Franco Banfi / Front view of a transatlantic cruise ship docked in Dominica, Caribbean. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Sam Hobson / Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), colour-ringed juvenile in flight, carrying remains of brown rat. Berlin, Germany. July. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Terry Whittaker / Person dress as a cow holding a sign which says 'Dump dairy - Save a badger' encouraging a dairy boycott, at anti badger cull march, London 1st June 2013. Editorial use only.

Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavenging in bin. UK, May.

Doug Gimesy / ?Campaign coordinator for GECO (Goongerah Environment Centre Office) Ed Hill and three protesters in costumes protesting against logging in East Gippsland on the steps of the Victorian Parliament??. ?...

Doug Gimesy / ?A protester dressed as a Greater glider (Petauroides volans) from GECO (Goongerah Environment Centre Office) protesting against logging in East Gippsland on the steps of the Victorian Parliament, Mel...

Doug Gimesy / Three protesters from GECO (Goongerah Environment Centre Office) protesting against logging in East Gippsland on the steps of the Victorian Parliament??, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. February, 2017...

Kristel Richard / Man dressed as medieval knight riding Pinto horse, collecting rings with sword. Ommegang religious and historical pageant procession, Brussels, Belgium. June 2019.

Kristel Richard / Drummer riding Pinto draught horse, opening Ommegang religious and historical pageant parade. Brussels, Begium. June 2019.

Kristel Richard / Drummer riding Pinto draught horse. Opening Ommegang religious and historical parade. Brussels, Begium. June 2019.

Cyril Ruoso / Mongolian wild ass / Khulan (Equus hemionus hemionus) costume prototype unsuccessful in allowing researchers to approach Khulan for scientific purposes. Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, Mongolia....

Ben Gillett / The Red Brigade performance artists at Extinction Rebellion protest rally. Bristol, England, UK. 16 July 2019.

Ben Gillett / The Red Brigade performance artists at Extinction Rebellion protest rally. Bristol, England, UK. 16 July 2019.

Ben Gillett / The Red Brigade performance artists at Extinction Rebellion protest rally. Bristol, England, UK. 16 July 2019.

Ben Gillett / Woman protestor, part of The Red Brigade, at Extinction Rebellion climate change march. Bristol, England, UK. 16 July 2019.

Ben Gillett / The Red Brigade performance artists with 'Act Now with love!' placard. Extinction Rebellion climate change protest, Bristol, England, UK. 16 July 2019.

Ben Gillett / The Red Brigade performance artists at Extinction Rebellion climate change protest. Bristol, England, UK. 16 July 2019.

Ben Gillett / The Red Brigade performance artists on Extinction Rebellion climate change protest march. Bristol, England, UK. 16 July 2019.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Group of people protesting to raise awareness of Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) persecution on Grouse moors. Boat of Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. August 2017.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Staff of OneKind animal welfare charity raising awareness of Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) persecution on Grouse Moors as part of Hen Harrier Day. Boat of Garten, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, U...

Ernie Janes / Wood crane's-bill (Geranium sylvaticum) 'Cyrils Fancy' in flower. England, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Wood crane's-bill (Geranium sylvaticum) 'Cyrils Fancy' in flower. England, UK, May.

Cyril Ruoso / Conservationist dressed in Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) costume used to feed hand reared chicks before they are released. Bengweulu Swamp, Zambia

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man in costume at 'La Vijanera' Carnival in Silio. Molledo Municipality, Cantabria, Spain. January 2017.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man in costume at 'La Vijanera' Carnival in Silio. Molledo Municipality, Cantabria, Spain. January.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Man in traditional Zarramaco 'warrior of good' costume,'La Vijanera Carnival, Silio, Cantabria, Spain. January.

Nick Garbutt / Buddist Mask Festival. Liker Monastery, Liker, Ladakh, India. February.

Klein & Hubert / Old German Magpie Tumbler, a breed of Fancy Pigeon, Germany.

Klein & Hubert / Old German Magpie Tumbler in flight, a breed of Fancy Pigeon, Germany.

Klein & Hubert / Old German Magpie Tumbler perched on a thatched roof, a breed of Fancy Pigeon, Germany.

Klein & Hubert / Old German Magpie Tumbler, a breed of Fancy Pigeon, Germany.

Klein & Hubert / Old German Magpie Tumbler, a breed of Fancy Pigeon, Germany.

Klein & Hubert / Old German Magpie Tumbler, a breed of Fancy Pigeon, Germany.

Klein & Hubert / German Magpie Tumbler, a breed of Fancy Pigeon, Germany.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Legs of participant in carnival, covered with tin cans, Eticoga, Orango Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dancers and spectators at carnival, Eticoga, Orango Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dancer at carnival, Eticoga, Orango Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Carnival procession, Eticoga, Orango Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

Inaki Relanzon / Child interacting with person dressed as a Moon bear during the Animals Asia Foundation Moon Bear Festival, part of the charity's campaign to educate people about Moon bears (Ursus thibetanus) in bile...

Inaki Relanzon / Person in a Moon bear costume showing display boards about bear bile farming at the Animals Asia Foundation Moon Bear Festival, China, September.

Mark Taylor / Young pet Rex rat.

Cyril Ruoso / Children in swimming pool racing in Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) costume, in Salamander Festival, Yubara, Honshu, Japan, August.

Cyril Ruoso / Children in swimming pool racing in Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) costume, in Salamander Festival, Yubara, Honshu, Japan, August.

Paul D Stewart / Three illustrations from Cassell's Pigeon Book, 1874 showing domestic pigeons: Red and Yellow Jacobin, Red-pied pouter cock with crop inflated, and Shield, Hyacinth and Suabian.

Paul D Stewart / Composite of original line drawings from Darwin's 'Variation in Animals and Plants under Domestication' 1868. The ancestral form, the rock pigeon hangs up dead to the left while some of the many varie...

Nick Upton / Samantha Pickering prepares to feed a mealworm to a Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) at a public engagement event, alongside her daughter dressed as a bat, Boscastle, Cornwall, UK, October 2015...

Nick Upton / Samantha Pickering feeds a mealworm to a Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) at a public engagement event, alongside her daughter dressed as a bat, Boscastle, Cornwall, UK, October 2015. Model rel...

Charlie Summers / Russian 390 foot yacht 'A' anchored, Alaska, America, August 2015.