Mark Taylor / German Shepherd Dog bitch pup, Coco, 14 weeks old, with raised paw.

Paul D Stewart / Aerial view of Grand Prismatic thermal spring in Yellowstone National Park, USA. The bright colours are natural, coming from thermophile bacteria in the water. People can be seen walking on the raised...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of recently released young Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) running with their wings raised following a carer in a crane costume acting as a surrogate parent, Somerset Levels, England, UK, S...

Daniel Heuclin / Western Diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) coiled and with tail raised and rattling, found in South Western USA, captive

George Sanker / Black bear (ursus americanus) cub standing on hind legs, Yellowstone National Park, USA, June

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Adult female Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) displaying with wings raised, in breeding habitat on upland plateau of Grampian mountains, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Adult Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), female with wings partially raised in the air in breeding habitat on upland plateau of Grampian mountains, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, May 2011. 2020V...

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Family on raised wooden walkway on visit to the Westhay Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011, model released

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) curious cub sits up on its hind legs, paw raised, and tries to balance itself, along Bernard Spit in autumn, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, US...

Sandesh Kadur / King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) with hood raised, captive, Agumbe, Karnatka, India

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) three 18 month juveniles, 'Bart', 'Christine' and 'Gilbert', released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, calling in Barley stubble fiel...

Mark Taylor / Border Collie bitch, running towards the camera.

Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, 5 months, standing up with raised paws.

Tony Heald / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) male scenting with trunk raised. Etosha National Park, Namibia, January.

Tony Heald / African elephant [Loxodonta africana] female herd approaching waterhole with trunks raised to smell danger, Etosha National Park, Namibia, August

Edwin Giesbers / Two Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) with heads raised out of water, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Edwin Giesbers / Asian giant forest scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus) with tail raised, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Guy Edwardes / Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) with wing raised as a threat to nearby rival. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa, February

Graham Eaton / Spiny Spider Crab (Maja squinado) with claws raised in an aggressive posture, in a fast tide, Abersoch, Wales, UK, May.

Anup Shah / Grey / Southern Crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) head portrait with crest raised, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Tim Laman / Adult male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in rainforest canopy, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Niall Benvie / Young girl arms in air, waving / playing in a wildflower meadow, Scotland, UK, July 2009. Model released

Andy Sands / European water shrew (Neomys fodiens) sniffing the air with front legs raised, captive, UK.

Sue Flood / Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) one with raised flipper, Snow Hill Island rookery, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, November

Jeff Rotman / Dolphin trainer interacting with Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Dolphin Reef, Eilat, Israel - Red Sea. Model released.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) walking, foot raised, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009

Stephen Dalton / Ethiopian praying mantis {Miomantis abyssinica} in flight

Stephen Dalton / Ethiopian praying mantis {Miomantis abyssinica} in flight

Wild Wonders of Europe / E. Haarberg / Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) cock displaying on raised mound in forest, Bergslagen, Sweden, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / E. Haarberg / Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) cock displaying on raised mound in forest, Bergslagen, Sweden, April 2009

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby kitten with paws raised

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Xiang Xiang the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild, in pre release enclosure eating bamboo, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China

Petra Wegner / Young Satin Lop-eared Dwarf Domestic Rabbit standing up with one ear raised, japanese, 8 weeks

Petra Wegner / Young Satin Lop-eared Dwarf Domestic Rabbit standing up with one ear raised, japanese, 8 weeks

Andrew Parkinson / Grey seal {Halichoerus grypus} as an adult female bounds toward the sea she is momentarily raised off the ground on just its flippers. Lincolnshire, UK

Michael D. Kern / Mojave Sidewinder rattlesnake with tongue flickering and rattle raised {Crotalus cerastes cerastes} captive from California, USA

Ross Hoddinott / Porth Nanven, nr St Just, Cornwall, UK - important example of quaternary geopmorphology: a raised Boulder beach, overlain by a considerable thickness of 'Head' deposits which demonstrates changes of s...

Jose B. Ruiz / Common cranes {Grus grus} calling with heads raised in air, Laguna de Gallocanta, Teruel, Aragn, Spain

Patricio Robles Gil / African forest elephant {Loxodonta cyclotis} with trunk raised, Loango National Park, Gabon

Tony Phelps / Boomslang snake {Dispholidus ypus} male head raised, Western Cape, South Africa

Patricio Robles Gil / African Pygmy Elephant (Loxodonta pumilio) vocalizing with trunk raised, Petit Loango National Park, Gabon, western Africa

Konrad Wothe / Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) kit on log with raised tail to spray, North America

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) with frill raised and mouth open in defensive posture on tree log, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Baikal Seal (Phoca sibirica) resting on rock with flipper raised, Zabaikalsky National Park, Ushkany Islands, Lake Baikal, Russia

Tui De Roy / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) pair perched on tree limb, originally hand raised by the research center, they are now living in the rainforest canopy, Tambopata-Candamo Reserve, Amazon Basin, Peru

Tui De Roy / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) pair making a living in rainforest canopy, originally hand-raised by research center, Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone, Amazon Basin, Peru

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Central asian cobra {Naja oxiana} with head raised, Turkmenistan

IAN REDMOND / Forest Elephants with trunks raised among Giant Lobelia. Rwanda Parc National des Volcans

Bernard Castelein / Indian elephant with trunk raised {Elephas maximus} Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Mary McDonald / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) hood raised - captive NHU Programme Publicity Dragons Alive (Feb 04)

Klaus Echle / Garden dormice babies sleeping in nest {Eliomys quercinus} Germany. Hand raised

Klaus Echle / Garden dormouse female peeps out of nest hole {Eliomys quercinus} Germany hand raised

Nick Upton / Herring gulls (Larus argentatus) standing on the mossy rooftop where they were raised, Looe, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) young standing on rooftop where it was raised, Looe, Cornwall, UK, August.

