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.

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

Jiri Lochman / Bolas spider (Dicrostichus furcatus / Ordgarius furcatus) female with bolas, a blob of silk at end of line used to swing at prey, only used by females. Bolas spiders also produce pheromones of specifi...

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Isopod (Glyptonotus antarcticus) from Antarctic Ocean at a depth of 231m.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), Maine-et-Loire, France, November. meetyourneighbours.net project

Jabruson / Boy carrying bushmeat to market, Black-fronted Duiker (Cephalophus nigrifrons). Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bence Mate / Portrait of Black-winged stilt immature (Himantopus himantopus) standing on one leg, and stretching, Hungary

Michael D. Kern / Columbian Giant Redleg Tarantula, (Megaphobema robustum) ventral view, captive from South America

Anup Shah / Common / Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) close up view of under belly - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Mark Carwardine / Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) - darted and being prepared for translocation by rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service, being measured Nairobi National Park, Kenya, Endangered / threatened spec...

Bernard Castelein / Cinereous / European Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) in dispute with an Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus), alongside a Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis) and Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicu...