Franco Banfi / Bridled parrotfish (Scarus frenatus) clownish grin reveals its power tools: grinding teeth used to scrape algae from rock, Maldives, Indian Ocean. Highly commended in the Underwater World Category of...

Franco Banfi / Great Blue shark (Prionace glauca) viewed from above, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

Danny Green / Fulmer (Fulmras glacialis) in flight near blue glacier, Svalbard, July. Bookplate from Danny Green's 'The Long Journey North'

Stephen Dalton / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), worker flying around, controlled conditions.

Sandra Bartocha / European beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania, Germany.

David Tipling / Red-crowned Cranes (Grus japonensis) displaying at dawn Hokkaido, Japan, February. Did you know? Red crowned cranes mate for life.

Michel Roggo / Looking down at Chubb (Leuciscus cephalus) at surface with reflection of bridge, Rhine River, Switzerland, 1993. No release available.

Niall Benvie / Twin Birch (Betula) trees highlighted snow. Senja, Norway, February.

Alex Hyde / Portrait of a Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris). UK. Focus stacked image (dead specimen).

Solvin Zankl / Close up of ant (Harpegnathos venator) head from Asia. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman yacare) walking on a sandy shore at the edge of a river at night, Pantanal, Brazil

Markus Varesvuo / Bohemian waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) feeding on berries, Uto Finland October