Andres M. Dominguez / Dead Lang's short-tailed blue butterfly (Leptotes pirithous) in a river with bacterial film, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, Southern Spain, September.

Andres M. Dominguez / Dead Lang's short-tailed blue butterfly (Leptotes pirithous) in a river with bacterial film, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, Southern Spain, September.

Marie Read / Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) flying over a pattern of kelp and sea foam, photographed from above, St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA. July.

Tony Wu / Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in feeding frenzy, with the remains of a previously large school of sardines (Sardina sp) in background. Isla Mujeres, Cancun, Mexico.

Nick Garbutt / Emerald Glass Frog (Centrolenella proseblepan) on leaf. Mid-altitude rainforest, Bosque de Paz, Pacific slope, Costa Rica, Central America.

Jordi Chias / Split level view of Blue shark (Prionace glauca) at surface at sunset, Azores Islands, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Dorsal fin of Orca / Killer whale (Orcinus orca) surfacing, Senja, Troms County, Norway, Scandinavia, January. Cetaceans are attracted to this area to feed on the large numbers of spawning Herring fis...

Brent Stephenson / Type B Killer whale (Orca orcinus) surfacing, close-up, Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic, January.

Ben Hall / Orcas (Orcinus orca) pair in sea surrounded by mountains, Iceland, January.

MYN / Javier Aznar / Sunspider / Solifuge (Rhagodeca impavida) Oman. Meetyourneighbours.net project

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) surfacing just offshore, Black Isle, Scotland, UK, July.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Comparison of larva and adult beetle (Epomis circumscriptus), Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Soil centipede (Geophilidae sp), Caves Branch, Cayo District, Belize, September. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Long-snout weevil (Hammatostylus sp), Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Napo province, Amazon basin, Ecuador, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Israeli sand cockroach (Heterogamodes hebraica) composite showing ventral and dorsal view of female, Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Two-tailed spider (Hersilia caudata) female, Central Coastal Plain, Israel, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Rod Williams / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) feeding on wild aster, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Spider hunting wasp (Pompilidae) Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo.

Richard Robinson / Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) Akaroa Harbour, South Island, New Zealand, November. Editorial use only.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Indo Pacific Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) feeding on sardines, Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A signal blenny (Emblemaria hypacanthus) displays its showy dorsal fin as it extends out of its tube home. La Paz, Mexico. Sea Of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) rear view of shark feeding at the surface on plankton, Cairns Of Coll, Isle of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, North East Atlantic Ocean, June

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Red spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) juvenile / eft, dorsal view, Concord, Massachusetts, USA, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Nuno Sa / Great Blue Shark (Prionace glauca), dorsal view against dark water. Over 20 million Blue Sharks are fished annually, as bycatch and due to the high value of their fins. Azores, North Atlantic, Septemb...

David Maitland / Close-up view of the upward-looking giant dorsal compound eyes of the St Marks fly (Bibio marci) used to detect female flies flying above. Like many insects the eyes are "hairy". Feltwell, Norfolk, UK...

David Maitland / Close-up view of the upward-looking giant dorsal compound eyes of the St Marks fly (Bibio marci) used to detect female flies flying above. Like many insects the eyes are "hairy". Feltwell, Norfolk, UK...

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), Delphinidae (Wildlife Art Company).

Hiroya Minakuchi / Orca (Orcinus orca) pod surfacing, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Hiroya Minakuchi / Orca (Orcinus orca) pod surfacing, Hokkaido, Japan

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) swimming with other tropical fish, note satellite tag to right of dorsal fin, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Orca (Orcinus orca) female surfacing and spouting beside conifer-covered coastline, Inside Passage, Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) surfacing, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Orca (Orcinus orca) resident pod A-5 at rest, Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada

Shane Gross / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in seagrass bed. Researcher from CORE (Centre for Ocean Research and Education) Sciences diving in background, amongst exclusion cages on sea floor to monitor the eff...

Shane Gross / Common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) hunting in seagrass bed, view from above. Marsa Alam, Egypt.

Shane Gross / Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) amongst Algae in seagrass bed. Newfoundland, Canada. May.

Shane Gross / Bilobed ghost goby (Pleurosicya bilobata) with translucent skin hidden against Seagrass blade. Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Etienne Littlefair / Northern snapping turtle (Elseya dentata) walking along the bottom of a deep, sandy creek, Daly region, Northern Territory,July

Emanuele Biggi / Deserta Grande wolf spider (Hogna ingens) breeding sub-adult from the wild in its rearing tank, part of a captive breeding program, Bristol Zoo Gardens, Bristol, UK.

Emanuele Biggi / Newly-hatched Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis) among eggs, part of a breeding program at Bristol Zoo Gardens, Bristol, UK.

Emanuele Biggi / Close up of a Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis), Bristol Zoo Gardens, Bristol, UK. Captive.

Oriol Alamany / Saw-shelled turtle (Elseya latisternum / Myuchelys latisternum), Lacey Creek, Djiru National Park, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia, November.

Oriol Alamany / Saw-shelled turtle (Elseya latisternum / Myuchelys latisternum), Lacey Creek, Djiru National Park, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia, November.

Robert Thompson / Barbary spurge hawk-moth (Hyles tithymali) resting on branch. Barranco de Nogales, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. June.

Robert Thompson / Erebid moth (Thyretes hippotes) resting on leaf. Eastern Cape, South Africa. June.

Robert Thompson / Rustic sphinx moth (Manduca rustica) resting on Moss covered tree trunk. Arizona, USA. May.

Robert Thompson / Rustic sphinx moth (Manduca rustica) resting on rock, Arizona, USA. May.

Robert Thompson / Poplar hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) on Moss covered branch.County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. July.