Bence Mate / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) male taking off to feed at feeder in garden, another waiting perched on lichen covered branch, Costa Rica, January. Winner, Eric Hosking award at...

Edwin Giesbers / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula), Costa Rica

Doug Perrine / Red whip coral {Ellisella sp} Bahamas

Pete Oxford / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird {Heliodoxa jacula} perching, Ecuador. Macipucunia

Juergen Freund / Whip coral {Stichopathes sp} Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo Pacific

Christophe Courteau / Common lancehead / Fer de Lance Viper (Bothrops atrox) on road at night Pantanal, Brazil

Mike Wilkes / Green crowned brillian (Heliodoxa jacula) female perched on branch, Mindo, Ecuador

Roland Seitre / Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) portrait. Captive. La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Poas, Costa Rica.

Roland Seitre / Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) in profile. Captive. La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Poas, Costa Rica.

Roland Seitre / Boy looking at Green Crowned Brilliant Hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) perched on hand. Captive. La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Poas, Costa Rica. Model released

Roland Seitre / Girl watching Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) perched on flower. Captive. La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Poas, Costa Rica. Model released

Roland Seitre / Girl watching two Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbirds (Heliodoxa jacula) at flower. Captive. La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Poas, Costa Rica. Model released

Georgette Douwma / Sea Whip (Ellisella ceratophyta) on coral reef. Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) bending in the current, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, Indo-pacific.

Mary McDonald / Green-crowned Brillant (Heliodoxa jacula) male perched on tree limb, Bosque de Paz, Costa Rica, Central America.

Stephen Dalton / Hummingbird feeding at {Metrosideros sp} flower, Venezuala.

Stephen Dalton / Common lancehead snake (Bothrops atrox) wrapped around branch, with tongue extended, controlled conditions

Sue Daly / Sea fan coral (Ctenocella sp) Cebu, Philippines, March

Andrew Walmsley / Southern Rata (Metrosideros umbellata) flowering amidst native bush, Arthur's Pass, New Zealand, February

Claudio Contreras / Fer de lance / Central american lancehead (Bothrops asper) in defense posture, Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, Lacandon Rainforest, Mexico, September

James Christensen / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) juvenile coiled on forest floor, Colon, Panama

James Christensen / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) resting in limestone cave, Panama

Martin van Lokven / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper), venomous, Laguna del Lagarto, Boca Tapada, Costa Rica

Martin van Lokven / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper), venomous, Laguna del Lagarto, Boca Tapada, Costa Rica

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) and various sponges on coral reef, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Whip corals / Sea whips (Ellisella sp) and featherstars (Crinoidea), on coral reef, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / Red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) and various sponges on coral reef, Indo-pacific

James Christensen / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) juvenile, venomous, Panama

James Christensen / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) juvenile, venomous, Panama

James Christensen / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) young, venomous, Panama

James Christensen / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) in defensive posture, venomous, Panama

James Christensen / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) in defensive posture, venomous, Panama

James Christensen / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) in defensive posture, venomous, Panama

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) male feeding from Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green-crowned Brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) male feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Edwin Giesbers / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula), Costa Rica

Nick Upton / Greater spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) female harems, each guarded by a single male, roosting in limestone cave, Trinidad.

Jurgen Freund / Whip corals (Ellisella sp), with diver in the background. Rowley Shoals, Western Australia

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green-crowned Brilliant {Heliodoxa jacula} Female in flight feeding on "Snakeface" Flower, Central Valley, Costa Rica

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green-crowned Brilliant {Heliodoxa jacula} Female in flight feeding on Spiral Ginger flower (Costus pulverulentus) Central Valley, Costa Rica

Nick Gordon / Giant tarantula (Theraphosa leblondi) eating Fer de lance snake (Bothrops asper) Venezuela

Nick Gordon / Fer de Lance / Lancehead snake {Bothrops asper} in rainforest, Amazonia, Brazil

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Yellow seawhip coral {Stichopathes} Sulawesi, Indonesia Bunaken

Juergen Freund / Whip coral and diver (Stichopathes) Indo-Pacific

Philippe Clement / Green Crowned Brilliants feeding from hummingbird feeder (Heliodoxa jacula), Monteverde, Costa Rica

Doug Wechsler / Fer de lance snake on leaf litter {Bothrops asper} captive

Pete Oxford / Fer de lance snake {Bothrops asper} Esmereldas, Ecuador

TIM MARTIN / Central america lancehead snake / Fer de lance {Bothrops asper} Atlantic rainforest, Costa Rica

JIM CLARE / Greater spear nosed bat harem {Phyllostomus hastatus} limestone cave, Trinidad

Dietmar Nill / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird feeding (Heliodoxa jacula) captive

Staffan Widstrand / Fer-de-lance snake {Bothrops asper} beside boots, Guyana

Juergen Freund / Whip coral {Ellisella sp} with feather stars, Indo Pacific

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) defensive display against False Fer-de-lance (Xenodon rabdocephala) rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) defensive display against False Fer-de-lance (Xenodon rabdocephala) rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) snake, swallowing Whiptail Lizard, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / False Fer-de-lance (Xenodon rabdocephalus) snake, defensive threat display, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / False Fer-de-lance (Xenodon rabdocephalus) snake, scenting air with tongue, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) snake, hunting in the rainforest at night, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) snake, juvenile swallowing Rain Frog (Eleutherodactylus sp) rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) snake, juvenile swallowing Rain Frog (Eleutherodactylus sp) in the rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) snake, juvenile swallowing Rain Frog (Eleutherodactylus sp) in the rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) snake, two meters long, venomous, coiled on rainforest floor, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) snake, venomous snake coiled on palm leaf in rainforest, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Urutu (Bothrops alternatus) sun-basking in typical Cerrado habitat, Emas National Park, Brazil

Tui De Roy / Urutu (Bothrops alternatus) sun-basking in typical Cerrado habitat, Emas National Park, Brazil

Phil Savoie / Green crowned brilliant male feeding {Heliodoxa jacula} Monteverde, Costa Rica

Nick Upton / Trinidadian funnel-eared bats {Natalus tumidirostris haymani} and Greater spear nosed bats {Pyllostomus hastatus} in cave complex, Trinidad.

Phil Chapman / Ohia flowers (Metrosideros sp.). Tahiti volcanic mountain range,

Pete Oxford / Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) yellow morph. West Ecuador, South America

Pete Oxford / Fer de lance snake {Bothrops asper} Ecuador, South America

TIM MARTIN / Fer de lance snake on rainforest floor, Costa Rica

JIM CLARE / Greater spear nosed bat harem {Phyllostomus hastatus} inside Limestone cave, Trinidad

Pete Oxford / Fer de Lance Snake showing tail {Bothrops asper} West Ecuador

Dietmar Nill / Green crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) feeding

Roberto Rinaldi / Coral reef with long sea whips (Ellisella elongata) in the foreground and the silhouette of a diver in the background, Roatan, Honduras. Model released.

Roberto Rinaldi / Spiral whip / wire coral (Stichophates sp) and diver, Philippines. Model released.

Phil Savoie / Fer de lance snake / Central american lancehead {Bothrops asper} Costa Rica

Tom Vezo / Green crowned brilliant, male {Heliodoxa jacula} Monteverde, Costa Rica

Tom Vezo / Green crowned brilliant, female {Heliodoxa jacula} Monteverde, Costa Rica

Tom Vezo / Green crowned brilliant, female {Heliodoxa jacula} Monteverde, Costa Rica

Tom Vezo / Green crowned brilliant, male {Heliodoxa jacula} Monteverde, Costa Rica

Phil Savoie / Fer de lance camouflaged in leaf litter {Bothrops asper} Monteverde, Costa Rica