Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a queen termite (Isoptera) in chamber, with workers gathering liquid containing pheromones exuded from the queen's rear end, Ecuador.

Jabruson Motion / Silverback Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) 'Chimanuka' getting up to reach for a Myrianthus holstii fruit, nearby juvenile takes a leaf from his rear, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, So...

Tony Heald / Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) mother and calf, rear view. Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. Vulnerable species

Sven Zacek / Roe deer (capreolus capreolus) buck with velvet antlers and fawn, Tartumaa, Estonia, March.

Gabriel Rojo / Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis patagonum ) rear view of two, La Pampa, Argentina.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) waving standing on hind legs with paws raised, Svalbard, Norway, September.

Denis-Huot / Grant's zebra (Equus burchelli granti) mutual grooming after a bush fire, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. October.

Roy Mangersnes / Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) diving into sea, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July.

Stephen Dalton / Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) in flight - the tatty rear wing indicating that this butterfly is nearing the end of its life, controlled conditions.

Pal Hermansen / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) two walking, head and rear end view only, Akershus, Viken, Norway.

Staffan Widstrand / Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) scent-marking, Parque Natural Sierra de Andujar, Andalucia, Spain. January.

Dave Watts / Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) mutual grooming, Swayambhunath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2019.

George Sanker / White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), doe and fawns feeding in a row on snow covered pond, rear view. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. January.

Heather Angel / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queen nectaring on Rhododendron (Rhododendron sp), pollen from anthers on backside and legs. Surrey, England, UK. March.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus partorum) queen feeding from crocus flower Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick defecating whilst brooding on adult's feet. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August.

Sven Zacek / Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) male displaying at lek on frosty morning, rear view. Vorumaa, Southern Estonia.

Nick Upton / Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) entering nest hole in Downy birch (Betula pubescens) tree trunk. Mature mixed forest, near Lisaku, Ida Virumaa, Estonia. April.

Nayan Khanolkar / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), female scent marking tree. Camera trap image. Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. January 2018.

Laurent Geslin / Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) male walking rear view, Jura mountains, Switzerland, September. Remote camera shot. Contact us to download file – minimum fees apply.

Tony Wu / Parasitic copepod in the Caligidae family (possibly Caligus sp. or Lepeoptheirus sp.),that was associated with a Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) ocean sunfish. The long appendage visible at the rear end is...

Ashley Cooper / Milking sheep on a farm in Lazonby, Cumbria, England, UK, August.

Eric Baccega / African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) scooting / rubbing its rear end. Moremi National Park, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Cyril Ruoso / Common eider (Somateria mollissima) female ducking under sea surface, down is collected from wild ducks on Lanan Island, Vega Archipelago, Norway June

Anup Shah / Common / Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) rear view of two, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Pete Oxford / Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) rear view, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, North East India.

Klein & Hubert / Domestic Tabby cat (Felis catus) grooming against blue wall, France.

Pal Hermansen / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) half hidden in nesting hole, most likely feeding chicks, Hedmark, Norway June

Juan Carlos Munoz / Grevy's zebra female (Equus grevyi) close up of tail swinging, Captive, occurs in Kenya and Ethiopia, Endangered species.

Mark Taylor / Tabby cat Picasso, 4 months, Showing his rear end and looking round.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) close up of hind quarters, Namibia

Roland Seitre / Pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis) close up of tail, captive, occurs in West Africa.

Paul Hobson / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in snow, jumping, Yellowstone, Wyoming, USA, February.

Cyril Ruoso / Close up of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) rear view of female, part of a breeding program, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Richard Du Toit / Tail and buttocks of Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Gabriel Rojo / RF- Big hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus) digging, La Pampa, Argentina. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Gabriel Rojo / Guanaco herd (Lama guanicoe) in front of mountain landscape. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Denis-Huot / RF- Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) giving birth, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Klein & Hubert / Three young Haflinger stallions on alpine meadow from behind Austria.

Denis-Huot / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) female displaying rear end, Nakuru National Park, Kenya, October.

Pal Hermansen / Old rusting car with plants growing inside, Bastnas car graveyard, Varmland, Sweden, June.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Feral domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) babies, rear view, Okunojima Island, also known as Rabbit Island, Hiroshima, Japan.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) close up of stripes on hind legs, captive, occurs in Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) close up of stripes on hind legs, captive, occurs in Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) close up of stripes on hind legs, captive, occurs in Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) close up of stripes on hind legs, captive, occurs in Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) infant aged 6-9 months sitting on its mother's back while she is being groomed. Gombe national Park, Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Olive baboons (Papio cyanocephalus anubis) watching with curiosity - wide angle perspective. Gombe national Park, Tanzania.