David Shale / Deep sea Anglerfish {Himantolophus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey, Atlantic ocean. Anglerfish have small poorly developed eyes but detect movement and prey through a well de...

Nick Upton / Garden chair well covered with extensive growths of lichen, including filamentous forms (Usnea sp.), (Evernia prunastri) and Foliose (Flavoparmelia caperata), Cornwall, UK, August.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) from the Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire.

Paul D Stewart / Male Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea eutryphon / arion) collected in 1865. It is here surrounded by other extant UK blue butterfly species. The large Blue was first recorded as a British species in 17...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) jumping, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012. Did you know? As well as being excellent jumpers, red squirrels can also swim.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / RSPB staff member Emma Cambell showing peregrines to young woman at RSPB 'Date With Nature Event' for learning about urban Peregrine falcon, Tate Modern, South Bank, London, UK, September 2011, RSPB G...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Male urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) sniffing ground near graves, West London cemetery, UK, May. Did you know? Foxes have 28 different calls to communicate with each other, as well as a number of visual...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) well-worn male at rest on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Winter sunset over the Somerset Levels from Walton Hill on a misty evening with snow on the ground. View includes Butleigh Moor, Somerton Moor, Street Moor, Low Ham Moor, Walton Moor, Pitney Moor, Hui...

Juergen Freund / Wonderpus (Wonderpus photogenicus) swimming well above the sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) two 4-5 month kits running along branch of tree in caledonian forest, The Black Isle, Highlands, Scotland, UK, July. Photographer quote: 'Watching a family of young pine ma...

Juergen Freund / Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) well camouflaged in its natural habitat. Queensland, Australia, February

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Silhouette of Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) perched on rock against winter sun, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February. Photographer quote: 'At -20c and with fog rolling across the mountain...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag in pine forest in snow blizzard, Alvie Estate, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March. Photographer quote: "At times I couldn't see this red deer stag such was th...

Solvin Zankl / Veliger larva (planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and fresh-water gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs)

Mark Bowler / Dusky titi monkey {Callicebus moloch} feeding on rainforest fruits, Yavari River, Amazon, Peru

Andrew Parkinson / Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} wild adult male chewing food scavenged at a well used car park. Lancashire, UK Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Philippe Clement / Common Frog (Rana temporaria) tadpole with limbs well developed but tail not yet reabsorbed, Belgium, captive

Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Water avens (Geum rivale), Europe. Water aven seeds have numerous hairs, which enable dispersal by wind, as well as a long hooked tail formed by the style, which readily attaches to mammal fu...

Flip Nicklin / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) social group of well-spotted adults and lesser marked juveniles, Bahamas

Flip Nicklin / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) social group of well-spotted adults and lesser marked juveniles with tourist, Bahamas

Bernard Castelein / Young boy taking a bucket bath at well, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Jose B. Ruiz / Neptune seagrass {Posidonia oceanica} forms large prairies of grass in well lit seabeds. Mediterranean

Staffan Widstrand / Well camouflaged Tawny frogmouth bird on nest {Podargus strigoides} Queensland, Australia

David Shale / Deep sea Anglerfish male. Male is ten times smaller than female and has well developed olfactory system to help locate females in the darkness, Atlantic ocean

Jeff Rotman / Bearded Scorpionfish head portrait (Scorpaenopsis barbatus) Red Sea - fish is well camouflaged on coral.

Ross Couper-Johnston / Burning oil well with water control from heat-shielding shed, Kuwait, Arabia, post Gulf war.

Nick Upton / Garden chair well covered with extensive growths of lichens including Oakmoss (Evernia prunastri) filmanetous forms (Usnea esperantiana and other Usnea spp) and a foliose lichen (Flavoparmelia caperat...

