Vincent Grafhorst / Minden / River in sandstone cave, Sof Omar Cave, Ethiopia

Heike Odermatt / English Bluebell (Hyacinthoides nonscripta) carpet in the European Beech (Fagus sylvatica)forest, Halle, Brussels, Belgium

Guy Edwardes / Doorway in abandoned cottage, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2014.

Guy Edwardes / Stove in abandoned cottage, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga tattooed Ang or Chief. Only someone who has killed and taken a human head can be tattooed in this manner. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Woman inside Nyshi Long House, Nyshi Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh.North East India, November 2014.

Juan Carlos Munoz / People exploring underground lakes via rigid inflatable boat, Cross Cave (Krizna jama) under Cross Mountain, Green Karst, Slovenia, October 2014.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tourists looking down onto underground stream, from illuminated pathway, Skocjan Caves, Green Karst, Slovenia, October 2014.

Alex Hyde / European Cave Spider (Meta menardi) in limestone cave. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. January.

Alex Hyde / Egg sac of European Cave Spider (Meta menardi) suspended from roof of limestone cave. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. January.

Floris van Breugel / Ice cave melting in Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska, USA, August 2014.

Floris van Breugel / Ice cave with melt water running through, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska, USA, August 2014.

Floris van Breugel / Aurora borealis / Northern Lights seen from entrance to tent, Brooks Range, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska, USA, September 2014.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Rice farmers pounding freshly harvested rice, Port Loko district, Sierra Leone, 2004-2005.

Alex Hyde / Baboon Spider (Pterinochilus murinus) in aggressive posture, photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from Africa.

Alex Hyde / Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from west and central Africa

Ingo Arndt / Caddisfly (Limnephilidae) case built out of sticks and bark fragments, Germany, November.

Ingo Arndt / Caddisfly (Limnephilus sp.) case built of sticks, wood fragments, seeds, snail shells and plant stems, Germany, November.

Eric Medard / Barn owl (Tyto alba) flying through barn door at night, taken with infra red remote camera trap, Mayenne, Pays de Loire, France, November.

Mark Taylor / Cute chocolate Toy Goldendoodle puppy in play-bow.

Mark Taylor / Black Maine Coon kitten and cute Doxiedoodle puppy. NOT AVAILABLE FOR BOOK USE

Mark Taylor / Liver Flatcoated Retriever puppy, 6 weeks.

Daniel Heuclin / Rhinoceros viper (Bitis nasicornis), from Central Africa, captive, July.

Chris Mattison / Yellow poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) the world's most poisonous amphibian captive from northern South America.

Chris Mattison / Yellow poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) the world's most poisonous amphibian captive from northern South America.

Chris Mattison / Barred leaf frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) captive from South America.

Pascal Tordeux / Boy feeding a Little owl (Athene noctua) chick hit by a car, France, May 2013. Model released.

Ingo Arndt / Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) nest from Germany in collection at Uebersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) nest from Germany in collection at Uebersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany.

Pal Hermansen / Young wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) in an old abandoned car in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden

Pĺl Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) with grub prey on the dashboard of an abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks at nest in old abandoned car, in a 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) feeding young on steering wheel of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pal Hermansen / Meadow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) and brambles (Rubus) growing on the dashboard of the abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, July

Pĺl Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Interior of old abandoned car, with nettles growing inside and a smashed windscreen, Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen / Silhouette of a Blue tit (Cyanistes / Parus caeruleus) seen through the windscreen of an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, December. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of...

Enrique López-Tapia de Inés / Thuli Maya Fuyal, widow, in her small room in Kathmandu, in Namaskar Association ?ouse of Widows? Culturally in Nepal women lose many rights when they become widows and may be treated badly by their f...

Enrique López-Tapia de Inés / Rita Pudel, widow, with her son, in the room that serves as a shelter, in Namaskar Association ?ouse of Widows? Culturally in Nepal women lose many rights when they become widows and may be treated ba...

Tim Laman / Rainforest interior views, looking up.

Adrian Davies / Trail left in a Bramble leaf by the larvae of a Pygmy eyecap moth (Stigmella aurella), scanned on a flatbed scanner, Surrey, England, UK.

Adrian Davies / Monkshood (Aconitum), Surrey, England, UK, June.

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Ornate ghostpipefish, (Solenostomus paradoxus) Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Petra Wegner,Petra Wegner / Rough Collie, bitch, 9 months in straw

Petra Wegner,Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppies aged 7 weeks with tricolour and blenheim colouration, in basket in straw

Petra Wegner / Beagle, bitch resting on hay bale in straw

Adrian Davies / Fossilised fly in Baltic amber. Whole specimen approx 15mm long. Fly approx 5mm.