David Noton / Palm trees line the beach at Pigeon Point, Tobago

Doug Perrine / Bioluminescence from glowing plankton in sea tide line on beach, with stars above and ship lights on horizon, Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) hatching, Dalyan Delta, Turkey, July 2009

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Turnstones (Arenaria interpres) and Purple sandpipers (Calidris maritima) over wintering on the beaches of the Orkney Isles, Scotland, UK, April.

David Fleetham / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) emerging from ocean into Mangroves (Rhizophoraceae). Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Frederique Olivier / Group of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) displaying on a beach, Gypsy Cove, Stanley, Falkland Islands.

Frederique Olivier / Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) displaying on a beach, Gypsy Cove, Stanley, Falkland Islands.

Nick Upton / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup aged one month, rubbing its head with its flipper, yawning and settling down to rest on a sandy beach, Norfolk, England, UK, January.

Ingo Arndt / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) waiting for salmon under moonlit sky, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA, August

Ingo Arndt / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) waiting for salmon at full moon, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA, August

Ingo Arndt / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) two cubs resting, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA, August

Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) dispute on beach, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, February