Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) foraging in sisal field looking for flowers during a poor year without much fruit. Berenty reserve, Madagascar, September.

Radomir Jakubowski / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on Horsetail (Equisetum), Herbitzheim near Saarbruecken, Saarland, Germany. Finalist in the Macro category and winner of the audience award in the Montpho...

Bence Mate / Three Brown-hooded Parrots (Pyrilia haematotis) one taking off from branch, in the rain Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Juergen Freund / Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) adult male with mouth open in yawning behaviour, possibly a form of communication, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Woman with camera on tripod with audience of Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) and their chicks posing. Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, October 2006.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tourist with an audience of Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) as he takes pictures at the Snow Hill Island Colony. Antarctica, October.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Band performing at the Oruro Carnival, the biggest annual cultural event in Bolivia, with Morenada music and dancing originating from the Bolivian Andes, Bolivia, South America, February 2009.

Paul D Stewart / 'The Wisdom of God manifested in the Works of Creation' by John Ray, the ninth edition of 1727. In this book Ray developed Natural Theology for an English audience. He argues that the proof of God is...

Mark Moffett / Jim Patton with audience giving impromptu lecture on how to properly dissect a rat, agricultural station near Kerman, Iran

Tim Laman / Carola's Parotia (Parotia carolae) male displaying to an audience of two other males (black birds in front and back), and eight female-plumaged birds. Young males are indistinguishable from females,...

Eric Baccega / Birdsof prey performing at the bird show at the Beauval Zoo, Saint-Aignan, France.