Florian Möllers / Arctic expedition cruiseship M/S Stockholm in heavy sea and gale winds at Sarkapp (South Cape), Svalbard, Norway, July 2012

Guy Edwardes / Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) ejecting venom Kruger, South Africa, Controlled conditions.

Jabruson / Boy walking on large pile of hardwood logs ready for loading onto railway trucks that will collect timber from lumber yard located inside the Lope National Park. Onward shipment via sea takes place f...

Staffan Widstrand / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) male tusker walking down road photographed from vehicle, iMfolozi National Park, South Africa

Alex Hyde / Aposematism describes the use of bright colouration and bold patterns to advertise that an organism is unpalatable or dangerous. All three insects are foul-tasting or toxic if eaten: Wood Tiger moth...

Mark Taylor / Men working the sulphur mine at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. No release available.

Mark Taylor / Forest fire at night with silhouetted trees, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) approaching Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in shallow water, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Benoit Stichelbaut / Miguel Danet and Damien Cloarec standing on boom, leaning on mainsail of Figaro yacht "Concarneau-St. Barthelemy". Transat AG2R, Port la Foret, Brittany, March 2010.

Pete Oxford / Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) close up of rattle, The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve, Telfair County, Georgia USA, captive

Jenny E. Ross / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) sub-adult male on cliff searching for eggs in Brunnich's Guillemot nests, as gulls look on from above. This unusual behaviour happens when when lack of sea-ice prevents t...

Anup Shah / Lioness (Panthera leo) trying to protect cubs from charging Cape buffalo herd (Syncerus caffer caffer), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya