Hippopotamus faeces fertilising the grass beside a waterhole on the savannah. Super pit

Hippopotamus faeces fertilising the grass beside a waterhole on the savannah. Super pitHippopotamus faeces fertilising the grass beside a waterhole on the savannah. Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Ngorongoro District, Tanzania.

Bee pollinating wildflowers

African Lions sleeping by a dwindling waterhole during the midday heat Serengeti National Park

Old whale vertebrae beneath a research station deck covered in lichen

Gum trees line the Finke River

Protective spines cover the pod of a chestnut to prevent herbivory

Villagers wash their clothes in a Himalayan river and lay them out to dry on the warm stones beside a monastery

Hay bales provide feed for sheep on a drought-stricken farm

Detail of an ancient handmade stone wall covered in lime green lichens Sigiriya Lion Rock Fortress

Dairy cattle grazing on farmland neighboring a National Park

After harvesting round hay bales lie scattered in a lush farm field

descending from the rainforest canopy

Smoke from a village kitchens hangs in the cold air over the wetland home of the Vulnerable Black-necked Crane