David Noton / Canoes on the moored on the Nam Song River at Vang Vieng, Laos, March 2009.
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Sooty Albatros (Phoebetria fusca) at sea off South Georgia Island, Antarctica
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Tim Fitzharris / Fallen autumn colored Aspen leaves on the ground covered in dew droplets, Colorado
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Jen Guyton / Mopane snake (Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia), from the Greater Gorongosa Ecosystem, Mozambique. Here, the snake shows its defensive tail display -- the contrastingly colored orange tail is held up to dist...
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Jen Guyton / Lichen-colored snail-sucker snake (Sibon longifrenis) from La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Controlled conditions.
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Sven Zacek / Sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) singing in front of a foggy background colored golden by the rising sun, Valgamaa, Estonia, June.
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David Noton / Weaver making silk cloth, Luang Prabang, Laos, March 2009.
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MYN / Krista Schlyer / Fire-colored beetle (Pedilus sp.) harvesting toxic chemical from an American oil beetle (Meloe americanus), Anacostia watershed, Washington DC, USA, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project.
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MYN / Krista Schlyer / Fire-colored beetle (Pedilus sp.) harvesting toxic chemical from an American oil beetle (Meloe americanus), Anacostia watershed, Washington DC, USA, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project.
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Chien Lee / Blanford's Pipe Snake (Cylindrophis lineatus) raising its tail which is thickened and colored to appear as a head in a defense posture, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Andy Rouse / Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) male on lake, UK, April.
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Michael D. Kern / Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot (Amazona auropalliata) feather against black background.