Ho...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years feeding on fruit while holding a piece of rotting wood which he will eat later, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years feeding on rotten wood from a tree while female 'Malui' and their juvenile son 'Tembo' aged 4 years s...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years feeding on rotten wood from a tree while female 'Malui' and their juvenile son 'Tembo' aged 4 years s...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years feeding on rotten wood from a tree while his juvenile son 'Tembo' aged 4 years waits his turn, Bai Ho...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years reaching into a hole in a tree for rotting wood to feed on, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve...

Yukihiro Fukuda / Male Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) protecting his eggs inside his nest, Japan, September

Martin Dohrn / John Ruthven swimming in the Bioluminescence Bay in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Dinoflagellates create the bioluminescense when disturbed. Model released.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Plumose anemones (Metridium senile) feeding on Moon jellyfish (Aurilia aurita), which they have captured. Loch Long, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? Loch Long was previously used as...

Simon Colmer / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers exchanging food - known as trophallaxis, Sussex, UK

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whale (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) spyhopping to assess where seal is on ice, whilst Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfaces nearby, Ant...

Juergen Freund / School of Yellow line scads (Selaroides leptolepis) hunted by Bluefin jacks (Caranx melampygus). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Alex Hyde / Dwarf snowbell (Soldanella pusilla) flower in snow. The plant generates heat by fermenting sugars to melt the surrounding snow. Austrian Alps, 2300 metres above sea level, June.

Orsolya Haarberg / Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on the roof of an abandoned house, Rost, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway, June

Mary McDonald / Black striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) using rocks to crack nuts, Piaui, Brazil

Mary McDonald / Black striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) using rocks to crack nuts, Piaui, Brazil

Mary McDonald / Black striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) using rocks to crack nuts, with young animal watching and learning, Piaui, Brazil

Mary McDonald / Black striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) using rocks to crack nuts, Piaui, Brazil

Mary McDonald / Black striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) using rock to crack nuts, Piaui, Brazil

Mary McDonald / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) using rocks to crack nuts, Piaui, Brazil

Alex Mustard / Domestic pig (Sus scrofa domestica) paddling in the sea. Exuma Cays, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean. This family of pigs live on this beach in the Bahamas and enjoy swimming in the sea. Not ava...

Alex Hyde / Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} with web held between legs that it will stretch over prey that walks below it. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} with web held between legs that it will stretch over prey that walks below it. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in wildflower meadow standing on hind legs, scent detecting, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA

Stephen Dalton / Giant sailfin dragon lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus) running over water, from Indonesia, controlled conditions

Stephen Dalton / Brown basilisk / Jesus lizard {Basiliscus vittatus} running on water, controlled conditions, from Central America

Marie Read / Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), male at granary tree showing many acorns stored for winter survival, Orange County, California, USA

Stephen Dalton / Fly trapped in Venus flytrap {Dionaea muscipula}

Graham Eaton / Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) feeding on sandeel, underwater shot, Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK, June

Guy Edwardes / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with fish chased by Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) Isle of May, Firth of Forth, Fife, Scotland, UK, June

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papus papus) surfing inside a wave, Falkland Islands (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papus papus) surfing in wave, Falkland Islands (non-ex)

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Mehely's Horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus mehelyi) flying carrying baby in cave near Nikopol, Bulgaria, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / European Roller (Coracias garrulus) attacking intruder Roller in nestbox, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Fiona Rogers / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) male greeting infant. Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar. Oct 2008.

Hilary Jeffkins / Caeacilian {Siphonops annulatus} female with young, the young caecilians tear off and feed on their mother's skin which regrows every three days, South America.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / European Roller (Coracias garrulus) pulling intruder Roller out of nestbox, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Andy Rouse / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) flying, looking backwards over wings, Canada

Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male playing in habitat, drunk on bamboo shoots, Volcanoes NP, Virunga mountains, Rwanda Note - if gorillas eat an excess of bamboo shoots they...

Anup Shah / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) female carrying baby and scent marking. Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar. Oct 2008.

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) pair surfing in coastal waters off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, Beaufort Sea

Tony Heald / Pigtail Macaques (Macaca nemestrina) crossing purpose-built "primate wires" connecting isolated patches of forest, Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, September 2008

Solvin Zankl / Namib desert beetle / Fog Basking Beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) drinking droplets of water which gather on its body during the early morning fog over the dunes, Namib desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Dwarf puff adder / Peringueys Sidewinding Adder (Bitis peringueyi) moving over the loose sand in typical mode of locomotion, Namib desert, Namibia

Doug Wechsler / American Toad {Bufo americanus} male calling, his vocal sac vibrations causing ripples in the water, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Georgette Douwma / Red Sea racoon / Striped butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus) feeding on a jellyfish. Red Sea, Egypt.

