Jami Tarris / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on shore, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Martin Willis / Mangroves along coast and boat, Deluge Inlet, Hinchinbrook Island National Park, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Surfer, Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Lichen (Caloplaca sp) covered coastal rock, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coastal rock arch at sunset, Bermagui, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Cave along coast, Loch Ard Gorge, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Granite rocks with lichen and Milky Way, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coast, Red Rock Beach, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical beach, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical island, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Tropical island, Keeling Islands, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) fruit germinating on tropical beach, Keeling Islands, Australia

John Shaw / Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) on the beach at Puerto Egas, Santiago Island, Galapagos, May.

Andy Rouse / Galapagos sea lion, (Zalophus wollebaeki), pup on shore, Galapagos.

Andy Rouse / Sally lightfoot crab, (Grapsus grapsus), feeding on marine iguana parasites and dead skin, Galapagos

Nick Hawkins / European green crab (Carcinus maenas), an invasive species in North America, Kejimkujik Seaside National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada. July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) using freshwater pools along the shore line and in the adjacent fields as place to learn to swim, Orkney, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Otter (Lutra lutra) portrait on shore with boats in background. Argyll, Scotland, UK, August.

Shane P. White / Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) female returning to sea after egg laying, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Shane P. White / Winnifred Beach, Jamaica

Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of the shore of an artificial lake polluted by extractive pyrite mining, the orange color comes from sulfite and the blue is a reflection of the sky, Minas de Riotinto, Andalusia, Spain, J...

Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on shore, Punta Moreno, Isabela Island, Galapagos

Marie Read / Black skimmers (Rynchops niger), three in non-breeding plumage on beach, Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. January. Digitally altered to remove distractions.

Marie Read / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) adult feeding chick, Long Island, New York, USA. June.

Tim Fitzharris / Rock arch, Atuh Beach, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia

Shane P. White / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on beach, Port Olry, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Shane P. White / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on coast, Aimbuei Bay, Aore Island, Vanuatu

Shane P. White / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on coast, Aimbuei Bay, Aore Island, Vanuatu

Shane P. White / Alexandrian Laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum) tree on coast, Aimbuei Bay, Aore Island, Vanuatu

Alex Hyde / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group of three on the shore, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia. November.

Jack Dykinga / Aurora Borealis reflected in Polar Lake, wetland and conifers silhouetted along shore. Near Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. September 2018.

Guy Edwardes / Shore of Lago de Predil covered in snow, Italy, February 2018

Ashley Cooper / Plastic rubbish washed ashore from the sea in Glen Brittle, Isle of skye, Scotland, UK. May 2012

Guy Edwardes / Rocky shore at Kimmeridge Bay with Clavell Tower in background, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2010.

Guy Edwardes / Rocky shore at Kimmeridge Bay with Clavell Tower in background, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2010.

Gavin Hellier / Aerial tracking shot along the shore towards Durdle Door, Dorset, England, UK, May 2017. Hellier

Andrew Peacock / Taiga and coastal snow-covered mountains in autumn, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Rocky coastline, Hvalfjordur Fjord, Iceland

Floris van Breugel / Alkali fly (Ephydra hians) underwater in protective air bubble, Mono Lake, California, USA.

Laurie Campbell / Discarded plastic rope and commercial fishing netting washed up on shore at Luskentyre, South West Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, May 2016

Five Films / Slow motion clip of waves breaking on marine plastic pollution washed up on the shore, Svalbard, Norway, August 2017.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunting, Alaska

Tui De Roy / Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) parents and chicks along coast, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Tui De Roy / Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) parent with chicks along coast, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Tui De Roy / Nazca Booby (Sula granti) group on coast, Punta Suarez, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Nazca Booby (Sula granti) group on coast, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Nazca Booby (Sula granti) group on coast, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) group basking on coast, Cape Hammond, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Jack Dykinga / Narrows with canyon wall reflections in mud patterned shore, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Paria Canyon Wilderness, Arizona, USA.

