David Noton / Canoes on the moored on the Nam Song River at Vang Vieng, Laos, March 2009.
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Denis-Huot / Lilac breasted roller (Coracias caudatus), Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, October.
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David Noton / Weaver making silk cloth, Luang Prabang, Laos, March 2009.
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David Noton / Colourful canoes moored on the Nam Song River at Vang Vieng, Laos, March 2009.
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Alex Mustard / Pair of Sponge porcelain crabs (Aliaporcellana sp.) shelter in groove of large Barrel sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) Seraya, Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea.
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Richard Du Toit / Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio) Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa, April.
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Andy Rouse / Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) male on lake, UK, April.
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Michael D. Kern / Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot (Amazona auropalliata) feather against black background.
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Michael D. Kern / Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot (Amazona auropalliata) feather against black background.
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Michael D. Kern / Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot (Amazona auropalliata) wing feather against black background.
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Christophe Courteau / Men with 'Zangbeto' a traditional guardian of the night, at voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / Aerial view of 'Zangbeto' guardians of the night, and priests in boat going to visit another village for voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / Aerial view of 'Zangbeto' guardians of the night, and priests in boat going to visit another village for voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / Man looking closely at 'Zangbeto' a traditional voodoo guardian of the night, during Voodoo / Vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' traditional voodoo guardians of the night in the Yoruba religion of Benin and Togo, at Voodoo / Vodun ceremony, Benin, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / Aerial view of 'Zangbeto' guardians of the night, and priests in boat going to visit another village for voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / Aerial view of 'Zangbeto' guardians of the night, and priests in boat going to visit another village for voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' traditional guardians of the night in boat going to visit another village for a voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' traditional guardians of the night in boat going to visit another village for a voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' guardians of the night in dugout canoe to travel to another village for tradtional voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' guardians of the night in dugout canoe to travel to another village for tradtional voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' guardians of the night in dugout canoe to travel to another village for tradtional voodoo / vodun ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / Men watching 'Zangbeto', traditional voodoo guardians of the night in the Yoruba religion, are helped in to boat to journey to another village for Voodoo / Vodun ceremony, Benin, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' traditional voodoo guardians of the night in the Yoruba religion, at Voodoo / Vodun ceremony, Benin, February 2011.
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Christophe Courteau / 'Zangbeto' traditional voodoo guardians of the night in the Yoruba religion of Benin and Togo, at Voodoo / Vodun ceremony, Benin, February 2011.
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Murray Cooper / Tawny-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus) hummingbird feeding on flower, multi-flash image
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Michael Durham / Western Small-footed Myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum) bat launching into flight from a basalt rock, Dutch Henry Falls Preserve, central Washington
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Fluted Wall formation of multi-hued sandstone layers shaped by erosion, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Scott Leslie / Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) with nut taking off, Granville Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Tui De Roy / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) gamming group courting as part of multi-year mate selection, Moubrey Ridge, Campbell Island, New Zealand
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Tui De Roy / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) gamming group courting as part of multi-year mate selection, Enderby Island, Auckland Group, New Zealand
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Tui De Roy / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) gamming group courting as part of multi-year mate selection, Moubrey Ridge, Campbell Island, New Zealand
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Jim Brandenburg / Bamboo (Dendrocalamus sp) growth time exposures taken hourly, China
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Jim Brandenburg / Bamboo (Dendrocalamus sp) growth time exposures taken hourly, China