Guy Edwardes / Pinwheel mushroom (Marasmius rotula). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Andy Murch / Scoophead shark (Sphyrna media), released specimen. Isla Chepillo, Rio Bayano, Panama.

Andy Murch / Little gulper shark (Centrophorus uyato). Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Edwin Giesbers / RF - Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha). France. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Guy Edwardes / Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) feeding on berries, perched on branch. Finland. February.

Nick Hawkins / Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica.

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

Tony Wu / Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus indica) in Indian Ocean, Mirissa, Matara, Sri Lanka.

Tony Wu / Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus), male in white breeding colouration. Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. June.

Loic Poidevin / Common crane (Grus grus) group of three in flight, Lake Hornborga, Sweden , April

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.)

Georgette Douwma / Upside down jellyfish (Cassiopeia andromeda) Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Wim van den Heever / Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) baby jumping between branches, photographed mid air. Okavango Delta Botswana.

Gerrit Vyn / Pair of adult Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) in flight. Skagit County, Washington. January.

Melvin Grey / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) hummingbird adult male, approaching flower to feed, Tandayapa, Ecuador

Claudio Contreras / Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) flowers at twilight, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Franco Banfi / Schooling Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica.

Robert Thompson / Four spotted chaser (Libellula quardrimaculata) Montiaghs Moss NNR, Aghalee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, June.

Wim van den Heever / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) diving for fish during annual sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa. June.

Wim van den Heever / Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) in flight, Pantanal, Brazil. August.

Alex Mustard / Harlequin sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides) cleaned by a pair of bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). South Atoll, Tubbataha Atolls, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Palawan, Philipp...

Alex Mustard / Black hamlet (Hypoplectrus nigricans) and Yellowbelly hamlet (Hypoplectrus aberrans) spawning at dusk. As this genus is quite recently evolved hybridization is still possible. Hamlets are one of the...

Staffan Widstrand / Raven (Corvus corax) mobbing Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), Hornoya Island, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March.

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

Marie Read / Horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata) close-up portrait, St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska, USA, July.

Marie Read / Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), close-up portrait, St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska, USA, July.

Jordi Chias / Atolla jellyfish (Atolla wyvillei) with Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) in the background near the surface. Antarctic Peninsula. Finalist in the Underwater category of the Wildlife Photographer of t...

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

Dave Watts / Hermit ibis (Geronticus eremita) flock in flight, Morocco. Critically endangered.

Sven Zacek / White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight, against a clear blue sky, Norway, July.

Sven Zacek / White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying, against a clear blue sky, Norway, July.

Pascal Pittorino / Mining bee (Andrena) male and female mating on flower, Var, Provence, France, April.

Pascal Pittorino / Greater quaking grass (Briza maxima) flowers, Giens, Var, Provence, France, May.

Charlie Summers / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) carrying stolen rock from another nest in rookery, Peterman Island, Antarctica, November.

Solvin Zankl / Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis) close up of tentacles, Sargasso Sea, Bermuda

Ross Hoddinott / Common darter dragonflies (Sympetrum striolatum) two females resting on reed, Dunsdon Nature Reserve, Devon, UK. August.

Gabriel Rojo / Close up of Passionflower (Passiflora caerulea) La Pampa, Argentina.

Espen Bergersen / Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) and Raven (Corvus corax) in flight, Hornoya bird cliff, Finnmark, Norway. March

Danny Green / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) two in flight, during snowfall, Lake Kussharo, Japan, February

Alex Hyde / Close-up of Owl Butterfly (Caligo memnon) head showing compound eyes and proboscis. Captive, originating from Central America.

Franco Banfi / Pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) subspecies of blue whale, Mirissa, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean. Endangered species.

Franco Banfi / Pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) subspecies of blue whale, diving down, Mirissa, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean. Endangered species.

Juergen Freund / Chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) with red whip coral. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) singing with tongue visible, Norway, June.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) with out of focus Lesser flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor) standing behind, Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Ole Jorgen Liodden / White anemone (Anemone nemorosa) against pink background, Ringerike, Norway, May.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) in flight, Norway, July.

Simon Colmer / Green-veined White butterfly egg (Pieris napi) above, Orange-tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) below, on Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Sussex, UK. June.