Claudio Contreras / Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus) swimming in Southern sea palm (Eisenia arborea) and Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphe...

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (fruit and beetle elytra ) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) detail of nest surface, Hessen, Germany, April.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (fungus) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (blue rotten wood) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male at courting bower, Litchfield National Park, Australia.

Ingo Arndt / Sea trout (Salmo trutta trutta) alevin just hatched with full yolk sac, Europe

Ingo Arndt / Land snail / Brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) crawling over a razor blade. The constantly produced mucus is a protection shield between the sole of the snail and the razor blade whilst the snail...

Mark Taylor / Patterdale terrier dog puppy, Korka, age 4 months.

Solvin Zankl / Thongweed (Himanthalia elongata) edible plant sold as 'Sea Spaghetti' for human consumption. From Roscoff, France, April. Preserved specimen.

Loic Poidevin / Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Breton Marsh, Vendee, France, May.

Sven Zacek / White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight, against a clear blue sky, Norway, July.