Heather Angel / Man using pole to propel bamboo raft on Lijang / Li River, Karst peaks beyond. At dawn, Lijiang River Scenic Zone, Yangshuo county, Guangxi, China.

Marie Read / California quail (Callipepla californica), male emerging from behind snowbank in winter, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA

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.

Suzi Eszterhas / Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), adult with two week old baby on back. Northern Colombia.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Landscape of Lillehooksbreen glacier at Svalbard, Norway, July 2008.

Dong Lei / Kawakarpo Mountain, view to summit with drifts of snow and the moon setting, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. May 2010.

Markus Varesvuo / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) silhouetted at sunset, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.

Floris van Breugel / Autumnal landscape with snow, Arrigetch Peaks region of Brooks Range, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska, USA, August 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of crater lake in snowy mountain, near Landmannalaugar, Iceland, June 2014.

Kirkendall-Spring / Mount Rainier reflected in tarn above Mystic Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA, August 2014.

Bert Willaert / View from the top of the Ozarde waterfalls near Koyna Lake during the monsoon. Western Ghats, India, August 2010.

Nick Garbutt / The view at night from 'At the Top', 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building at 829.8m at night. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. April 2013

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Green surf anemones (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) grow in shallow water below the temperate rain forest. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) sub-adults roosting on a coastal rock Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July

Andrew Parkinson / Cliff top view of a gannet (Morus bassanus) colony. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.

Andy Rouse,Andy Rouse / Aerial view of Lesser Flamingos (Phoenicopterus / Phoeniconaias minor) in flight. Lake Magadi, Kenya.

Paul D Stewart / Aerial view of Grand Prismatic thermal spring in Yellowstone National Park, USA. The bright colours are natural, coming from thermophile bacteria in the water. People can be seen walking on the raised...

Alex Mustard / Yellow tube sponge (Aplysina fistularis) top view of tubes with water swirling around them, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Nick Garbutt / Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) gathering around burrows on cliff top, Isle of Lunga, Treshnish Isles, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK, June

Bert Willaert / Amplectant pair of Natterjack Toads (Epidalea / Bufo calamita) with reflection in water. Belgium, Europe, July.

Martin Gabriel / Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) pair mating. Bavaria, Germany, June.

Orsolya Haarberg,Orsolya Haarberg / The fishing village of Lovund, with the top of Tomskjevelen (Tomma island) in the background, Luroy, Helgeland, Nordland, Norway, July 2009.

Thomas Marent / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) butterfly, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes) female and smaller male, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Thomas Marent / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) on flowers, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) butterfly, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Red Stink Bug (Pycanum rubeus) nymph, Sepilok, Borneo, Malaysia

Albert Lleal / Celebes Leaf Insect (Phyllium celebicum), native to southeast Asia

Albert Lleal / Holothuroidean (Oneirophantites tarraconensis) fossil, 15 cm in length, Spain

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly feeding on nectar of Goldenrod during migration, East Coast, USA

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) caterpillar hatching out of egg, Costa Rica

Ch'ien Lee / Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda sp) defending egg sac from Peters' Bow-fingered Gecko (Cyrtodactylus consobrinus), Gua Baju, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Ch'ien Lee / Australasian Giant Centipede (Ethmostigmus rubripes) recently molted juvenile, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Christian Ziegler / Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) hanging from branch, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio) individuals showing color variations, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Steve Gettle / Moth, Huron Meadows Metropark, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Io Moth (Automeris io), Huron Meadows Metropark, Michigan

Ralph Pace / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) group and Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) group and Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Monterey Bay, California

Ch'ien Lee / Ant (Meranoplus mucronatus) workers guarding planthopper nymphs, from which they take secreted honeydew, Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Michael Durham / Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) eggs at ten weeks after spawning, Washington

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Anemone (Corynactis australis) group, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) cleaning Yellow-edged Moray (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus), Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia

Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) colony on honeycomb filled with pollen, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) honeycomb cells filled with pollen, Germany