Jabruson / Gula man riding donkey (Equus africanus asinus) carrying water from well, Zakouma National Park, Chad, March 2010

Nick Upton / Tortoise bug (Eurygaster testudinaria) well camouflaged on a Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) seedhead, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Jabruson / Gula women drawing water from well; these people are Magreb Arab descendants originally from Sudan. Precious water is drawn from a communal well each day by women and children in the village of Bon ne...

Jabruson / Gula boy drawing water from well; these people are Magreb Arab descendants originally from Sudan. Precious water is drawn from a communal well each day by women and children in the village of Bon near...

Jabruson / Gula woman with freshly drawn water from well. These people are Magreb Arab descendants originally from Sudan. Precious water is drawn from a communal well each day by women and children in Kashkasha...

Jabruson / Gula women drawing water from well, they are Magreb Arab descendants originally from Sudan. Precious water is drawn from a communal well each day by women and girls in the village of Bon, Zakouma Nat...

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs, Hertfordshire, England, UK, May. Did you know? There are 45 different subspecies of Red fox, and as well as many colour variations.

Andy Sands / Heath assassin bug (Coranus subapterus) well camouflaged on ground, a specialist heathland species, West Sussex, UK, September

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) from the Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) from silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite, Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) rolled in defensive position, from Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite, Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) rolled in defensive position, from Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) from the Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley.

Mark Carwardine / Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) hanging from branch with one flying showing veins in wing membrane and the finger bones well, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Andy Trowbridge / Late evening light on the Souttern Alps being perfectly relected in the calm waters of Lake Matheson. New Zealand's highest mountain, Mount Cook or Aoraki (3754m) is tho the right, and Mount Tasman (3...

Andy Trowbridge / Late evening light on the Souttern Alps being perfectly relected in the calm waters of Lake Matheson. New Zealand's highest mountain, Mount Cook or Aoraki (3754m) is on the right, and Mount Tasman (34...

Paul D Stewart / A collector's case of British butterflies. There are some 59 breeding butterflies in the UK and four former breeders, as well as rare migrants like the monarch all the way from America, represented he...

Doc White / Kapok Tree (Ceiba pentandra) fruit, its fiber is eight times lighter than cotton and several times more buoyant than cork, extremely insulating as well as being odorless, non-allergic and non-toxic, A...

Solvin Zankl / A variety of foraminiferes from a sand sample collected in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. The shells come from pelagic as well as bottom dwelling species that settle on sand, seagrass or coral reefs. (Clavuli...

Nick Upton / Broad-clawed porcelain crab (Porcellana platycheles) well camouflaged among Coralweed (Corallina officinalis) and encrusting red algae (Lithothamnion sp.) in a rockpool low on the shore, near Falmouth...

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) well camouflaged among mix of red and green algae including Coralweed (Corallina officinalis), Harpoon weed (Asparagopsis armata) and Sea lettuce (Ulva lactuc...

Nick Upton / Broad-clawed porcelain crab (Porcellana platycheles) well camouflaged among red algae in a rockpool, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Squat lobster (Galathea squamifera) in a rockpool low on the shore among mix of red, green and brown algae alongside a well camouflaged Common prawn (Palaemon serratus) near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, Au...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scot's pine cone (Pinus sylvestris) in pineoowd, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Scotland, UK, October. Did you know? As well as two national parks, Scotland has a further 47 National Nature Reserv...

Alex Hyde / Scarce Merveille du Jour Moth (Moma alpium) against white background. This species is well camouflaged on lichens. Hampshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) well camouflaged among holdfasts of Tangleweed kelp (Laminaria digitata), partially exposed on a low spring tide, North Berwick, East Lothian, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) well camouflaged among holdfasts of Tangle kelp (Laminaria digitata), exposed on a low spring tide, North Berwick, East Lothian, UK, July.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies arrive by plane from Brisbane after months of care ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to the wild, volunteers make s...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies arrive by plane from Brisbane after months of care ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to the wild, volunteers make s...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies arrive by plane from Brisbane after months of care ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to the wild, volunteers make s...

