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.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Machinery that cuts, peels and calculates the volume of the wood, cutting eucalyptus trees in the municipality of Linhares, Esparito Santo State, Eastren Brazil, January 2012. No release available.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Chinese red birch tree (Betula albosinensis) close up of peeling bark, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Chinese red birch tree (Betula albosinensis) close up of peeling bark, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Chinese red birch (Betula albosinensis) bark peeling, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Doug Perrine / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) fur peels off a seal as it undergoes its annual moult, termed a catastrophic moult, because a layer of skin comes off with the fur and intense hormonal...

Doug Perrine / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) fur peels off a seal as it undergoes its annual moult, termed a catastrophic moult, because a layer of skin comes off with the fur and intense hormonal...

Doug Perrine / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) fur peels off a seal as it undergoes its annual moult, termed a catastrophic moult, because a layer of skin comes off with the fur and intense hormonal...

Eric Baccega / Naro San woman in the bush, peeling the root of a kombrua plant which is nutritious and thirst-quenching. Kalahari, Ghanzi region, Botswana, Africa. Dry season, October 2014.

Eric Baccega / Naro San Bushmen family sitting around fire, woman peeling the root of a kombrua plant which is nutritious and thirst-quenching. Kalahari, Ghanzi region, Botswana, Africa. Dry season, October 2014.

Eric Baccega / Naro San Bushmen family sitting around fire, woman peeling the root of a kombrua plant which is nutritious and thirst-quenching. Kalahari, Ghanzi region, Botswana, Africa. Dry season, October 2014.

Juergen Freund / Guido Westhoff peels dental rubber off the skin of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii), taking a print of its skin. The print will be looked at under an electron microscope to find out if sea sn...

Juergen Freund / Villager peels bark off mangrove tree to produce "tungog" which is used to dye palm wine and give it a slight bitter taste, Panay, Aklan, Philippines

Norbert Wu / Peters' Tent-making Bat (Uroderma bilobatum) roosts under palm leaf, peels fig before eating, rainforest, Panama

Norbert Wu / Peters' Tent-making Bat (Uroderma bilobatum) roosts under palm leaf, peels fig before eating, rainforest, Panama

Charlie Hamilton-James / Black rats (Rattus rattus) climbing over vegetables in crate with two men sitting on floor preparing food, Karni Mata Temple (The Temple of Rats), a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Karni M...