Christian Ziegler / Bumblebee Orchid (Ophrys bombyliflora) flower and its male Longhorn Bee (Eucera sp) pollinator, Sardinia, Italy

Christian Ziegler / Brown Bee Orchid (Ophrys iricolor) flower mimics female bee with male solitary bee engaged in pseudocopulation, Sardinia, Italy

Christian Ziegler / Bumblebee Orchid (Ophrys bombyliflora) flower and its male Longhorn Bee (Eucera sp) pollinator, Sardinia, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta), Sardinia, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta) basking, Sardinia, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Ground Beetle (Cicindela littoralis), Sardinia, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeus laticollis) pair fighting over dung ball, Sardinia, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeus laticollis) rolling dung ball, Sardinia, Italy

Ingo Arndt / Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) mass arriving at roost, Rome, Italy

Ingo Arndt / Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) colony overwintering, Sardinia, Italy

Ingo Arndt / Mehely's Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus mehelyi) group roosting, Sardinia, Italy

Ingo Arndt / Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) group overwintering, Sardinia, Italy

Ingo Arndt / Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) group overwintering, Sardinia, Italy

Konrad Wothe / White-tip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus), Elba, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) mattanza, which is the annual harvesting of tuna in Sardinia, here fish are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) mattanza, which is the annual harvesting of tuna in Sardinia, here fish are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) mattanza, which is the annual harvesting of tuna in Sardinia, here fish are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) mattanza, which is the annual harvesting of tuna in Sardinia, here fish are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) mattanza, which is the annual harvesting of tuna in Sardinia, here fish are whipped into a frenzy as a net draws them together, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) catch on cart, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) inspected by japanese buyer, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) getting blood vessels cut to kill them, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) getting blood vessels cut to kill them, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) getting blood vessels cut to kill them, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Domestic Horse (Equus caballus) mare with foal on grassy slope, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) are harvested as they are drawn together in a net, Mediterranean Sea, Sardinia, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) sitting in grass, Monti Sibillini National Park, Apennine, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Stick Insect (Bacillus rossius) camouflaged on reed, Italy

Ingo Arndt / Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) flock flying to roost, Rome, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) harvest with men pulling up net, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) harvest with men pulling up net, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) harvest with men pulling up net, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) are pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) are pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) harvest called mattanza with owner of the tuna fishery making a call to report the catch harvested, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) mattanza, which is the annual harvesting of tuna in Sardinia, here fishermen hooks fish to be lifted out of net, Sardinia, Italy

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) pulled out of net with hook, Sardinia, Italy