Doug Gimesy / Greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii) flies over breaking waves on a stormy day, with a rainbow in the background, Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Sub-Antarctic / Brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) flying away with egg stolen from a Royal penguin colony (Eudyptes schlegeli), Macquarie Island, Australian Territory. December.

Doug Gimesy / White-capped mollymawk / albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island, New Zealand. Winner of Animal Portrait category in the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of...

Doug Gimesy / Royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) walks along the beach. Sandy bay, Macquarie Island, Australian Territory.

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae). Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) licks water droplets from a train station bench at night. Gardenvale train station, Gardenvale, Victoria, Australia. September.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), orphaned female pup sucking on a dummy, cradled on "mamma roll"; and in hand of wildlife carer. Black Rock Animal Shelter, Beaumaris, Melbourne, Victor...

Doug Gimesy / Two wind turbines with blades rotating, grassland in foreground. Mount Gellibrand Wind Farm, Victoria, Australia. March 2019.

Doug Gimesy / Forest and Wildlife officers Lachlan Clarke (right) and Emily Cordy watch as a mother koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) and her joey are released. Editorial use only.

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife carer Julie Malherbe looking after three recently orphaned Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) in her home whilst simultaneously taking phone calls to manage the next wildlife r...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a Eucalyptus tree after recent bushfires, just before having a visual inspection for its health. If it is determined that a closer examination is required to determin...

Doug Gimesy / Jeremy Jenkins, seeing his house for the first time after the 2019 / 2020 wildfires destroyed much of the the town of Sarsfield,Victoria, Australia. January, 2020. Editorial use only

Doug Gimesy / Rena Gaborov feeding some of her eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) orphans in her mother in law's shed. Rena and her partner Joseph had to evacuate their wildlife (wombats, possums and kangar...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) mother and joey are released by Emily Cordy (left/green clothes) - a Forest and Wildlife officer (and assisted by members from the Australian Defence Force) at Log Cros...

Doug Gimesy / Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) portrait showing sharp curved claws on front feet for foraging, Victoria, Australia. Controlled conditions.

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43 degreesC, in a desperate search for somewhere coole...

Doug Gimesy / Tim Flannery in summer clothing, reading his best-selling book 'The Weather Makers' on an icy pebble beach, Robert Point, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, to illustrate the warming of the Anta...

Doug Gimesy / Little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor), two standing on rocks at night, silhouetted against Melbourne city lights. St Kilda breakwater, Victoria, Australia. December 2016. COP26 Countdown Photo Competi...

Doug Gimesy / Water flows into Lake Eyre South from small local rivers that have come alive as a consequence of uncommonly high recent local rainfall. Salt pan edge visible and greening desert. Lake Eyre South, Sou...

Doug Gimesy / Vegetation flourishes in the desert after greater than normal local rain. Anna Creek Station, South Australia, March 2022.

Doug Gimesy / Aerial view after sunrise, showing the sun reflecting off water that has flowed into Lake Eyre South and formed a pond; the water being the result of recent uncommonly high local desert rainfall. Salt...

Doug Gimesy / Vegetation flourishes in the river channels and surrounds as a result of uncommonly high local rainfall in a desert. Anna Creek Station, South Australia, March 2022.

Doug Gimesy / Water flows into Lake Eyre South from small local rivers formed as a consequence of uncommonly high recent local rainfall. Salt pan edges visible. Lake Eyre South, South Australia, March 2022.

Doug Gimesy / Aerial view showing water flowing over salt pan edge into Lake Eyre South; water being the result of recent uncommonly high local desert rainfall. Lake Eyre South, South Australia, March 2022.

Doug Gimesy / Rivers/water channels form and water flows into Lake Eyrer North as a result of uncommonly high desert rainfall. Lake Eyre North, South Australia, March 2022.

Doug Gimesy / Water flowing into Lake Eyre North, South Australia, March 2022.

Doug Gimesy / Rivers, green with vegetation and flowing, because of recent uncommonly high rainfall, near the edge of Lake Eyre North.? South Australia, March 2022.

Doug Gimesy / Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) eating remains of young Gray-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) that died during unseasonal cold weather event. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Young Pacific gull (Larus pacificus) holding and feeding on fish whilst in flight low over ground. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Huntsman spider (Sparassidae sp.) on emergency exit sign. Cropped. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Gray-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging off branch in rain. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Gray-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging off branch in rain. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Gray-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging off branch in rain. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) on drinking fountain. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Gray-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging off branch in rain. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Collected remains of Gray-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) pups that died during cold weather event. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Collected remains of Gray-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) pups that died during cold weather event. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Gray-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in flight. Victoria, Australia.