Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Johnstons Chameleon (Chamaeleo johnstoni) face and legs. Restricted for Editorial use until December 2015

Felis Images / Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), female and cubs in morning light, cub biting mother's leg. Gir National Park, Gujarat, India. Photo Phillip Ross/Felis Images

Felis Images / Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii) walking on a fallen branch in Mukurthi National Park, Tamil Nadu, India.

Felis Images / Spotted owlets (Athene brama) group of juveniles, Tamil Nadu, India.

Ingo Arndt / Sea trout (Salmo trutta trutta) alevin just hatched with full yolk sac, Europe

Georgette Douwma / Upside down jellyfish (Cassiopeia andromeda) Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Red eye medusa (Polyorchis penicillatus) with hitchhiking amphipods (Hyperia medusarum). Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Backlit detail of branching fire coral (Millepora alcicornis) showing the hair like polyps, filled with stinging nematocysts. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Bigfin squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) hovering in open water above a coral reef at night. Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tropical West Pacific Ocean

Mark MacEwen / Japanese firefly (Luciola cruciata) light trails at night above stream in rural Japan. June.

Alex Hyde / Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) backlit at sunset. Isle of Mull, Scotland. June. Highly commended in the Botanical Britain Category of the British Widllife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competi...

Franco Banfi / Freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii) Lake Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland. August. Invasive species.