Edwin Giesbers / Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco), close-up of face, Costa rica

Pete Oxford / Glass frog {Hyalinobatrachium sp} Amazonia, SE Ecuador

Ross Hoddinott / Thick-legged flower beetle {Oedemera nobilis} on Corn marigold {Chrysanthemum segetum}, Cornwall. UK. Winner of Seasons category of the BWPA 2011 competition

Solvin Zankl / Leafcutter ant {Atta sp} carrying leaf fragment to nest. Ants are champion weightlifters, capable of lifting 50 times their body weight (the equivalent of a human heaving 50 people). They would win a...

Juergen Freund / Whale shark and person swimming in silhouette {Rhinicodon typus} Indo Pacific

Doug Perrine / Green turtle swimming {Chelonia mydas} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - underside view ~(Non-ex).

Andrew Parkinson / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) portrait of a 19-month male. Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Andy Rouse / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby standing between legs of mother, captive, Knowsley Safari Park, UK (non-ex)

Edwin Giesbers / Red eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) portrait, Costa Rica

Mark Carwardine / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) underwater, Guadalupe Island, Mexico (North Pacific)

Anup Shah / Juvenile male Cheetah on bonnet of vehicle looking back under tail at photographer.

Staffan Widstrand / Young male Jaguar portrait {Panthera onca} Pantanal, Brazil