Adrian Davies / Burnet Rose (Rosa spinosissima) Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland. June.

Adrian Davies / Burnet Rose (Rosa spinosissima) Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland. June.

Shattil & Rozinski / Two Pasque flowers (Pulsatilla hirsutissima) Wyoming, USA, North America

Tim Laman / Close up of Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes sp.) in the montane rainforest of Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia

John Cancalosi / Close-up of sandstone, showing patterns, part of the Shinarump formation, Northern Arizona / Utah, USA

John Cancalosi / Fossil Fern (Pecopteris sp) from the Upper Carboniferous period, Germany

John Cancalosi / Close-up of sandstone, showing patterns, part of the Shinarump formation, Northern Arizona / Utah, USA

John Cancalosi / Sphalerite (dark color), Pyrite (golden color) and Quartz (white color) crystals, Peru, South America

Juergen Freund / Bumble-bee shrimp {Neocaridina sp} on Sea cucumber {Thelenota ananas} Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

Juergen Freund / Close up of openings on skin of Black barrel sponge {Ircinia strobilina} Caribbean

Peter Scoones / Two Bar Anemone fish eggs (Amphiprion bicintus) Red Sea

Richard Du Toit / Close up of African elephant trunk {Loxodonta africana} Moremi WR, Botswana