Frederique Olivier / Two King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking along the shore, shot tilts up from feet to head, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Tim Fitzharris / Paintbrush (Castilleja sp) and Seaside Fleabane (Erigeron glaucus) flowering on coast, Garrapata State Beach, Big Sur, California

Benjamin Olson / Skim ice in negative thirty degree fahrenheit at sunrise, Lake Superior, Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota

Tim Fitzharris / Arch on beach, El Matador State Beach, California

Alex Mustard / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) split level of young seal investigating the camera with its nose and whiskers, close to shore. Lundy Island, Devon, UK, Bristol Channel. August

Jim Brandenburg / Forest on lake shore, Judd Lake, Superior National Forest, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Shoreline, Discovery Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota

Floris van Breugel / Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris) wanders through spring wildflowers of the Anza-Borrego desert, California, USA March

Bence Mate / White tailed sea eagle (Halieetus albicilla) juvenile and adult calling on lake shore, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. February.

Pete Oxford / Coastal wetland, Abari Swamps, Guyana

Matthias Breiter / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) flock flying over coastal flats, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) flock at coastal flats, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) on iceberg, LeConte Bay, Tongass National Forest, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mother with cubs on coast, Barter Island, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Aurora borealis above coast, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) female on coast, Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Jeff Vanuga / Ephydrid flies (Ephydra sp) that eat microscopic algae and survives during the winter in thermal pools. Biscut Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, January.

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Coastal peaks, Lemaire Island, Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Kayakers paddling back to cruise ship Polar Pioneer, Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) on a beach. San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Tropical East Pacific Ocean.

Cyril Ruoso / South american sea lion (Otaria byronia) and American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) hauled out on the shore of Punta Coles Reserve, Peru.

Sven Zacek / Broken ice covered in snow at sunset, on the shore of Lake Vortsjarv, gathered to shore by extreme winds, Estonia. December 2014.

Sven Zacek / Misty lake, with trees reflected in the water, and Willow (Salix) trees silhouetted on the shore, Suur Emajogi river, Tartumaa, Estonia, May 2014.

Sean Crane / Bat Star (Asterina miniata) trio at low tide, Montana De Oro State Park, Los Osos, California

Sean Crane / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) group spawning at high tide at sunset, Cape May, New Jersey

Sean Crane / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) group spawning at high tide at sunset, Cape May, New Jersey

Kevin Schafer / Rainbow over cliffs, Kalalau Valley, Na Pali Coast State Park, Kauai, Hawaii

Colin Monteath / Coastal cliffs, Tunnel Beach, Otago Peninsula, Otago, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Dead Sally-lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) washed up in surf, Puerto Egas, James Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

Gabriel Rojo / Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) on shore, Ibera Marshes, Corrientes Province, Argentina

Christophe Courteau / Shore clingfish / Cornish sucker (Lepadogaster lepadogaster) portrait, Brittany, France, January.

Markus Varesvuo / Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) standing on rocky shore, stretching wings, Uts, Finland, Scandinavia, August.

Colin Monteath / Mount Cook reflection in ice covered Mueller Lake, Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury, New Zealand

Gabriel Rojo / Orca (Orcinus orca) hunting sea lion pups along seashore, Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Orca (Orcinus orca) hunting sea lion pups, Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia Argentina

Olga Kamenskaya / Ice pile of broken shelf ice, near the shore of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Peter Cairns / Wood patterns in Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, January.

Jean E. Roche / Stormy seas washing on the shore of Camargue, France, October 2012.

Alex Mustard / A shoal of Golden grey mullet (Liza aurata) swim in the surf breaking on the shore of El Hierro Island. Canary Islands, Spain. East Atlantic Ocean.

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hunting Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) into shore, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Ben Cranke / Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) chasing Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) into shore, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) jumping onto shore, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antacrtica

Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) jumping across rocky shore, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Laurent Geslin / Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) on shore of Lake Leman / Geneva at night, Switzerland

Sergey Gorshkov / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) group scavenging on Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) carcass, Wrangel Island, Russia

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group gulp feeding, Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska

Juergen Freund / Junior ranger carries a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) to shore for the scientific research data gathering. Queensland, Australia, May 2011. Model released.