Alex Mustard / Grooved brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) at night with polyps extended to feed, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

David Shale / Hydromedusa/ Trachymedusa (Crossota sp) from approx 2700m, mid Atlantic ridge, June 2010

Floris van Breugel / Sand dunes reflecting pink and orange glowing colours from the sky at sunset. Death Valley National Park, California, USA. November 2009. Highly Commended in the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photoga...

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, ash and smoke exploding into the air, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Uri Golman / Volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland, 24/03/2010. Volcano dormant since 1821.

Gavin Hellier / Women in colourful Saris collecting water, across the Jumna (Yamuna) river from Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2011, model released

Gavin Hellier / In the famous souks of Marrakech, Morocco, 2011. No release available.

Gavin Hellier / Cobbled street lined with colourful houses known as Kujundziluk, one of the oldest streets in Mostar leading to the Old Bridge, Old Town, Mostar, Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, 2007. No...

Gavin Hellier / Khao San Road at dusk, Banglamphu, Bangkok, Thailand, 2010. No release available.

Jeff Vanuga / Aerial view of Grand Prismatic Springs Midway Geyser Basin. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, July 2011.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, Cornwall, England, UK, March. Did you know? William Wordsworth wrote three poems about Lesser celandines.

Alex Hyde / Regal Jumping Spider (Phidippus regius) male, close-up showing irridescent mandibles. Captive. Endemic to North America.

Hermann Brehm / Red-and-Green Macaw (Ara chloropterus), Mato Grosso do sul, Brazil

Kim Taylor / Rainbow Shield Bug (Calidea dregii) Endemic to Southern Africa.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Tube worms (Bispira volutacornis) living between rocks covered in Crustose coralline (Corallinaceae) and red algae (Rhodophyceae), Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.

Chris Mattison / Pink stink bug (Tessaratomidae). Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth and teats in mouths ready for feeding in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Alex Hyde / Horsefly (Philipomyia aprica) Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Aposematism describes the use of bright colouration and bold patterns to advertise that an organism is unpalatable or dangerous. All three insects are foul-tasting or toxic if eaten: Wood Tiger moth...

Mark MacEwen / Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) close up of feathers. Captive, Brazil, South America.

Jeff Rotman / Northern Sea Stars (Asterias vulgaris) feeds on bed of mussels. Cathedral Rocks, Gloucester, Massachusetts, New England USA - North Atlantic Ocean.

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France sequence 5/7

Georgette Douwma / Yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus) swimming over coral reef with soft corals. Egypt, Red Sea.

Paul D Stewart / Male peacock (Pavo cristatus) displaying his ocellated tail feathers.

Paul D Stewart / Photomontage of living gecko feet showing a variety of forms. Gecko feet employ very small subdivided filaments to bond with their substrates at the molecular level using Van Der Waals' forces. Every...

Paul D Stewart / Aerial view of Grand Prismatic thermal spring in Yellowstone National Park, USA. The bright colours are natural, coming from thermophile bacteria in the water. People can be seen walking on the raised...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Bedik woman with traditional necklaces and beads. Bassari country, east Senegal. This area became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012, for cultural landscape and traditions kept by the the Bassari,...

Tui De Roy / Golden breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis mosquera) hummingbird Yanacocha Reserve, Jocotoco Foundation, 3,200m altitude on west slope of Pichincha Volcano, Andean cloud forest, West slope, Tropical Andes, E...

Sandra Bartocha / Waves of Baltic Sea washing over and polishing coloured pebbles, Markgrafenheide, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, January

LYNN M. STONE / Tabby kitten amongst garden flowers Sarasota, Florida, USA

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April. Highly commended in the British Wildlife Photograph...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Estuarine river inlet running across mudflats at dawn, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England, UK, February. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Solvin Zankl / Spines of sea urchins from sand sample from Raja Ampat, Indonesia, the wide range of colours of these animals become visible. Diagonal of frame approx. 5 mm Digital focus stacking image

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / John dory (Zeus faber), Porthkerris Cove, Cornwall, England, UK, June

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Male Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi), part of a sequence showing colour change, Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May. 2/4

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Blue Tit (Cyanistes / Parus caeruleus) perched on lichen-covered twig. Wales, UK, February. Did you know? The front of a Blue tit's head glows brightly under UV light, which is used by females to choo...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Blue Tit (Cyanistes / Parus caeruleus) perched on lichen-covered twig. Wales, UK, February.

MYN / Seth Patterson / Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) perched, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Michael D. Kern / Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) coloured blue, walking along branch, captive, from Madagascar

Michael D. Kern / Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) striped red, green and brown, on branch, captive, from Madagascar

Alex Mustard / Big fin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) descends from open water to the reef at night. Arafur Sea, Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) in mid water over a coral reef. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Pacific giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food on a colourful reef in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Alex Hyde / Yellow form of Mountain Pansy (Viola lutea) growing amongst purple form. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Various pollen grains from several species of UK plant. False coloured scanning electron micrograph. Digital composite.

