Solvin Zankl / Baby Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the beach where it hatched, Ostional, Costa Rica. October. Winner of the Underwater category of the G...

Ingo Arndt / Glaucous winged gull (Larus glaucescens) calling, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA, August

Ingo Arndt / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) diving into water to catch a fish, Hessen, Germany, sequence 1/9

Ingo Arndt / Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, USA, September 2009

Ingo Arndt / Mosquito (Culicidae) freshly hatched sitting on water surface with reflection, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Cape Gannet (Sula capensis) perched on a rock whilst calling, nesting colony, Lamberts Bay, South Africa.

Markus Varesvuo / Head portrait of juvenile Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Kuhmo, Finland, February

Markus Varesvuo / Common Crane (Grus grus) displaying in snow, Kuusamo Finland, April (Some background added.)

Markus Varesvuo / Rock Martin (ptyonoprogne fuligula)in flight, Israel

Edwin Giesbers / European grey wolf (Canis lupus) in snow, captive, Norway, February.

Sven Zacek,Sven Zacek / Two Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) on a snowy field, Southern Estonia, March.

Diane McAllister,Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile approaches the hot springs and feeding area covered in icy snow from the cold night before in Jigokudani, Japan, January