Aflo / Composite image of tick showing how its body expands after feeding

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede close up showing body segments and legs, Mamang River Forest Reserve, Ghana

Suzi Eszterhas / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) three to four month old cub peeking over mother's body while she is tranquilized by researchers, vulnerable, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada

Piotr Naskrecki / Drops of repellant on the body of Millipede, Solomon Islands

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Glass Frog (Cochranella antisthenesi) transparent skin shows body filled with eggs, very rare and fragile frog, native to Central and South America

Norbert Wu / Viperfish (Chauliodus sloani) light organs in mouth and all along body, southeastern Pacific, deep sea

Mark Moffett / Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis) recycles a dead rat by laying eggs near its body then feeding larvae bits of regurgitated carcass

Norbert Wu / Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) has bony, hard body, unlike most deep sea fish, San Diego, California

Norbert Wu / Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) has bony, hard body, unlike most deep sea fish, Eastern Pacific

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Multiple exposure study of jumping Bushbaby which can leap six times its body length (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Multiple exposure study of jumping Bushbaby which can leap six times its body length (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Multiflash image of Lesser bushbaby jumping, body vertical until it reaches apex, then it changes direction. (Resolution restriction due to image digitised from film - 'Weird Nature' BBC tv series).

Stephen Downer / John Downer P / Sidewinder rattlesnake corkscrews along sand, wave of contact points passes along body (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Kuhl's gecko flying - every edge of body expanded into membrane that acts as a wing as it glides (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Liturgusa sp) female with parasitic nematode that has just emerged from her body, killing her in the process, Suriname

Pete Oxford / Painted Beauty (Batesia hypochlora) butterfly wings and body, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / Ground Agama (Agama aculeata) inflating its body to make itself more difficult to be swallow by a predator, South Africa

Colin Monteath / Nikau (Rhopalostylis sapida) palm fruiting body near Karamea, Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand

Michael Durham / A single leech illustrating body flexibility during locomotion, collected from a pond in central Texas

Mark Moffett / Ant (Dorymyrmex sp) workers climbing on a larger Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex maricopa) to lick her body clean, Portal, Arizona

Mark Moffett / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus cylindricus) has ruptured her body to spew a sticky yellow glue, which has killed both her and the larger worker of another Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sp), Brunei, Borneo, Mal...

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede showing body segments and legs, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Grasshopper (Eumastacidae) has bright, aposematic coloration that advertises the toxicity of its body, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Earthstar (Geastrum sp) mushroom has a fruiting body resembling a star, periderm split open showing fruit, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Gaudy Grasshopper (Pyrgomorphidae) has bright, aposematic coloration that advertises the toxicity of its body, Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede climbing, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede body and legs, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede body and legs, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull roaring and raising his body on beach during breeding season, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, workers collecting Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, workers collect Mao Mao's body for burial after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, veterinarian, Wang Chengdog, and other workers collecting Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, veterinarian, Wang Chengdog, and other workers collecting Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, veterinarian, Wang Chengdog, digging to locate Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, veterinarian, Wang Chengdog, using hand-held reader to locate Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, Chi...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) enclosure excavated by workers to locate Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Tim Fitzharris / Bighorn Lake, 71-mile long man-made body of water, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming

Tim Fitzharris / Bighorn Lake, 71-mile long man-made body of water, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming

Tim Fitzharris / Bighorn Lake, 71-mile long man-made body of water, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) in defensive body posture on honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly drinking by using its proboscis to sip water from its body, USA

Pete Oxford / Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus) tucking face into body feathers to stay warm, Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, England

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) guard caste in defense and attack body posture, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Richard Du Toit / Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) standing on a rock, summer, Augrabies Falls Park, South Africa

ZSSD / Orange-spotted Millipede (Anadenobolus arboreus gundlachi) detail of body segments and legs, native to Puerto Rico

ZSSD / Orange-spotted Millipede (Anadenobolus arboreus gundlachi) full body, native to Puerto Rico

Piotr Naskrecki / Namaqua Chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) on Welwitchia (Welwitchia mirabilis) inflating body and darkening skin to warm up, Namib Desert, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Hawk Moth (Sphingidae) caterpillar feeds on plants containing toxic secondary compounds, and advertises the distastefulness of its body with bright, aposematic coloration, Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / Lubber Grasshopper (Callonotacris sp) has a bright, aposematic coloration that advertises the toxicity of its body, Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / Namaqua Chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) on Welwitchia (Welwitchia mirabilis) inflating body and darkening skin to warm up, Namib Desert, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Common Prawn (Palaemon serratus) detail body length eight centimeters, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) juvenile outstretched body four centimeters long, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) juvenile outstretched body four centimeters long, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Dahlia Anemone (Utincina felina) body diameter approximately eight centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany, sequence 2 of 5

Ingo Arndt / Dahlia Anemone (Utincina felina) body diameter approximately eight centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany, sequence 1 of 5

Ingo Arndt / Dahlia Anemone (Utincina felina) body diameter approximately eight centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany, sequence 5 of 5

