Marie Read / Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her and crossing his bill with hers...

Heather Angel / Raindrops on Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) lily pad. Micro nanostructures create an ultrahydrophobic surface so water slides off leaf. Puzhehai National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China.

Sue Flood / Aerial view of Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) toboganning in the snow, Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica,

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Alexandra Tomlinson preparing Pine Marten (Martes martes) blood samples on microscope slides from animals trapped in Scottish woodland during a reintroduction project to Wales run by the...

Nick Upton / Veterinarian Alexandra Tomlinson prepares Pine marten (Martes martes) blood samples on microscope slides from animals trapped in Scottish woodland during a reintroduction project to Wales run by the V...

Marie Read / American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her and crossing his bill with hers,...

Onne van der Wal / Yacht "Pamina" slides under the lee of the smaller "X Cargo" at a Swan regatta in Newport.

Nick Garbutt / Aerial view of deforestation, plume of smoke from forest burning, fragmentation and land slides (lavaka), Central Highlands, Madagascar. April 2008.

Alex Hyde / Focus stacked, inverted image of Diatoms on a microscope slide. Diatoms are single-celled algae which produce approximately 25% of the oxygen we breathe as well as being responsible for approximately...

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking over sea ice as snow drifts past, briefly slides on belly before walking again, Atka Bay, Antarctica, June.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes fosteri) inspecting a crack in the sea ice before jumping over it, Atka Bay, Antarctica, August.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) climbing down a snow ramp, one birds slides down bumping into a group below, those behind it follow hesitantly, Atka Bay, Antarctica, September.