Ingo Arndt / Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) portrait, Grytvicen, South Georgia Island, March

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Rear view of Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Tail flippers of Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Yellow ribbon eel / Ribbon moray eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Yellow ribbon eel / Ribbon moray eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Blue ribbon eel / Ribbon moray eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Yellow-ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) surrounded by glassy sweepers (Pempheris schomburgki). North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Yellow-ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) surrounded by dense shoal of glassy sweepers (Pempheris schomburgki). North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ribbon of clear blue ice runing through an iceberg, West Greenland, 1997.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Head portrait of Gulf Coast Ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) covered in duckweed and swimming, with tongue protruding, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, U...

Tim Laman / Female and young male Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) bird of paradise on Schefflera fruits, Southwestern slopes of Mt. Hage, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Adult male Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) feeding on fruits of a Schefflera plant. Southwestern slopes of Mt. Hage, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Mass of juvenile Gulf coast ribbon snakes {Thamnophis proximus orarius} Texas, USA

Norbert Wu / Oarfish (Regalecus glesne) reach eight meters in length, Eastern Pacific

Doug Perrine / Ribbon eel pair sharing burrow during spawning {Rhinomuraena quaesita} Kapalai, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Lined sweetlips {Plectorhynchus lineatus} Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Non-ex).

Constantinos Petrinos / Ribbon eel in male blue phase {Rhinomuraena quaesita} Sulawesi, Indonesia - species is hermaphrodite changing sex from male to female; juveniles are black, male is blue underneath , and final female p...

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Tail flippers of Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Photographer holding on to rope underwater to view the Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barr...

Mark Carwardine / Tail flippers of Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Tail flippers of Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata} (possible sub-species of common Minke whale) surfacing, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Seascape at Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Snorkellers tied to rope attached to boat, whale watching in strong current, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata} (possible sub-species of common Minke whale) surfacing, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata} (possible sub-species of common Minke whale) surfacing, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata} (possible sub-species of common Minke whale) surfacing near to a whale watching snorkeller who is tied to rope attached to boat in strong current, Ribbon...

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata} (possible sub-species of common Minke whale) surfacing, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Snorkellers tied to rope attached to boat, whale watching in strong current, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata} (possible sub-species of common Minke whale) surfacing near to a whale watching snorkeller who is tied to rope attached to boat in strong current, Ribbon...

Nick Upton / Spiral egg ribbon of a sea slug (probably Haminoea navicula) attached to a boulder in a rockpool alongside Star ascidians (Botryllus schlosseri), Bryozoans, Barnacles and Red algae low on the shore, H...

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) portrait, Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) portrait, Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) portrait, Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) portrait, Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

LYNN M. STONE / Holstein cow looking out from barn door in snowstorm. Green wreath and red ribbon. St. Charles, Illinois, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Holstein cow looking out from barn door in snowstorm. Green wreath and red ribbon. St. Charles, Illinois, USA

Eric Dragesco / Steppe ribbon racer (Psammophis lineolatus) moving over rocks, Gobi National Park, Mongolia

Yukihiro Fukuda / Ribbon Seal (Histriophoca fasciata) mother with pup on sea ice. Arctic Ocean.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Ribbon Seal (Histriophoca fasciata) mother with pup on sea ice. Arctic Ocean.

Barry Mansell / Eastern ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus sauritus) Eascambia River, West Florida, USA

Georgette Douwma / Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Yellow ribboned sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) over reef. Komodo NP, Indonesia, Indo-pacific.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Yellow ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) surrounded by glassy sweepers with a diver in the background. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February.

Juergen Freund / Yellow ribbon sweetlip (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) in a coral crevice full of soft corals. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Yellow ribboned sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) surrounded by glassy sweepers. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Yellow ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) surrounded by glassy sweepers. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Yellow ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) with diver watching in the background. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Close-packed school of Yellow ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) facing the camera. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Yellow ribbon Sweetlip, (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) being cleaned by a Cleaner wrasse. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Yellow ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) in a coral crevice full of soft corals. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Barry Mansell / Blue striped garter snake {Thamnophis sauritus nitae} Captive, from Florida, USA

Steven David Miller / Eastern ribbon snake {Thamnophis sauritus} hunting amongst wetland vegetation, Florida, USA

Georgette Douwma / Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus albovittatus) and Onespot Snapper (Lutjanus monostigma). Indonesia, December.

Suzi Eszterhas / Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis p. rubrilineatus) swallowing Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis p. rubrilineatus) swallowing Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis p. rubrilineatus) swallowing Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis p. rubrilineatus) swallowing Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Red Corral Ranch, Texas, USA

Georgette Douwma / Ribbon / Giant sweetlips (Plectorhinchus albovittatus) with a Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Lutjanus dimidiatus). Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Ribbon / Giant sweetlips (Plectorhincus albovittatus) with a large school of Spotnape cardinalfish (Apogon notatus) in coral reef. Indonesia.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) basking on lily pad of American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) basking on lily pad of American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Tim Laman / Ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) sheltering in a huge Barrel sponge, Bali, Indonesia.

Suzi Eszterhas / Red-striped Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

David Shale / Nemertean worm {Nemertea} Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Nemertean worm {Nemertea} Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Nemertean worm {Nemertea} Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Pelagic nemertean worm {Nemertea} Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Tim Laman / Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) bird of paradise perched in bush in the vicinity of Mount Hagen. Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. Near-threatened.

Stephen Belcher / Ribbon Kelp (Durvillaea antarctica), Kaikoura, New Zealand

Fred Bavendam / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) that has almost finished the transition from the blue male color phase to the all yellow female phase, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) male, Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) black juvenile and blue male sharing a burrow, Ambon, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Spanish Dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus) nudibranch egg ribbon, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Lion Nudibranch (Melibe leonina) pair and egg ribbon clinging to eel grass, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Chris Newbert / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) female gaping in defensive behavior, Indonesia

Piotr Naskrecki / Ribbon-wing Lacewing (Nemia costalis), Richtersveld, Northern Cape, South Africa

Chris Newbert / Nudibranch (Halgerda batangas) with egg ribbon, Papua New Guinea

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Two Yellow-ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia), Bali, Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Ribbon moray eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) female emerging from crevice, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Spanish dancer nudibranch {Hexabranchus sanguineus} egg ribbon, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Nudibranch (Chromodoris) with egg ribbon, Indo-Pacific

Juergen Freund / Sea slug (Nudibranchia) egg ribbon, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita), Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Nature Production / Black Ribbon Eel {Rhinomuraena quaesita} with its mouth open, Okinawa, Japan

Juergen Freund / Ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita), adult blue phase Sulawesi, Indonesia