John Chan / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) swarming on an old gas tank and establishing a new nest site within, with some individuals beating their wings to create air circulation, Southern California, USA, February...

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, USA, September

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of Ame...

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) with tourists watching from cars, Ranthambore, India

Juergen Freund / Flock of Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus ) drinking in an outback dam, Northern Territory, Australia.

Sam Hobson / Rose-ringed / ring-necked parakeets (Psittacula krameri) in flight on way to roost in an urban cemetery, London, UK, January. Finalist in the Birds category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (...

Pal Hermansen / Wood ants (Formica rufa) around the edge of a broken window in an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in...

Roland Seitre / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore to lay eggs during an arribada nesting event, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore to lay eggs during an arribada nesting event, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Beach trash, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Pete Oxford / Beach trash, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Alex Mustard / An Ornate / Banded Wobbegong Shark (Orectolobus ornatus) lies amongst boulders inside a cave, during the day. Fish Rock, Southwest Rocks, New South Wales, Australia. Pacific Ocean. November

Solvin Zankl / After an incubation period of 45 to 55 days and several days long ascent through the sand the hatchling Olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) emerge all together. Ostional Beach, Costa Rica, No...

Gerrit Vyn / Molting Brant (Branta bernicla) being held in an enclosure during a banding operation in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. During their moult they are unable to fly. Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, USA

Gerrit Vyn / Molting Brant (Branta bernicla) being held in an enclosure during a banding operation in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. During their moult they are unable to fly. Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, USA

Piotr Naskrecki / Eggs of an unidentified insect, Guinea, West Africa

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group grab an adjacent leaf and stem with mandibles and toes and pull, gradually binding them together to make a nest, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group grab an adjacent leaf and stem with mandibles and toes and pull, gradually binding them together, Malaysia

Sumio Harada / Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) separating seeds from an Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii) cone to store for winter food, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Pete Oxford / Chagras or cowboys on an overnight ride at a hacienda during the annual cattle round-up, with Mt Antisana in the background, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Two Chagra cowboys on an overnight ride at a hacienda to herd cattle, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

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°in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and...

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of an Army ant (Eciton) raiding swarm, moving over the rainforest floor, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of an Army ant (Eciton) raiding swarm, moving over the rainforest floor, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Sandesh Kadur / Tracking shot of an Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) flying in a large congregation during their migration from Siberia to Africa, near Doyang reservoir, Nagaland, India, October.

Sandesh Kadur / Slow motion clip of an Amur falcons (Falco amurensis) shaking and ruffling feathers, part of a large flock congregating during their migration from Siberia to Africa, near Doyang reservoir, Nagaland,...

Marie Read / Wilson's Phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor) flock flying over tufa formations at Mono Lake in late summer, with reflection, California, USA. July 2013. Mono Lake is an important staging site for sho...

Marie Read / Wilson's Phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor) large flock on the shore at Mono Lake in late summer, California, USA. July. Mono Lake is an important staging site (stopover site) for migrating shorebir...

Stefan Christmann / Cameraman Lindsay McCrae filming Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) breeding colony on ice shelf in drifting snow, for BBC Dynasties Penguin programme. Atka Bay, Antarctica. October 2017.

Stefan Christmann / Cameraman Lindsay McCrae filming Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) returning to form colony at start of breeding season, for BBC Dynasties Penguin programme, Atka Bay, Antarctica. April 2017.

Stefan Christmann / Cameraman Lindsay McCrae filming huddling Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony during winter storm and polar night, for BBC Dynasties Penguin programme. Atka Bay, Antarctica. June 2017.

Karine Aigner / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) running across dirt track between a large number of watching tourists. Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India. 2018.

Alex Mustard / Diver cleaning plastic from a dive site in Lembeh. The group of divers collected three large sacks (much bigger than the small collecting bag pictured) from an area about the size of two tennis courts...

Naskrecki & Guyton / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feed in a frenzy at a waterbuck carcass (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Waterbuck are large animals with tough hides, and in Gorongo...

John Chan / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) swarming on an old gas tank and establishing a new nest site within, with some individuals beating their wings to create air circulation, Southern California, USA, February...

Jeff Foott / Large number of tourists watching Jaguar (Panthera onca) Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Pal Hermansen / View from above of Common eider (Somateria mollissima) flock taking off, scared by an otter. Trondelag, Norway, January. Winner of the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competi...

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) females come ashore during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica. Finalist in Wildlife Photographer of the...

Peter Bassett / Wide shot of an Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) in a King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony, Prion Island, South Georgia.

Peter Bassett / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) preening with an icebreaker ship in the background, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia.

Peter Bassett / Wide angle shot of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on a rocky shore, with an icebreaker ship in the background, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, November 2015.

Frederique Olivier / Wide angle shot of an Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colony, with penguins incubating eggs on rock nests, Antarctica.

Julian Hume / Illustration of hunters shooting the now extinct Passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) Painting based on an engraving in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic news, July 3, 1875.

Nick Upton / Split level view of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers being released from an insulated transport box during a reintroduction project run by Severn and Wye Smokery and UK Glass Eels, Lake Llangor...

Nick Upton / Split level view of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers being released from an insulated transport box during a reintroduction project run by Severn and Wye Smokery and UK Glass Eels, Lake Llangor...

Nick Upton / Split level view of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers being released from an insulated transport box during a reintroduction project run by Severn and Wye Smokery and UK Glass Eels, Lake Llangor...