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) young in alert posture with trunk raised. Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) young in alert posture with trunk raised. Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, Max, 9 weeks old, standing up with raised paws.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years spinning in circles, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years disciplining juvenile female 'Joya' aged 6 years and infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years who are playing together, Bossou For...

XI ZHINONG / Tibetan Gazelle (Procapra picticaudata) raised by local residents, decorated with ribbons and a bell, Kekexili, Qinghai, China

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Log cabin at a Selkup summer camp in the forest with a traditional raised wooden food storage hut (to avoid rodent problem) Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / People crossing a raised walkway through a mangrove swamp. The Sundarbans National Park. UNESCO World Heritage Site. June 2012.

Marie Read / Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) male in breeding plumage displaying with raised wings, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA, June.

Christophe Courteau / African elephant calf (Loxodonta africana) lying down with raised trunk, beside mother. Okavango Delta, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Two muddy juvenile African elephants (Loxodonta africana) with raised trunk, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Juvenile African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with raised trunk, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Oriol Alamany / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) trunk raised, smelling the air, Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, September.

Loic Poidevin / Black winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) nest and eggs raised above water, Breton Marsh, West France, June

Mark Taylor / Black and white tuxedo kitten, Tuxie, 10 weeks, standing up on haunches and looking up with raised paws.

Roger Powell / Collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola) standing on a raised soil mound, looking for a mate, Guerreiro, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April

Nick Upton / Shore crab (Carcinus maenas) in defensive posture with claws raised in crevice under Coralweed (Corralina officinalis). Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, July.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii). Orphan hand-raised by Kent Bat Group. Kent, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii). Orphan hand-raised by Kent Bat Group. Kent, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Orphan Serotine Bat (Eptesicus serotinus) hand raised by Hazel Ryan of the Kent Bat Group. Now an adult unfit for release. Kent, UK. Model released.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Orphan Serotine Bat (Eptesicus serotinus) hand raised by Hazel Ryan of the Kent Bat Group. Now an adult unfit for release. Kent, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Orphan Serotine Bat (Eptesicus serotinus) hand raised by Hazel Ryan of the Kent Bat Group. Now an adult unfit for release. Kent, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Orphan Serotine Bat (Eptesicus serotinus) hand raised by Hazel Ryan of the Kent Bat Group. Now an adult unfit for release. Kent, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii). Orphan hand-raised by Kent Bat Group. Kent, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii). Orphan hand-raised by Kent Bat Group. Kent, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii). Orphan hand-raised by Kent Bat Group. Kent, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii). Orphan hand-raised by Kent Bat Group. Kent, UK, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii). Orphan hand-raised by Kent Bat Group member Hazel Ryan. Kent, UK, June. Model released.

Nick Upton / Squat lobster (Galathea squamifera) on the move with its claws raised in a rockpool, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Michael D. Kern / King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) with hood raised, captive, from Asia, vulnerable species

LYNN M. STONE / Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) in breeding plumage, courtship display with plumes raised; note how characteristic yellow feet of the species have morphed into orange. Osceola County, Florida, USA, March.

Alex Mustard / A pair of needle cuttlefish (Sepia aculeata) hover over the sand, while the male, on the left, gives a warning display with his arms raised, Seraya, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, South East Asia.

David Woodfall / Community member cultivating lettuce and harvesting raised bed on former football pitch - Vetch field - now community allotment, Swansea West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June 2006. Editorial use only

David Woodfall / Raised bed made out of sacking, on former football pitch - Vetch field - now a community allotment, Swansea West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June 2006. Editorial use only

David Woodfall / Raised bed made out of sacking, on former football pitch - Vetch field - now a community allotment, Swansea West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June 2006. Editorial use only

David Woodfall / Community members cultivating and harvesting raised beds on former football pitch - Vetch field, now community allotments, Swansea West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June 2006. Editorial use only

David Woodfall / Numerous raised beds (over 100 in all) on former football pitch - Vetch field, now community allotment, Swansea West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June 2006. Editorial use only

David Woodfall / Numerous raised beds (over 100 in all) on former football pitch - Vetch field, now community allotment, Swansea West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June 2006. Editorial use only

David Woodfall / Young volunteers help create raised planting beds for growing food, Down to Earth environmental project, Murton, Gower, South Wales, UK 2009

David Woodfall / Young volunteers help create raised planting beds for growing food, Down to Earth environmental project, Murton, Gower, South Wales, UK 2009

David Woodfall / Young volunteers help create raised planting beds for growing food, Down to Earth environmental project, Murton, Gower, South Wales, UK 2009