Sandra Bartocha / Cowslip (Primula veris) flowers, Brandenburger Vorstadt, Potsdam, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, March

Jack Dykinga / Life returning after seasonal rains to burnt forest, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest devastation of the 'Wallow Fire', Arizona, USA August 2011

Jack Dykinga / Charred remains of Aspen-fir forest near Hannagan's Meadow, at sunset with fireweeds growing in profusion amidst felled trees, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, USA September 2011

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Recently burnt heathland, showing new Bracken growth (Pteridium aquilinum), Caesar's Camp, Fleet, Hampshire, England, UK, May.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) singing with tail cocked from new pine growth. Wales, May.

Alex Hyde / African moon moth (Argema mimosae) digital composite sequence, showing wings expanding after emerging from cocoon, photographed against a white background, orginating from Africa. Captive.

Jan Hamrsky / Mosquito (Culex pipiens) adult emerging through water surface from larva. Europe, August.

Ernie Janes / Seedling English oak tree (Quercus robur) in the rain, UK

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / RSPB reserves staff scraping heath surface layer and litter at Dunwich Heath National Trust reserve, Suffolk, UK. This promotes a mosaic of new heather growth on the mature heath, while simultaneously...

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Fire-damaged landscape with new fern growth, near Lochinver, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Juergen Freund / Split level image of shallow bleaching corals at sunset, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea