Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) watching a fish swim by, Hino River, Tottori-ken, Japan, September.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) eating the eggs of another pair, Hino River, Tottori-ken, Japan, September.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Ciliate protozoan (Blepharisma japonicum) swimming through clumps of bacteria.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Timelapse of filaments of Oscillatoria, a type of Blue green algae gliding over each other, filmed using differential interference contrast.

Sue Daly / Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) hunting, filmed at night, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) hunting, filmed at night, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) , Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, September.

Sue Daly / Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) moving its arms over the seabed, showing use of its tube feet, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Close-up of the limbs of a Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) showing its many tube feet moving over the seabed, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Close-up of a Seven rayed starfish (Luidia ciliaris) moving over the seabed, showing use of its tube feet to walk, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Barrel jellyfish (Rhizostoma octopus) swimming past, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, September.

Sue Daly / Anemone hermit crab (Pagurus prideaux) getting into a shell, with a Cloak anemone (Adamsia palliata), Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Panning shot of partially flooded pastureland with large flocks of Wigeon (Anas penelope), Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) and Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) in flight, Gloucestershire, England, UK,...

Nick Upton / Flock of Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) in flight, with Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) flying in the background, Gloucestershire, England, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup aged one month, rubbing its head with its flipper, yawning and settling down to rest on a sandy beach, Norfolk, England, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup resting on a sandy beach, stretching and rubbing its head with its flipper, Norfolk, England, UK, January.

Konrad Wothe / Large group of South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) swimming at the surface, Palomina Islands, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Leafcutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaves along a trail, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Province, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Leafcutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying leaves and filaments along a trail, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Province, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in a tree using pieces of grass to pull ants from a hole to eat, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania.

Konrad Wothe / Male Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) attacking the alpha male of their troop, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania.

Konrad Wothe / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) sitting in the rain, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania.

John Waters / Underwater view of a group of Common toads (Bufo bufo) spawning in a pond, some in amplexus, with spawn, Priddy, Somerset, England, UK, March.

John Waters / Group of Common toads (Bufo bufo) in a mating ball in a pond, Priddy, Somerset, England, UK, March.

John Waters / Group of Common toads (Bufo bufo) in a mating ball in a pond, Priddy, Somerset, England, UK, March.

John Waters / Panning shot of farmland along southern face of the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK, August 2014