Konrad Wothe / Gliding seed of Climbing Gourd (Alsomitra macrocarpa) in tropical rainforest, West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia, digital composite

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight over Simien Mountains, Ethiopia

Andy Rouse,Andy Rouse / Aerial view of Lesser Flamingos (Phoenicopterus / Phoeniconaias minor) in flight. Lake Magadi, Kenya.

Mark Carwardine / Java gliding / Malaysian flying frog (Rhacophorus reinwardti) captive, from South east Asia rainforests

Solvin Zankl / Close up of ant (Cephalotes clypeatus) Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Brent Stephenson / Buller's shearwater (Puffinus bulleri) in flight low over the water, showing upperwing. Off Whitianga, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand.

Andy Rouse / Manta ray (Manta birostris) swimming on ocean floor Coral Bay, Australia

Nick Garbutt / Wallace's Flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) male from lowland dipterocarp rainforest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo. Photographed in situ in makeshift studio in the forest.

Nick Garbutt / Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) male from lowland dipterocarp rainforest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo. Photographed in situ in makeshift studio in the forest.

Andrew Parkinson / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) adult emerges serenely from a thick mist into dawn sunlight, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Charlie Summers / Three Snow Geese banking and gliding in preparation for a landing (Chen caerulescens). Bosque del Apache, New Mexico, January.

Donald M. Jones / Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) flying, central Montana