Ingo Arndt / Dahlia Anemone (Utincina felina) body diameter approximately eight centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany, sequence 4 of 5

Ingo Arndt / Dahlia Anemone (Utincina felina) body diameter approximately eight centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany, sequence 3 of 5

Ingo Arndt / Sea Anemone tentacle separated from body, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Suzi Eszterhas / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) three to four month old cub cuddling against mother's body while she is tranquilized by researchers, vulnerable, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada

Suzi Eszterhas / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) three to four month old cub cuddling against mother's body while she is tranquilized by researchers, vulnerable, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada

Suzi Eszterhas / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) three to four month old cub peeking over mother's body while she is tranquilized by researchers, vulnerable, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada

Suzi Eszterhas / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) three to four month old cub peeking over mother's body while she is tranquilized by researchers, vulnerable, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada

Suzi Eszterhas / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) three to four month old cub cuddling against mother's body while she is tranquilized by researchers, vulnerable, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) shaking her body to dry it after swimming across river in high tide, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus) collecting beltian bodies from young leaves of Acacia to feed their larvae, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Acacia Ant (Pseudomyrmex flavicornis) collecting beltian bodies from young leaves of Acacia to feed their larvae, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) changing color from darkly patterned to white by contracting or expanding skin cells called chromatophores, white skin reflects sunlight effectively lowering...

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Pheidole sp) collecting grasshopper body parts discarded by mantid after feeding, Botswana

Piotr Naskrecki / Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) body covered in small flaps and fringes to distort its outline further blending it into its surroundings, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Daddy-Long-Legs Spider (Pholcus phalangioides) the body resembles a gondola suspended on long flexible stilts, Guinea, West Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / False Scorpion with ant prey, must hold their prey while injecting venom into its body to give the slow-acting venom a chance to work, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Odontolakis sp) bright coloration advertises a sharp armature of its body, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Caecilian (Gymnophis multiplicata) cloaca, unlike a snake or legless lizard it does not have a tail, its body ends abruptly in a cloaca or excretory cavity, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Planarian (Planariidae) the only members of the Flatworm family (Platyhelminthes) an aquatic dwelling group that has adapted to live and move on land by the action of a strip of powerful, closely spac...

Piotr Naskrecki / Planarian (Planariidae) the only members of the Flatworm family (Platyhelminthes) an aquatic dwelling group that has adapted to live and move on land by the action of a strip of powerful, closely spac...

Piotr Naskrecki / Planarian (Planariidae) the only members of the Flatworm family (Platyhelminthes) an aquatic dwelling group that has adapted to live and move on land by the action of a strip of powerful, closely spac...

Piotr Naskrecki / Planarian (Planariidae) the only members of the Flatworm family (Platyhelminthes) an aquatic dwelling group that has adapted to live and move on land by the action of a strip of powerful, closely spac...

Piotr Naskrecki / Planarian (Planariidae) the only members of the Flatworm family (Platyhelminthes) an aquatic dwelling group that has adapted to live and move on land by the action of a strip of powerful, closely spac...

Mark Raycroft / Great Dane (Canis familiaris) full body portrait standing on lawn

Mark Raycroft / Black Labrador Retriever (Canis familiaris) full body portrait of an adult male

Pete Oxford / Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca riobambae) third day out of water metamorphosing from aquatic tadpole to terrestrial frog, the tail will be absorbed into the body as a food source, Andes Mountains, Ecuado...

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Blue Bottle Fly (Calliphora erythrocephala) newly hatched, still has forehead bubble and body is light and soft, worldwide distribution

Pete Oxford / White-lined Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa vaillanti) tadpole tail almost completely absorbed into the body, Amazon, Ecuador

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) male throwing sand and dust over his body after wetting skin to protect from insects and heat, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Mark Moffett / Wind Scorpion (Galeodidae) male at left lunges at a female tearing her body and damaging her legs before mating, desert, Iran

Mike Parry / Dugong (Dugong dugon) full body portrait, Lamen Bay, Epi Island, Vanuatu

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Calabar Ground Boa (Charina reinhardtii) as a defensive behavior, coils body into a ball, head and tail look alike, native to West Africa

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus) young male body-surfing in shallow water near bachelor haul-out beach, summer, St Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) preparing to lift a rock hammer that is extremely heavy compared to the monkey's body weight to crack open palm nuts it has placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface...

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) preparing to lift a rock hammer that is extremely heavy compared to the monkey's body weight to crack open a palm nut it has placed in a small pit in the anvil rock surfa...

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) preparing to lift a rock hammer that is extremely heavy compared to the monkey's body weight to crack open palm nuts it has placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface...

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Banded King Shoemaker (Prepona demophon) catterpillar anterior body expanded to expose false eye spots and mimic snake, note eggs of parasitic Tachinid fly, rainforest, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) using rock hammer that is extremely heavy compared to the monkey's body weight to crack open palm nuts placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface, Cerrado habitat, Br...

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Ant (Pseudomyrmex sp) pair collecting beltian bodies from plant for food, dry forest, Guanacaste, Costa Rica