Ingo Arndt / American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) split level, Everglades, USA, January.

MYN / JP Lawrence / Velvet ant (Dasymutilla quadriguttata) Oxford, Mississippi, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / JP Lawrence / Cave salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) Nachez Trace Parkway, Mississippi, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / JP Lawrence / 13-Year Periodical cicada (Magicicada tredecim) Oxford, Mississippi, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Ernie Janes / Willets (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) feeding at sunset Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Ingo Arndt / Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) adult resting, close up portrait, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January. Finalist in the Birds Category of the GDT Awards 2015.

George Sanker / Purple gallinule (Porphyrula martinica) in mangrove swamp. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. March.

George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) in flight, Florida, USA, March.

George Sanker / Snowy egret (Egretta thula) with plumes erect, St. Augustine, Florida, USA, April.

George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) taking off with fish prey in mouth, Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March.

George Sanker / Barred owl (Strix varia) stretching wings, Corkscrew Swamp Audubon Sanctuary, Florida, USA, March.

Onne van der Wal / Tug escorting tanker out of the port of Charleston, towards the Ravenel Bridge, South Carolina, USA. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Marie Read / Flock of White ibis (Eudocimus albus) in breeding plumage, at rookery on water's edge of the mangrove-covered island, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, March

Marie Read / Royal terns (Sterna maxima) pair crossing bills during courtship behaviour, Fort DeSoto Park, Florida, USA

Clay Bolt / Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) in undergrowth, Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, USA, North America, June.

George Sanker / Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) with large Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) prey, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, March.

George Sanker / Alligator (Alligator mississippienis) at the surface, with clouds reflected on the water, Everglades, Florida, USA, March.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Great egret (Ardea alba) perched in a tree, with an American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) in flight, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA.

Mark MacEwen / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) close up of scutes / scales, Florida Everglades, Florida, USA.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a spotted sunfish (Lepomis punctatus) in front of reeds in a river. Rainbow River, Florida, United States of America.

Alex Mustard / Trees and sky photographed at dawn through the surface of Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida, United States of America.

Floris van Breugel / Syncronous Fireflies (Photinus carolinus) illuminate the lush forests of Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennesse, USA, July

Floris van Breugel,Floris van Breugel / Tent at night surrounded by Fireflies (Photinus carolinus) Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA, June 2013.

David Tipling / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) eating fish Florida Everglades, USA

Alex Mustard / RF- Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus) portrait in Three Sisters Spring. Crystal River, Florida, USA. February 2010. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free....

Andy Murch / Atlantic devilray (Mobula hypostoma) swimming above sea floor. Panama City, Florida, US.

John Cancalosi / Schist, metamorphic rock, Virginia.

Sylvain Cordier / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, United States .

Sylvain Cordier / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Three Sisters Springs, 3 Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, United States .

Sylvain Cordier / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, United States .

Sylvain Cordier / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, United States .

Sylvain Cordier / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, United States .

Sylvain Cordier / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, United States .

Sylvain Cordier / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, United States .

Sylvain Cordier / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, United States .

Sylvain Cordier / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, United States .

Sylvain Cordier / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus), Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, United States, March.

David Fleetham / Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) at Three Sisters Spring in Crystal River, Florida, USA.

David Fleetham / Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) gathering at Three Sisters Spring in Crystal River, Florida, USA.

David Fleetham / Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) gathering at Three Sisters Spring in Crystal River, Florida, USA.

David Fleetham / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) at Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida, USA.

David Fleetham / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) showing healed wounds from contact with a boats propellers, Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida, USA.

Ingo Arndt / Sawgrass Prairie, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January.

Ingo Arndt / Everglades National Park, grassland with spiders webs in mist at sunrise, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January.

Ingo Arndt / Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata), Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January.

Ingo Arndt / Reddish egret (Egretta rufescens) hunting, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January.

Ingo Arndt / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) flying, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January.

Ingo Arndt / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias), adult pair in breeding plumage, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January.