David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) flock gathering in their thousands at their roosting place, De Houtwiel Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, Europe. February.
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John Chan / Elegant terns (Thalasseus elegans) gathering at mussel bed during breeding season, one hovering tern has a mussel clamped to its foot, a common mishap caused by stepping on an open mussel, Bolsa Chica...
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David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration, flock gathering above trees before landing at winter roost. The Netherlands. February.
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David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration, flocks gathering above trees before landing at winter roost. The Netherlands. February 2020.
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David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration, flock gathering in butterfly shape before landing at winter roost. The Netherlands. February.
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David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration, flock gathering above trees before landing at winter roost, blurred motion. The Netherlands. February.
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David Pattyn / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) murmuration, flock gathering above trees before landing at winter roost. The Netherlands. February.
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a male Orchid bee (Euglossini) gathering nectar from an orchid (Lycomormium ecuadorense) flower, Imbabura Province, Ecuador.
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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.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Camera attached to helmet, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man sorting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge) into egg boxes, Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down a cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge). Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man collecting seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being lowered down cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Terry Whittaker / Man being raised up cliff to collect seabird eggs, including those of Common guillemots (Uria aalge), Skoruvikurbjarg cliffs, Langanes Peninsula, Iceland, May.
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Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) forages on pollen in Apple (Malus domestica) flower, collecting pollen in pollen basket. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. May.
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Tony Wu / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), ten swimming together in gathering of more than 50 individuals. Whales with flatulence and defecating. Sri Lanka.
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David Tipling / Eurasian magpies (Pica pica) gathering prior to going to roost Hortobagy National Park, Hungary January
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John Chan / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) gathering at the entrance of their nest in a hollow log, with some returning workers carrying pollen baskets, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA, October.
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John Chan / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) gathering at the entrance to their nest in a hollowed log, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA, September.
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John Chan / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) gathering pollen from a Sea fig (Carpobrotus chilensis), Southern California, USA, April.
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Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) group gathering over water, Hondenven, Tubbergen, Netherlands, July.
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Espen Bergersen / Time lapse of people emptying plastic bags full of marine litter to show what has been collected during a beach clean, Tussoya, Troms, Norway, 2017.
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Cyril Ruoso / Feral Horses (Equus caballus) gathering around waterhole, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.
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Terry Whittaker / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) swimming underwater, dragging nesting material back to its burrow, Kent, England, UK. October.
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Tony Wu / Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) large group gathering together, rubbing together to shed skin, interacting and defecating. Indian Ocean, March.
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Cyril Ruoso / Woman with baby collecting Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) flowers and leaves, used in herbal medicine, and containing molecules which are used in the treatment of leukemia cancer. Berenty...
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Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) gathering at a waterhole, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
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Mark MacEwen / Snares island crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) colony in forest, Snares Island, New Zealand.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) in mud collecting nesting material, collecting nesting material, with golden bokeh affect in puddle, Svalbard, Norway, June.
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Mark Jones / Snares-crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) group climbing steep route to colony. Snares Island, New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. Endemic. Vulnerable species.
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Jack Dykinga / Snow geese (Anser caerulescens) flying toward their gathering pond, with moon in the background, Boque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. December.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) standing in water a dawn, Puszaszer, Hungary, July.
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Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Women gathering mollusc eggs for sale at market, Bilang Bilangang Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April 2013
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Felicity Lanchester,Felicity Lanchester / Mixed group of Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis), Great egrets (Ardea alba), African openbill storks (Anastomus lamelligerus) and Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) gathering to roost, Selous Game Res...
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Juergen Freund / Junior ranger carries a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) to shore for the scientific research data gathering. Queensland, Australia, May 2011. Model released.
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Marie Read / Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus), gathering Pinyon Pine seeds in autumn. Mono Lake Basin, California, USA, October.
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) gathering on telephone wires pre-roost, Solway Firth, Scotland, UK, November. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Historically all starlings were known as Stares,...
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in shallow water gathering very close to shore, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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Roy Mangersnes / Man gathering crop of Coca (Erythroxylum coca) leaves using a net, the leaves are harvested six times a year, Bolivia, November. No release available.
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David Kjaer / Flock of Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) gathering before landing at winter roost, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, UK, January
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Nick Garbutt / Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) gathering around burrows on cliff top, Isle of Lunga, Treshnish Isles, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK, June
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David Fleetham / Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) gathering at a cleaning station off where small fish will remove their parasites. West Maui, Hawaii.
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Juergen Freund / Farmers gleaning the shallows for seafood in front of houses they live in during the twice-yearly coconut harvest. Moromaho Island, Wakitobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 2009.
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Juergen Freund / Moromaho Island is home to thousands of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera). Twice a year farmers come to this island to harvest copra, the meat of the coconut, which is the source of coconut oil. Wakatobi...
