Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Sunstar (Crossaster papposus), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus), brittlestars and sealoch anemones form a typical undersea community in a Scottish sea loch, Loch Duich, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April 2011

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common / Red sunstar (Crossaster papposus) amongst Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) on a rocky reef, beneath kelp. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June.

Jeff Vanuga / Sunset over Brooks Mountain in the Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, USA, December 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Kelp with Common / Red sunstar (Crossaster papposus) and shells, Moere coastline, Norway, February 2009

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Yellow sun star (Solaster endeca) amongst Brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis) on a Horse mussel bed (Modiolus modiolus) Sheltand Islands, Scotland, UK, September.

Konrad Wothe / Tropical rainforest at the western slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes, northern Ecuador.

Ernie Janes / Large amounts of sea life including Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shells (Ensis) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) washed up on the beach, Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK,...

Ernie Janes / Large amounts of sea life including Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shells (Ensis) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) washed up on the beach, Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK,...

Ernie Janes / Large amounts of sea life including Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shells (Ensis) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) washed up on the beach, Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK,...

Ernie Janes / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shells (Ensis) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) washed up on the beach, Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK, March

Solvin Zankl / Baby Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the beach where it hatched, Ostional, Costa Rica. October. Winner of the Underwater category of the G...

Alex Mustard / Carapace of a dead olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) entangled in discarded fishing gear. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka.

Ralph Pace / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore to nest during arribada, Playa de Escobilla Sanctuary, Oaxaca, Mexico

Claudio Contreras / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting, Arribada (mass nesting event), Playa Morro Ayuta, Oaxaca state, southern Mexico. Vulnerable species.

Ingo Arndt / Villagers collecting eggs from Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) during the first two days of the arribada (mass nesting event). This is the only place in the world where it is legal to...

Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) digging their nests by night with stars during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore at twilight during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Roland Seitre / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore to lay eggs during an arribada nesting event, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchlings emerging from nest and making their way to the sea at sunrise, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) female returning to sea after laying eggs, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore to lay eggs during an arribada nesting event, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica