Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) displayed in the market (souk), of a Tunisian town. This species is adapted to silence and solitude of the desert, this individual that had been caught as an adult showed cle...

David Woodfall / Residents walking through February 2014 floods from River Thames, Wraysbury, Surrey, England, UK, 16th February 2014.

Ernie Janes / Boat full of people watching Common Seals (Phoca vitulina) on sand bank at Blakeney Point, Norfolk, August 2013.

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 Lopez-Tapia / Portrait of two Balti men, Skardu, Pakistan, June 2007.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia,Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Portrait of a Balti man, Gilgit, Pakistan, July 2007.

Gavin Hellier / Church Priest holding a Lalibela Cross, Lalibela and its rock-hewn Churches rank among the greatest religio-historical sites not only in Africa, but in the Christian world, Lalibela, Ethiopia 2005. Mo...

Bert Willaert / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) being caught by a falconer using a Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) as bait, Georgia, September 2011.

Nick Turner / Cotswold voluntary wardens replacing a stile, Gloucestershire, UK, June 2008.

Kristel Richard / Portrait of a traditionally dressed estancia owner mounted on his stallion, during the Festa do Colete Encarnado (Red Waistcoat Festival), a bull running festival, in Vila Franca de Xira, District of...

Juergen Freund / Erik Koti holds some of his coral pieces. Cultured corals are propagated by cutting fragments of corals from mother colonies or brood stock. These coral pieces are attached to concrete mounts until it...

Inaki Relanzon / Woman and girl fishing on the beach. Morondava, Madagascar, Africa.

Ernie Janes / Snowy egret (Egretta thula) standing behind fisherman on Fort Myers beach, Florida, USA

Solvin Zankl / Mature female Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) arriving on the beach of Ostional, Costa Rica, Pacific coast, during an arribada / mass nesting event, November

Robert Smith / Diver exploring a freshwater Limestone sinkhole / Cenote called 'The Pit' - a traverse to 'The Blue Abyss' with stalactites and stalagmites, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, September 2008. Model released

David Woodfall / Traditional lave net fisherman (a method dating back at least 1,500 years) fishing for salmon. This Severn Estuary way of life is threatened by proposed barrage. Gloucestershire, England, July 2009, M...

Jerry Monkman / Man stoking the fire in the sap evaporator of the sugar house at Sugarbush Farm in Woodstock, Vermont, USA, April 2008.

Eric Baccega / Head portrait of Dani man with head-dress and nose adornment made of bone, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Head portrait of Dani man, with head-dress and nose adornment made of bone, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Solvin Zankl / Just three hours after they hatch from the water and moult into mature adults, the male Long-tailed / Tisza mayfly (Palingenia longicauda) perish. Adult mayflies have no mouth opening and no guts. The...

Thomas Marent / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) silverback, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) Susa group showing male silverback, two females and two juveniles, Parc National Des Volcans, Rwanda

Mark Moffett / Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) in Alcedo Volcano, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) silverback scratching, native to Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) silverback, native to Africa

Cyril Ruoso / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) large silverback continuing to display after attacking a tourist, Virunga Mountains, Rwanda

Cyril Ruoso / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) close-up portrait of a silverback in the rain, Parc National Des Volcans, Rwanda

Gerry Ellis / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback, Limbe Wildlife Centre, Cameroon

Jeff Foott / Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) trees, Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Patricio Robles Gil / Aboriginal man with his face painted for the Mt Hagen cultural show, Papua New Guinea

Patricio Robles Gil / Aboriginal man wearing tribal headdress made with feathers from Bird-of-Paradise, Parrots and Lorikeets, Papua New Guinea

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) foster mother, Linda Tabone, bottle feeding six month old orphaned joey, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, Australia

Roland Seitre / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback male, native to central Africa

Roland Seitre / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback male appearing to pout, native to central Africa

Suzi Eszterhas / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) silverback feeding, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

Gerry Ellis / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback male portrait, Africa

Gerry Ellis / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback male, equatorial Africa

Konrad Wothe / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback, Africa

Konrad Wothe / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) male carrying baby, central Africa

Tui De Roy / Pinta Island Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdoni), Lonesome George, the last survivor of his race, Darwin Reserve Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

ZSSD / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) male portrait, native to Africa

Flip Nicklin / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) researchers Roger Payne, right, Jim Darling, left, and Gustavo Alvarez Colombo, center, watching individual dive, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina

Flip Nicklin / Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) touched by tourists, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico

Jim Brandenburg / Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park, California

Silvia Reiche / Wreck of Simca Aronde car in forest, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Stephen Belcher / Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) mature male, Qinling Mountains, China