Nick Upton / Split level view of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers being released from an insulated transport box during a reintroduction project run by Severn and Wye Smokery and UK Glass Eels, Lake Llangor...

Denis-Huot / Aerial view of male Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) displaying and an African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) flying over the flock, Magadi Lake, Kenya.

Tony Wu / Orange basslets (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) huge shoal rising up from an enormous hard coral formation at the top of Lynda's Reef near Nuakata Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Huw Cordey / Wildlife cameraman, Mat Aeberhard, filming Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) emerging from Bracken Cave, Texas. Bracken Cave is the summertime home of over 15 milions bats, making it th...

Huw Cordey / Wildlife cameraman, Alastair MacEwen, filming thousands of red-sided garter snakes with a lightweight jib arm, Narcisse snake dens, Manitoba, Canada. These hibernation dens are home to more than 50,00...

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) bursts through a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) while hunting beneath an oil rig. Ellen Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States...

Gerrit Vyn / Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) huge flock departing an agricultural field during migration, Montezuma NWR, New York, USA, March

Paul Williams / Stream of bats including Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats (Chaerephon plicatus) flying out of Deer Cave at dusk. The bats form these long lines out of the cave to confuse predators and the stream of ba...

Paul Williams / Stream of bats including Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats (Chaerephon plicatus) flying out of Deer Cave at dusk. The bats form these long lines out of the cave to confuse predators and the stream of ba...

Paul Williams / Stream of bats including Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats (Chaerephon plicatus) flying out of Deer Cave at dusk. The bats form these long lines out of the cave to confuse predators and the stream of ba...

Paul Williams / Stream of bats including Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats (Chaerephon plicatus) flying out of Deer Cave at dusk. The bats form these long lines out of the cave to confuse predators and the stream of ba...

Paul Williams / Stream of bats including Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats (Chaerephon plicatus) flying out of Deer Cave at dusk. The bats form these long lines out of the cave to confuse predators and the stream of ba...

Tony Wu / Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) shed and slough off skin continuously, perhaps as a mechanism for maintaining healthy skin and shedding parasites. This is a large piece of skin that came off an...

Dave Bevan / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarellii) close up of nest with seven eggs, this is an unusual high number of eggs. Carmarthenshire, Wales, June.

Juergen Freund / Flock of Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus ) drinking in an outback dam, Northern Territory, Australia.

Paul Williams / Stream of bats including Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats (Chaerephon plicatus) flying out of Deer Cave at dusk. The bats form these long lines out of the cave to confuse predators and the stream of ba...

Paul Williams / Stream of bats including Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats (Chaerephon plicatus) flying out of Deer Cave at dusk. The bats form these long lines out of the cave to confuse predators and the stream of ba...

Anup Shah / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) male which has an injury is hunted by a Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) pack, Masai Mara, Kenya

David Tipling / Starling (Sturnus vulgarss) murmuration of an estimated flock of one million arriving at roost, Rigg, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK. December.

Mick Jenner / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) catching an eel, with flock of Black headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in the foreground, West Sussex, England, UK, December.

Jabruson Motion / THIS VIDEO CLIP WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE SOON. TO VIEW NOW, PLEASE CONTACT US. -Large flock of Congo african grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) landing in a forest clearing in order...

Alex Mustard / Portrait of the, normally solitary Bohar snapper (Lutjanus bohar) in an annual spawning aggregation in June. Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea.

John Cancalosi / Crushed Almandine, a species of mineral belonging to the garnet group, used as an abrasive, from New York, USA.

Eric Baccega / Female Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) leaning towards an isolated pup hauled out on a rock, with a group of females and juveniles in the sea, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Eric Baccega / Group of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the sea, with an isolated pup hauled out on a rock, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Cyril Ruoso / Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis), an introduced species for fighting soil erosion, Iceland

Roland Seitre / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore and returning to sea during an arribada nesting event, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Roland Seitre / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore during an arribada nesting event with tourist watching, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore and returning to sea during an arribada nesting event, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore to lay eggs during an arribada nesting event, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females digging nests during an arribada egg-laying event, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Sebastian Kennerknecht / African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) oil is an ingredient in all of these foods, including crackers, cereal, cookies, chips, and chocolate, Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Sue Flood / Silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) cocoons for production of silk thread, in Hoi An, Vietnam.

Donald M. Jones / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) flock flying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Donald M. Jones / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) flock flying, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Christian Ziegler / Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) with pseudoscorpion and an abundance of red mites, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) waiting by an arboreal termite nest for prey to appear, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Pete Oxford / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) roots and fish nursery. Punta Allen, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) fruit, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Pete Oxford / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) roots provide nursery for Schoolmaster (Lutjanus apodus) young, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Solvin Zankl / After an incubation period of 45 to 55 days and several days long ascent through the sand the hatchling Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) emerge from the nest all together. Ostional bea...

Chien Lee / Fungus Gnat (Mycetophilidae) secreted sticky threads function as an insect trap, Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly group flying, during a warm day when the overwintering period draws to an end large numbers become active, Michoacan, Mexico

Michael Durham / Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) swarm defending their colony, an invasive introduced species, central Texas

Michael Durham / Phorid Fly (Pseudacteon obtusus) female flies above Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant an egg which eventually kills the ant, the fly is now used to help contr...

Ingo Arndt / Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), an invasive species, receiving nutrition from scale insects, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Ingo Arndt / Harvestman (Leiobunum sp) group, an introduced and invasive species, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Harvestman (Leiobunum sp) group, an introduced and invasive species, Germany

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite workers and young nymphs in an underground nest, Atewa Range, Ghana