Ingo Arndt / Bark beetle (Scolytinae) galleries in dead spruce tree (Picea abies), Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany., June.

Floris van Breugel / Dune primrose, Sand verbena, and Desert gold emerge from the sand after brief spring rains in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Floris van Breugel / Dune primrose, Sand verbena, and Desert gold emerge from the sand after brief spring rains in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Brent Stephenson / Type B Killer whale (Orca orcinus) surfacing, close-up, Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic, January.

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lone female playing, blowing bubble stream, Kona, Hawaii, USA.

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings emerging from nest, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of...

Cyril Ruoso / Puya flowers (Puya sp) Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru.

Pascal Pittorino / Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) resting on a Red rose (Rosa sp) in organic garden, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, May.

MYN / Tim Hunt / Composite of Caddisfly (Trichoptera) larva and cases, Worcestershire, England, UK, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) emerging from shell, Dalyan delta, Turkey, July.

Gabriel Rojo / Southern Right whale (Eubalaena australis) breaching, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina.

Todd Mintz / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub at entrance to den, Manitoba, Canada. March.