Dietmar Nill / Pair of Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) looking over their shoulders in long grass. Germany

Juergen Freund / Irukandji box jellyfish (Carukia barnesi) catching and feeding on fish, north Australian

Juergen Freund / Irukandji box jellyfish (Carukia barnesi) with caught fish, north Australia

Kim Taylor / Greater Bladderwort (Utricularia major) bladder with trapped mosquito larva, showing head still protruding from the mouth of the bladder. Surrey, UK

David Kjaer / Red Kites (Milvus milvus) in flight, fighting over food, Wales

Martin Dohrn / Red forms of Black slug {Arion ater} mating, Northern Italy, Europe

Nick Garbutt / Wagler's / Temple pitviper (Tropidolaemus wagleri) on leaf, in defensive / strike posture, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

Anup Shah / Thomson's gazelle {Gazella thomsonii} chasing off a marauding Golden jackal {Canis aureus} Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania

Doug Perrine / Northern / lined / Atlantic seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) male giving birth - expelling fry from pouch - young fry then float to the water's surface; captive, digitally manipulated

Peter Scoones / Yellow / Goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) hunting together with Bluefin Jacks (Caranx melampygus) and Chinese sea kraits {Laticauda semifasciata} over coral reef, Gunung Api, Banda sea, In...

Tony Heald / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} being attacked by an aggresive Black backed jackal {Canis mesomelas} Etosha NP, Namibia

Nick Garbutt / Glow worms bioluminescing {Lampyris noctiluca}

Anup Shah / Tawny eagle {Aquila Rapax} defending Lesser flamingo carcass from scavenging Sacred ibis{Threskiornis aethopicus} and Marabou storks {Leptoptilos crumeniferus} Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Eastern common chimpanzee male 'Alouf' {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} in tree eating leaves with meat, Mahale NP, Tanzania

Yuri Shibnev / Footprints of Harvest mouse {Micromys minutus} in snow leading to print where bird landed and took mouse, far east Russia.

Neil Bromhall / Bitterling {Rhodeus sericeus} laying eggs into mussel, Europe

Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} worker with full pollen sacs executing 'waggle dance' to indicate food source, UK

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee worker with full pollen sacs executing waggle dance, UK. {Apis mellifera}

Jeff Rotman / Giant Pacific octopus squirting ink at diver, British Columbia Canada

Kim Taylor / Egg eating snake about to swallow egg, Sequence 1/8 {Dasypeltis scabra} Africa

Kim Taylor / Egg eating snake about to crush egg it has swallowed. Sequence 5/8 {Dasypeltis scabra} Africa

Kim Taylor / Archerfish jets water at insect to dislodge it from branch {Toxotes chatareus} from SE Asia

Kim Taylor / Archerfish jets water at spider to dislodge it from branch {Toxotes chatareus} from SE Asia

Kim Taylor / Egg eating snake swallowing egg, Sequence 3/8 {Dasypeltis scabra} Africa

Todd Pusser / Fish chased into shore by Bottlenose dolphins strand feeding at salt marsh, SE USA

Doug Perrine / Ring-eye jawfish male expels larvae after brooding eggs in mouth for a week {Opistognathus sp} Borneo (Non-ex).

Kim Taylor / Wood Ant worker curling tail ready to eject formic acid at intruder. UK, captive

Kim Taylor / Shield Bug (Hemiptera) female laying eggs on grass stem. Namibia, Africa.

Anup Shah / Cheetah female and cub carrying prey together Masai Mara, Kenya.

Dietmar Nill / Wood ants (Formica rufa) attacking Wasp (Polistes gallicus). Germany, Europe

Dave Watts / Red backed shrike male {Lanius collurio} at its larder with butterfly + lizard impaled on shrub. Pyrenees, France

Michael Richards / John Downer / Verreaux's eagle decorates its nest with aromatic leaves which act as as insect deterrent. (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

PREMAPHOTOS / Leafcutter bee cutting piece off rose leaf (Megachile willughbiella) UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Silver leafcutter bee carrying leaf to nest (Megachile leachella) UK.

PREMAPHOTOS / Dune snail bee {Osmia aurulenta} seals empty shell {Helix aspera} with leaf mastic for nest. UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Net casting spider female with net ready to catch prey {Deinopis / Dinopis sp} rainforest, Brazil, South America

Jabruson / Male Jackson's chameleon catches grasshopper with tongue{Chamaeleo jacksonii} Mt Kenya, Kenya

David Kjaer / Juvenile European cuckoo {Cuculus canorus} fed by Reed warbler {Acrocephalus scirpaceus}. Bucks, UK. Cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of reed warblers and when they hatch, the warbler mother will a...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Vermilion flycatcher fledgling testing wings {Pyrocephalus rubinus} Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Common kingfisher male diving underwater for fish {Alcedo atthis} Switzerland

Pete Oxford / Male Galapagos Flightless cormorant offering seaweed to female {Nannopterum harrisi}

Richard Du Toit / Holub's golden weaver {Ploceus xanthops} fighting reflection in car mirror, Botswana

Miles Barton / Japanese Macaque {Macaca fuscata} washing sweet potato in water. Koshima Island, Japan

Juergen Freund / Broadclub cuttlefish mating and egg laying {Sepia latimanus} Indo-Pacific

Dietmar Nill / Common roller courtship, male (on rightt) offers insect to female {Coracias garrulus}