Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick group walking around the breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Ter...

Steve Downer / Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) feeding on grass, controlled conditions.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) reaching up and standing on hind legs. Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March.

David Tipling / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) adult swallowing leg bone along with hoof, Spanish Pyrenees, July. This bird swallowed five of these leg bones whole, they have the ability to dissolve the bone in...

Neil Aldridge / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby looking out from the safety of beneath its mother's legs, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana. Vulnerable species. The African elephant is classified as vul...

Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) fighting, one grabbing the leg of another in snow, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.

Bence Mate / Black-winged stilt (Himanthopus himantophus) in rain, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, July.

Jan Hamrsky / Brine shrimp or monkey shrimp (Artemia salina) female. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Diving beetle (Colymbetes fuscus) close up head portrait. Europe, June. Controlled conditions.

Alex Hyde / Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Triglav National Park, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July.

Alex Hyde / European House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) found on the ceiling of a limestone cave. Photographed on a white background in mobile field studio. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Michel Poinsignon / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking off, detail of legs and water droplets, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April