Bence Mate / Green / Double-crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) running across water surface, Santa Rita, Costa Rica. Did you know? This amazing lizard is colloquially known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard' for i...

Bence Mate / Sky lit by cloud-cloud lightning, with electricity pylon, Hungary, July 2006

Bence Mate / Close up portrait of Eastern white pelican head (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Danube Delta, Romania. Finalist in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2016.

Bence Mate / European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) taking off from waters edge after bathing, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

Bence Mate / Portrait of female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) drinking at waters edge, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

Bence Mate / Close up of head and prothorax of male Elephant beetle (Megasoma Elephas) with horns, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Forked lightning across horizon at night, with mixed flock of birds, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July 2006

Bence Mate / Forked lightning across horizon, with mixed flock of birds, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July 2006

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying sections of leaves, to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying sections of leaves, to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Head portrait of King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) and Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) fighting over a fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary