Neil Challis / Giant golden orb weaver spider (Nephila pilipes) focus pull from a small male to much larger female in the background, Western Thailand.

David Weiller / Aerial tracking shot of locals feeding a juvenile Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and swimming past a crowd of tourists, Oslob, Philippines, May.

David Weiller / Aerial tracking shot of locals feeding a juvenile Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and swimming past a crowd of tourists, Oslob, Philippines, May.

David Weiller / Aerial tracking shot of coral reef formations in shallow sea, Sipadan, Sabah, Malaysia, November.

Marie Read / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) male feeding on Winterberries (Ilex verticillata) before flying off, Freeville, New York, USA, January.

Lukas Schaefer / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) male walking up a mountain in the snow, Gran Paradiso, Italy, December.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus) looking around and raising crest, Tracy Aviary. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Himalayan monal pheasant (Lophophorus impejanus) male looking around, Pheasant Heaven. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Great green macaw (Ara ambiguus) turning its head and moving tongue, Tracy Aviary. Captive.

Jacob Guy / Scoly coral (Scolymia) feeding under UV light, Corwall, UK. Filmed in studio.

Jacob Guy / Starry cup coral (Acanthastrea echinata) timelapse of movement under UV light. Filmed in studio.

Noemie Stroh / Orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis) schooling into the blue, Shark Reef, Ras Mohamed National park, Red Sea, Egypt, June.

Noemie Stroh / Yellow scroll coral (Turbinaria reniformis) surrounded by colourful reef fish, Jackson Reef, Red Sea, Egypt, September.

Matt Roseveare / Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii) catching insect with tongue, Eastern rainforests of Madagascar, September.

Lewis Jefferies / Close up shot of Pulsating xenid (Heteroxenia fuscescens) feeding , Red Sea, Egypt

Eduardo Blanco / Pale burrower mayfly (Ephoron virgo), swarming in the millions on street at night, appearing like snow. Mayflies recently hatched. Tudela, La Ribera de Navarra, Navarre, Spain, August.

Eduardo Blanco / Tree silhouetted against volcanic eruption, Cumbre Vieja Volcano, La Palma, Canary Islands, September 2021.

Kim Taylor / Female Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) stocking her nest in a glass tube with nectar and pollen before laying an egg, followed by her sealing the cell with mud, Surrey, UK, April.

Derek Galon / Aerial shot of tropical forest canopy located in volcano crater, Dominica, West Indies, 2019.

David Weiller / Atta leaf-cutter ants (Genus atta) harvesting leaves and pink flower petals, Ecuador, February.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female baby aged four days in incubator. Beauval Zoo, France. 5 August 2021