Piotr Naskrecki / Drops of repellant on the body of Millipede, Solomon Islands

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Glass Frog (Cochranella antisthenesi) transparent skin shows body filled with eggs, very rare and fragile frog, native to Central and South America

Norbert Wu / Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) has bony, hard body, unlike most deep sea fish, San Diego, California

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Liturgusa sp) female with parasitic nematode that has just emerged from her body, killing her in the process, Suriname

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) head and full body, endangered species. Native to Spain. Pencil and watercolor painting.

Pete Oxford / Painted Beauty (Batesia hypochlora) butterfly wings and body, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / Ground Agama (Agama aculeata) inflating its body to make itself more difficult to be swallow by a predator, South Africa

Michael Durham / A single leech illustrating body flexibility during locomotion, collected from a pond in central Texas

Mark Moffett / Ant (Dorymyrmex sp) workers climbing on a larger Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex maricopa) to lick her body clean, Portal, Arizona

Mark Moffett / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus cylindricus) has ruptured her body to spew a sticky yellow glue, which has killed both her and the larger worker of another Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sp), Brunei, Borneo, Mal...

Steven David Miller / Fifty-one carbonised statues, rendered from full body scans of the citizens of Menzies, now inhabit the dried salt bed of Lake Ballard. The statues were created by Antony Gormley for Perth's 2003 Arts...

Steven David Miller / Fifty-one carbonised statues, rendered from full body scans of the citizens of Menzies, now inhabit the dried salt bed of Lake Ballard. The statues were created by Antony Gormley for Perth's 2003 Arts...

Steven David Miller / Fifty-one carbonised statues, rendered from full body scans of the citizens of Menzies, now inhabit the dried salt bed of Lake Ballard. The statues were created by Antony Gormley for Perth's 2003 Arts...

Steven David Miller / Fifty-one carbonised statues, rendered from full body scans of the citizens of Menzies, now inhabit the dried salt bed of Lake Ballard. The statues were created by Antony Gormley for Perth's 2003 Arts...

Steven David Miller / Fifty-one carbonised statues, rendered from full body scans of the citizens of Menzies, now inhabit the dried salt bed of Lake Ballard. The statues were created by Antony Gormley for Perth's 2003 Arts...

Steven David Miller / Fifty-one carbonised statues, rendered from full body scans of the citizens of Menzies, now inhabit the dried salt bed of Lake Ballard. The statues were created by Antony Gormley for Perth's 2003 Arts...

Steven David Miller / Fifty-one carbonised statues, rendered from full body scans of the citizens of Menzies, now inhabit the dried salt bed of Lake Ballard. The statues were created by Antony Gormley for Perth's 2003 Arts...

Steven David Miller / Sign to the Fifty-one carbonised statues, rendered from full body scans of the citizens of Menzies, now inhabit the dried salt bed of Lake Ballard. The statues were created by Antony Gormley for Perth...

Steven David Miller / Fifty-one carbonised statues, rendered from full body scans of the citizens of Menzies, now inhabit the dried salt bed of Lake Ballard. The statues were created by Antony Gormley for Perth's 2003 Arts...

Steven David Miller / Fifty-one carbonised statues, rendered from full body scans of the citizens of Menzies, now inhabit the dried salt bed of Lake Ballard. The statues were created by Antony Gormley for Perth's 2003 Arts...

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede showing body segments and legs, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Grasshopper (Eumastacidae) has bright, aposematic coloration that advertises the toxicity of its body, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Earthstar (Geastrum sp) mushroom has a fruiting body resembling a star, periderm split open showing fruit, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Gaudy Grasshopper (Pyrgomorphidae) has bright, aposematic coloration that advertises the toxicity of its body, Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve, Ghana

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly drinking by using its proboscis to sip water from its body, USA

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) guard caste in defense and attack body posture, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Richard Du Toit / Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) standing on a rock, summer, Augrabies Falls Park, South Africa

ZSSD / Orange-spotted Millipede (Anadenobolus arboreus gundlachi) full body, native to Puerto Rico

Ingo Arndt / Sea Anemone tentacle separated from body, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus) collecting beltian bodies from young leaves of Acacia to feed their larvae, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Acacia Ant (Pseudomyrmex flavicornis) collecting beltian bodies from young leaves of Acacia to feed their larvae, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) changing color from darkly patterned to white by contracting or expanding skin cells called chromatophores, white skin reflects sunlight effectively lowering...

Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Pheidole sp) collecting grasshopper body parts discarded by mantid after feeding, Botswana

Piotr Naskrecki / Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) body covered in small flaps and fringes to distort its outline further blending it into its surroundings, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / False Scorpion with ant prey, must hold their prey while injecting venom into its body to give the slow-acting venom a chance to work, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Planarian (Planariidae) the only members of the Flatworm family (Platyhelminthes) an aquatic dwelling group that has adapted to live and move on land by the action of a strip of powerful, closely spac...

Piotr Naskrecki / Planarian (Planariidae) the only members of the Flatworm family (Platyhelminthes) an aquatic dwelling group that has adapted to live and move on land by the action of a strip of powerful, closely spac...

Piotr Naskrecki / Planarian (Planariidae) the only members of the Flatworm family (Platyhelminthes) an aquatic dwelling group that has adapted to live and move on land by the action of a strip of powerful, closely spac...

Piotr Naskrecki / Planarian (Planariidae) the only members of the Flatworm family (Platyhelminthes) an aquatic dwelling group that has adapted to live and move on land by the action of a strip of powerful, closely spac...

Piotr Naskrecki / Planarian (Planariidae) the only members of the Flatworm family (Platyhelminthes) an aquatic dwelling group that has adapted to live and move on land by the action of a strip of powerful, closely spac...

Mark Raycroft / Great Dane (Canis familiaris) full body portrait standing on lawn

Mark Raycroft / Black Labrador Retriever (Canis familiaris) full body portrait of an adult male

Pete Oxford / Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca riobambae) third day out of water metamorphosing from aquatic tadpole to terrestrial frog, the tail will be absorbed into the body as a food source, Andes Mountains, Ecuado...

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Blue Bottle Fly (Calliphora erythrocephala) newly hatched, still has forehead bubble and body is light and soft, worldwide distribution

Pete Oxford / White-lined Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa vaillanti) tadpole tail almost completely absorbed into the body, Amazon, Ecuador

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) male throwing sand and dust over his body after wetting skin to protect from insects and heat, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Mark Moffett / Wind Scorpion (Galeodidae) male at left lunges at a female tearing her body and damaging her legs before mating, desert, Iran

Mike Parry / Dugong (Dugong dugon) full body portrait, Lamen Bay, Epi Island, Vanuatu

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Calabar Ground Boa (Charina reinhardtii) as a defensive behavior, coils body into a ball, head and tail look alike, native to West Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Ant (Pseudomyrmex sp) pair collecting beltian bodies from plant for food, dry forest, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Surinam Toad (Pipa pipa) aquatic toad swimming underwater showing underside, has extremely flat body, native to South America

Norbert Wu / Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) long spindly arms around central arrow-shaped body, Caribbean

Norbert Wu / Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) with symbiotic Algae (Zooxanthellae) in body, Caribbean

Mark Moffett / Tortoise Beetle (Acromis sparsa) mother uses body as shield to guard her young, Panama

Norbert Wu / Lionfish (Pterois sp) juvenile has long fins in relation to body size Red Sea

Norbert Wu / Sharp-nosed Frog (Ptychadena oxyrhynchus) swimming underwater, inflates body to call loudly for mates, Panama Rainforest

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pups body surfing underneath breaking wave, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Norbert Wu / Slender Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus affinis) eyes look up, light plates on body counter illuminate creating no shadow, deep sea

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) body surfing breaking waves, Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) body surfing, Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Norbert Wu / Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) lies on bottom, symbiotic algae (Zooxanthellae) in body, Caribbean

Norbert Wu / Mushroom Soft Coral (Anthomastus ritteri) deep sea species is white due to lack of any symbiotic algae (Zooxanthellae) in body, Monterey, California

Mark Moffett / Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis) recycles a dead rat by laying eggs near its body then feeding larvae bits of regurgitated carcass, North America

Mark Moffett / Tortoise Beetle (Acromis sparsa) mother using body as a shield to guard her young, Panama

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) carries off the body of an intruder Ant (Diacamma sp) who tried to get through the trunk trail, Malaysia

Konrad Wothe / Tourist photographing young Masai tribesmen in typical dress and body paint after circumcision, Tanzania

Mark Moffett / Tropical Harvestman arachnid close-up showing fused body which differentiates Harvestmen from other spiders, south Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil