Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of Black garden ants (Lasius niger) moving exposed eggs underground, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Colony of Common Mussels (Mytilus edulis) growing on striated rock formation exposed at low tide. Cornwall, England, UK. Highly commended in the Coast and Marine Category of the British Wildlife Photo...

Theo Bosboom / Limpets (Patellidae) exposed at low tide on the coast of Playa de Ursa, Portugal. Finalist in the Animals in their Environment Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competiti...

Floris van Breugel / Bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) abstract view of exposed and weathered wood layers, White Mountains, California, USA July

Roy Mangersnes / Full moon over Adventsdlen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, April.

Roy Mangersnes / Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) courting on ocean ice north of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhyncus) feeding at sunset, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, April.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, Norway, July.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) footprints in snow, on cracked ice, Svalbard, Norway, September.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) stranded on island, with full moon above, north of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, Norway, September.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) underwater view, Edgeoya, Svalbard, Norway, June.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) behind Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Svalbard, Norway, July.