Niall Benvie / Tulip fields about to be deadheaded, Texel, the Netherlands May 2012. No release available.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Steven Kazlowski / Green Aurora borealis over the Beaufort Sea, seen from the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, October 2011

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of rows of cultivated Roses, horitculture, Bellegarde, Camargue, Southern France, June 2009

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of intensive flower production, Arles, Camargue, southern France, May 2009

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial image showing sandbanks and islands in the Bahamas archipelago, Caribbean, February 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial image showing light reflected off the deep blue of the sea around the Bahamas archipelago, Caribbean, February 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of sandbanks off an island of the Bahamas archipelago, Caribbean, February 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial image showing sandbanks in the Bahamas archipelago, Caribbean, February 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of salt pans coloured red by cyanobacteria, Lake Natron, Rift Valley, Tanzania, August 2009

Kim Taylor / Stinging caterpillar, Costa Rica

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Close up of colourful mixed woodland in autumn, Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park, Perthshire, Scotland November 2011.

Konrad Wothe / Ochre quarry of Roussillon, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, Southern France, April 2006

David Tipling / 2020VISION / European hare (Lepus europaeus) in set aside field seeded with Corn Marigolds (Chrysanthemum segetum), Norfolk, England, UK, September

David Tipling / 2020VISION / European hare (Lepus europaeus) in set aside field seeded with Corn Marigolds (Chrysanthemum segetum), Norfolk, England, UK, September. Did you know? Hares are the fastest UK land mammal, sprinting at...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) in flight in sesile oak forest, Wales, UK, May. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) on field poppy (Papaver rhoeas) showing fully laden pollen sacs, RSPB Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) beneath Swanage Pier, Dorset, UK. Photographed during May. English Channel.

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian / Grey wolf (Canis lupus) running through forest, Kuhmo, Finland. September.

Claudio Contreras / Detail of Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris / Agriocharis ocellata) plumage. El Mirador-Rio Azul National Park, Department of Peten, Guatemala.

Claudio Contreras / Detail of Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris / Agriocharis ocellata) plumage. El Mirador-Rio Azul National Park, Department of Peten, Guatemala.

Andy Sands / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male passing fish to female spring during courtship behaviour, Hertfordshire, England, UK, March. Sequence 2 of 6.

Andy Sands / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male preening wing with muddy bill, Hertfordshire, England, UK, March.

Andy Sands / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male perched in tree holding fish, Hertfordshire, England, UK, March.

Andy Sands / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male preening wing on mossy branch, Hertfordshire, England, UK, March

Andy Sands / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male perched in tree with mud on beak, Hertfordshire, England, UK, March.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Colourful water with reflections in snow, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Lika, Croatia, Europe, January 2012

Orsolya Haarberg / Colourful rhyolite mountain landscape, Landmannalaugar, Sveinsgil, Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland, August 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Aerial view of river, Landeyjarsandur, South coast of Iceland, September 2010

Erlend Haarberg / Ljotipollur crater lake, Fjallabakka Nature Reserve, Iceland, August 2010

Roland Seitre / Central American Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao cyanoptera) feeding on flowers. La Marina Wildlife Rescue Center, Costa Rica.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Red paper wasp (Polistes carolina) adult in flight, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Long-jawed longhorn beetle (Trachyderes mandibularis) close up head portrait, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Red campion (Silene dioica) flowering in conservation margin next to a crop of Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), RSPB's Hope Farm reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April. 2020VISION Exhibition. Did y...

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) with pollen sacs flying towards a Scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum) flower in order to feed, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, July. 2020VISION Exhibition. Did...

Nick Upton / Coot (Fulica atra) swims on lake with colourful autumnal tree leaves reflected in the water around its own reflection, Wiltshire, UK, October

Onne van der Wal / Miami Acura Grand Prix, Key West, Florida. 2009.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Old fishing boat held upright at low tide with ropes and chains, Roa Island, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England, UK, February 2012. Did you know? Over the last decade the number of UK fishermen has decl...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Red waters of the Rio Tinto, coloured by dissolved minerals, primarily iron. Andalusia, Spain, December 2011.

Nick Turner / Housing and autumnal countryside, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, November 2008.

Nick Turner / Close up of disposable batteries at a recycling centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.

Alex Mustard / Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) scampers across a coral reef amongst sponges, Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Sand diver (Synodus intermedius) portrait on a coral reef, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / A diver exploring a coral reef with formation of brown tube sponges (Agelas conifera) red rope sponges (Amphimedon compressa) and deepwater sea fans (Iciligorgia nodulifera) East End, Grand Cayman, Ca...

Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria) making a home in a deserved worm tube of a great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa), East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Se...

Alex Hyde / Bullseye / Io moth (Automeris io) showing eye spot markings on wings during deimatic display to deter predators, photographed on a white background, originating from North and Central America, sequenc...

Alex Hyde / Bullseye / Io moth (Automeris io) showing eye spot markings on wings during deimatic display to deter predators, originating from North and Central America, sequence 2 of 2. Captive.

Alex Hyde / Bullseye / Io moth (Automeris io) resting on leaf with eye spot markings on wings hidden, originating from North and Central America, sequence 1 of 2. Captive.