Ingo Arndt / Close up of Honey bees (Apis mellifera) forming 'chains' and a 'ball' at the top of their tree hole nest as they establish a colony, Germany.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) forming living bridge, Kiel, Germany, June.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) forming living bridge, Kiel, Germany, June.

Tony Wu / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble net feeding with mouths open at surface, example of cooperative hunting, Chatham Strait, Alaska, USA July

Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting pieces of a banana leaf, Costa Rica.

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying colourful plant matter, reflected in water, Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) silhouetted carrying plant matter, Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying colourful plant matter, reflected in water, Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying colourful plant matter, reflected in water, Costa Rica.

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying pieces of fern, reflected in water, Costa Rica.

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying plant matter, Costa Rica.

Alex Mustard / Group of predators hunting together, in an example of 'Nuclear foraging'. The Moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) flushes out prey, and is followed by a Napolean wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) and a Bluef...

Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. 3rd place in the Insects and Spiders category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competitions 2015.

Pete Oxford / Woman with basket on her head picking tea (Camellia sinensis), Assam, North East India, October 2014.

Eric Baccega / Afar men mining salt at Lake Assale. Danakil depression, Afar region, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Roger Powell / Small flock of Brent Geese (Branta bernicla) in flight..Texel Island, The Netherlands, Europe

Pal Hermansen / Wood ants (Formica rufa) with larvae on rusty car, Bastnas car graveyard, Varmland, Sweden, June.

Dong Lei / Fish eye view of people collecting firewood, Daocheng City, Sichuan Province, China, July 2010.

Jabruson / Angelique Todd with veterinarians during the anaesthesia of 'Blackback' Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) 'Ngobo'. Gorilla anaesthetised by veterinary team in order to remove wire snare from wrist. Mo...

Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Fishermen in boats, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) group travelling out to sea, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / The crew of the James Archer, Oceana fisheries, throws baited lobster traps into the ocean to catch West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii). View from cabin window, Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, W...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Crew of the James Archer (Oceana fisheries) pull up a lobster trap during West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) fishing, Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) spy-hopping to observe Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Free...

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) create bow wave to knock Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) from the ice; a co-operative hunting strategy. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Freeze Frame bo...

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) approaching Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Freeze Frame bo...

Nick Turner / Men pulling on a rope in a tug of war competition, Cotswold Olimpicks, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, June 2011.

Simon Colmer / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers exchanging food - known as trophallaxis, Sussex, UK

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) using coordinated wave washing technique, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, Januar...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) using coordinated wave washing technique, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, Januar...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whale (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli), Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) female worker ants carry pieces of fern leaves to nest, reflected in water, Costa Rica, December. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competit...

Jeff Rotman / Mattanza fishermen landing Giant Bluefun tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using a technique in which a maze of nets are set, leading to a central pool, Favignana, Italy, May / June 1990

Kim Taylor / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) workers on top of their nest synchronise ejection of formic acid droplets to maximise deterrent effect on potential predator, UK. Commended in the Audubon Society of Greater De...

Kim Taylor / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) workers defending the nest by ejecting droplets of formic acid, UK.

Edwin Giesbers / Termite (Hospitalitermes sp.) colony, with individuals moving in different directions, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Alex Hyde / Social Wasp colony {Hymenoptera} photographed against white background. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. OVERALL WINNER: Wildlife Photoghrapher of the Year 2010 from Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 2/6

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying sections of leaves, to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying sections of leaves, to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) filling honey storage cells in hive, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) working at comb, UK

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters trying to stop lead opening using their harpoons. Northwest Greenland, 1977.

Lynn M Stone / Domestic dog, two Doberman Pinchers jumping over agility course hurdle, Rockford, Illinois, USA

Mark Bowler / Line of Leaf-cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves, digital composite

Onne van der Wal / Crew lowering spinnaker on J-Class yacht "Ranger", Newport Bucket Regatta, July 2009, Rhode Island, USA.