Nick Garbutt / Aggregation / bloom / swarm of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) in the clear waters of Loch Na Keal, off the Isle of Mull, north west Scotland, UK, June, Photographed through the surface.

David Pattyn / Great white egret (Ardea alba) fishing in shallow pond, with Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) and other Great white egrets in background, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, August.

Marie Read / Front view of an adult Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) in flight carrying a fish, Long Island, New York, USA. August. Awarded a Judges Choice in the Birds category in the 2020 North American Nature As...

Alex Hyde / RF - Close up of feathers of a Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ben Hall / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) peering from behind tree with bluebells in foreground, Cheshire, June.

Pal Hermansen / Blizzard on the coast of Lofoten in black and white, Norway, March. Winner of the Natural Adversities category of the Asferico Competition 2015.

Theo Bosboom / Birch tree (Betula pendula) with lichen, camouflaged against lichen covered rock face, Muddus National Park, Sweden. September 2014. Highly commended in GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Yea...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) fields, Valensole Plateau, Alpes Haute Provence, France, June.

Pete Oxford / Head-hunted human skulls, collected by the Konyak Naga tribe, North East India, October 2014.

Cyril Ruoso / Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) fields in flower, Burgundy, France, May.

Sven Zacek / Melting ice in bog in spring, Tartumaa, Estonia, April 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) pups playing outside of den, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.

Konrad Wothe / View up into canopy with sun rays shining through the leaves, lowland rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Chris Mattison / Lichen (Nephroma antarctica) Rio Serrano, Chile. Focus stacked image.

Loic Poidevin / Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Breton Marsh, Vendee, France, May.

Alex Hyde / Chlorophyte or green alga (Volvox aureus) in pond water. UK. The larger spheres are approximately 0.5mm in diameter. Digital composite image.

Cyril Ruoso / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female resting under tree, Kanha National Park, India. Non-ex

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), portrait of young male. Alps, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. September.

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), portrait of adult male though horns of another resting Ibex. Alps, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. September.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / L'Hoest's monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti) feeding on leaves, Rwanda.

Pal Hermansen / Colourful corn (Zea mays) seeds against white background.

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of Salin de Giraud, Camargue, France, July.

Ernie Janes / Field poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Corn Chamomile (Anthemis arvensis) growing in organic Barley (Hordeum vulgare) crop, Norfolk, England, UK. July.

Paul Williams / View from plane of landscape between Alice Springs and Perth, Australia, November.

Orsolya Haarberg / Flowering cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) in a wetland area with midnight sun. Sjaunja Nature Reserve, Laponia World Heritage Site, Swedish Lapland, Sweden. July 2013.

Kirkendall-Spring / Prayer flags covering the side of Kuendeying Bazzam Bridge over the Wang Chhu in Thimphu. Bhutan, October 2014.

Constantinos Petrinos / Purple short tentacle mushroom coral (Fungia sp.) close up of polyps. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of river delta and coast, South West Iceland, June 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of river delta, South West Iceland, June 2014. Finalist in the Art of Nature Category of the Big Picture Competition 2015.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of leaf veins showing 3D structure, UK.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of a Cynara sp flower, UK.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lizard orchid flowers (Himantoglossum hircinum), Ilbesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Jack Dykinga / White flowering birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and yellow evening primrose (Oenothera primiveris), Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. February 2014.

David Noton / Autumnal foliage of Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) Kluane National Park, Yukon Territories, Canada, September.

Denis-Huot / Rear view of Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara river, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Sam Hobson / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) adult male in flight above tree canopy in urban cemetery, Berlin, Germany, March. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the snow, two running away towards a third facing the camera, Vorumaa, Estonia, January. Winner of the Animal stories portfolio in the Melvita Nature Images Awards co...

Ross Hoddinott / Maple leaves backlit on lightbox, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. November 2013.

Sam Hobson / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) fledgling perched on gravestone in urban cemetery. Berlin, Germany. July.

Alex Mustard / Eyes of Margined sole fish (Brachirus heterolapis) on its camouflaged body. Saonek Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tropical West Pacific Ocean. Dampier Strait.

Sandra Bartocha / Silver birch (Betula pendula) with Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in full bloom, Reicherskreuzer Heide, Nature Reserve Schlaubetal, Germany, August.

Bence Mate / Greenfinches (Carduelis chloris) and House sparrows (Passer domesticus) blurred long exposure photograph, Hungary, February.

Olga Kamenskaya / Cracks in the ice of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Olga Kamenskaya / Cracks in the ice of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Ingo Arndt / Compilation of various corals including many Fan corals (Gorgonacea sp) from collection at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (fruit and beetle elytra ) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (fungus) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (blue rotten wood) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.