John Waters / Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) group on the move, crossing a track at Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, E. Africa

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Queen annes lace / Wild carrot (Daucus carota) flower, Stenje region, Lake Macro Prespa, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Edwin Giesbers / Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) looking over the back of another, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

Anup Shah / Lake Edward, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

Anup Shah / Banded mongoose {Mungos mungo} foraging for parasites on skin of Warthog {Phacochoerus aethiopicus}, Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda

Michael Durham / Bumblebee (Bombus morrisoni) queen, flying toward Sweet Pea flowers in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

Alex Mustard / West Indian spider crab (Mithrax spinosissimus) shelter in a giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta) on a coral reef. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / View down on a pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) growing on a coral reef, with blue tangs. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) on a coral reef. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Aggregation of moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) with sunbeams, below the surface of the ocean. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.

Shane Gross / Schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus) shoal sheltering amongst Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) roots. Caribbean Sea off Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.

Shane Gross / Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) swimming over coral reef. Caribbean Sea off Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.