Warwick Sloss / Grey seal {Halichoerus grypus} female, Lerwick harbour, Shetland, Scotland, UK

Warwick Sloss / Kittiwake {Rissa tridactyla} adult and chick on nest, Staple Island, Farne Islands, UK

Warwick Sloss / Common bluebottle fly {Calliphora vomitoria} drinking, UK

Warwick Sloss / Flower on Bottle baobab tree {Adansonia rubrostripa} Kirindy forest, Madagascar. Note - on location for BBC Planet Earth 'Forests'

Warwick Sloss / House spider {Tegenaria gigantea} by bath plug, UK

Warwick Sloss / Brown rat {Rattus norvegicus} in sewer, captive

Warwick Sloss / Tadpoles of Common frog hatching from frogspawn {Rana temporaria} sequence 5/6

Warwick Sloss / Plant {Chrysactinium sp} flowering in volcanic rock Villarica volcano, Chile

Thoswan Devakul / Asiatic black bear in tree(Ursus thibetanus) Huai Kha Khaeng WS, Thailand

Doug Wechsler / Rainforest with Eugenia sp. Lanjak-Entimau WS, Malaysia

Warwick Sloss / Mudcrab {Scylla serrata} amongst mangroves at low tide, Darwin, NT, Australia

Warwick Sloss / Mudcrab {Scylla serrata} amongst mangroves at low tide, Darwin, NT, Australia