Oliver Wright / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) resting on stem, covered in early morning dew. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Green elf-cup / wood-cup (Chlorosplenium aeruginascens), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. October.

Steve Downer / Newly hatched slug (Gastropoda) approaching a water droplet on a leaf before bursting it and retracting its eyestalks, Birmingham, England, UK. Controlled conditions.

Ingo Arndt / Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) web with dew drops, at sunrise, Germany, August.

Michel Poinsignon / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking off, detail of legs and water droplets, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April

Andy Rouse / Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) courtship behaviour, Wales, UK, April.

Alex Hyde / Spider (Tegenaria sp.) in dew-covered web in limestone cave, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. January.

Markus Varesvuo / Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica) on water, Finland, May.

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female 'T19 Krishna' carrying 2 month cub, Ranthambhore National Park, India.

Floris van Breugel / Ice cave melting in Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska, USA, August 2014.

Denis-Huot / Three Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) silhouetted in front of geyser, Lake Bogoria National Reserve, Kenya.

Loic Poidevin / Female Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) standing up, rear view, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.