Nick Turner / Cotswold voluntary wardens replacing a stile, Gloucestershire, UK, June 2008.

Ernie Janes / Farmer changing plough shears on plough, Hertfordshire, UK

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) swimming in lake with cub, Wales, UK, October. Photographer quote: "Rain, rain and more rain, a typical Welsh summers day,but even though I was soaked through I was...

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) chains made to repair honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) chains made to repair honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) group repairing leaf nest, Papua New Guinea

Jan Hamrsky / Case-building caddisfly (Trichoptera) larva repairing its protective case made of pieces of plant leaves, Europe, April, controlled conditions

Will Watson / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) repairing web, Essex, England, UK, October

Will Watson / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) repairing web, Essex, England, UK, October

Benoit Stichelbaut / Man on scaffolding repairing a boat at Le Guilvinec, Finistere, Brittany, France 1999.

Philip Stephen / Deckhands repairing torn net aboard fishing vessel "Harvester", North Sea, August 2008. Property and Model Released.

Philip Stephen / Trawlerman repairing nets on a snowy February night on the North Sea, 2010. Model released.

Peter Lewis / Thatcher repairing thatched roof of cottage in the New Forest, Hampshire, UK, September 2010

Florian Möllers / Chinese farmer repairing a fence with twigs. Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Selkup man repairing a traditional fish trap. Bistrinka, Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, August 2008.

Luciano Candisani / Termites reconstructing mound just destroyed by giant anteater, Emas National Park, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Termites reconstructing mound just destroyed by giant anteater, Emas National Park, Brazil

David Woodfall / Man repairing the roof of a barn, part of a traditional peasant village economy. Romania, October 2010

Donald M. Jones / Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) pair repairing floating nest, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) fixing nest, western Montana

Toby Roxburgh / Crew repairing the nets aboard a beam trawler, Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Tim Laman / Man repairing home in the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts tha...

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) chains made to repair honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Richard Du Toit / Aerial view of tribesman repairing traditional fish trap fences at low tide, Kosi Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

Ingo Arndt / Fixing anchor from German icebreaker Polar Stern, on ice floe, Ispol expedition, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Gary K. Smith / Digger repairing coastal shingle bank, Cley, Norfolk, UK

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Guarani indian repairing thatch on roof, Gran Chaco NP, Bolivia

Pete Cairns / Volunteer worker repairing forest footpath in well visited area of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA

Kim Taylor / Termites {Isoptera} repairing damage to earth channel up tree trunk. Africa.

Kim Taylor / Tree termite workers repair tunnel up tree trunk. Tunnel before damage. Sequence 1/3. E

John Cancalosi / Fisherman repairing nets, near Ural mtns, Siberia, Russia

Norbert Wu / Sea Star, close-up detail of regenerating arm, Izu Oceanic Park, Japan

Jim Brandenburg / American Beaver (Castor canadensis) repairing dam, Minnesota

Philip Stephen / Crewmen repairing a torn net on the stern of the fishing traweler "Carisanne" in the North Sea.April 2007.

Barry Bland / Men repairing a terracotta tiled roof in the town of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Onne van der Wal / Crew aboard the 1981-82 Whitbread winner "Flyer" repairing broken boom in Southern Ocean while running goose-winged with dacron and nylon reachers.

Philip Stephen / Fishermen repairing torn nets after snagging a seabed obstruction in the North Sea, August 2006.

Philip Stephen / Fishermen repairing torn nets after snagging a seabed obstruction in the North Sea, August 2006.

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) enclosure rebuilt by workers after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) enclosure rebuilt by workers after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Pete Oxford / Bai woman repairing fishing net with cat playing, Dali town, Yanna, China (Ethnic minority)

Erwan Quéméré / Repairing fishing nets aboard a trawler moored in St Guenole harbour, South Finistere, Brittany, France.

Erwan Quéméré / Fishermen repairing their sardine nets, Brittany, France.

Erwan Quéméré / Man smoking a cigarette and repairing fishing nets near Porto in the El Douro region of Portugal.