Nick Upton / Adult Common periwinkle (Littorina liitorea) with well worn shell on rocks encrusted with Common barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) exposed at low tide, Crail, Fife, July

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Seasquirts (Ascidiella aspersa) covering seabed in a sea loch with diver above, Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, April, model released. Did you know? As well as many freshwater lochs, there a...

Loic Poidevin / Leaf tailed geko (Uroplatus sp.) two sitting on mossy branch in forest with one at the top well camouflaged, Madagascar.

Sandesh Kadur / An elephant road warning sign. Many roads were first built roughly following the well-worn pathways of migrating elephants. Today, numerous highways laden with lorries crisscross these ancient migrato...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Woman sunbathing on deck of Felling 396 yacht, 1998

Merryn Thomas / Colourful floats at the Well's Carnival, December 2008.

Merryn Thomas / Colourful floats at the Well's Carnival, December 2008.

Merryn Thomas / Colourful floats at the Well's Carnival, December 2008.

Nick Upton / Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) nest on pebbly beach, with four well camouflaged eggs, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May

Rick Tomlinson / "Ericsson" crew members saying their farewells to family and friends as they leave the Race Village dock in Alicante, Spain, for leg one of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race, October 2008. For EDITORIAL USE o...

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Sightings of Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the wild are rare, because the animals are sleeping well camouflaged and motionless during the day on horizontal moss covered branches high up in trees. We...

Nick Upton / Coronet moth (Craniophora ligustri) well camouflaged on tree trunk by day, Wiltshire garden, UK, July.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Female Tawny mining bee (Andrena fulva) sunbasking on a garden hedge leaf, with well loaded pollen sacs, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Tui De Roy / Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor) group heading towards nesting burrows on well worn pathways, Victoria, Australia

Tui De Roy / Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor) group heading towards nesting burrows on well worn pathways, Victoria, Australia

Tui De Roy / Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor) group heading towards nesting burrows on well worn path, Victoria, Australia

Simon Colmer / (Vernonia amygdalina) commonly called bitter leaf because of its bitter taste. In the wild, chimpanzees have been observed ingesting leaves to counter parasitic infections. Medicinal plant: used for w...

Norbert Wu / Oil rigs near Bakersfield, southern California

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) well-worn male at rest on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) well-worn male at rest on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) well-worn male at rest on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) well-worn male at rest on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) well-worn male at rest on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) well-worn male at rest on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) well-worn male at rest on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) well-worn male at rest on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebeius argus) well-worn male at rest on Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, July

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Pool system on peat bog at dawn, Forsinard Flows RSPB reserve, Flow Country, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The Flow Country is a huge expanse of blanket bog which may look like a...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scots Pine forest in winter, Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, November 2010. Did you know? The Cairngorms is the UK's largest National Park - and coldest with temperatures oft...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) male at sap well, New Braunfels, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA, March.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) male at sap well, New Braunfels, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA, March.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Female Eider (Somateria mollissima) on down nest, well camouflaged amongst the rocks. Svalbard, Norway, June.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Garden, courtyard and well near at Our Lady of Rosario Church in the Plaza Mayor. Villa de Leyva, a UNESCO World Heritage City, Department of Boyaca, Colombia, February 2011.

Brent Stephenson / Plated Leaf / Ground Dwelling Chameleon (Brookesia stumpffi) well camouflaged on a tree branch. Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Diego Suarez, Madagascar.

David Woodfall / Welsh Black (Bos taurus), rare breed native cattle well suited to upland pasture grazing. Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, Wales, UK, Europe, November.

Nature Production / Japanese tree frog (Hyla japonica) tadpole with well developed legs, Japan, June

Juergen Freund / A polluted canal beside a bay that hosts Whale sharks every year. The non-biodegradible plastic garbage is a serious hazard to fish, seabirds and marine reptiles and mammals, as well as to human commu...