Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to sea after Egg laying, Raine Island, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in the world, with over 14,00...

Andy Trowbridge / Split level shot of a fly fisherman (Murray Trowbridge) releasing a large brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a gin clear 'backcountry' river, North Canterbury South Island, New Zealand. January, 2012. Mode...

Shibai Xiao / Marbled eel (Anguilla marmorata) captured by local people and being held up in net, Hainan Island, China. No release available.

Roland Seitre / Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona barbadensis) chicks in nest box, part of a conservation project on the island. Isla Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, 2007.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on leaves of Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on leaves of Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Konrad Wothe / View from Bieton Hill looking southwards over Mission Beach, near Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, October 2010

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Tufts of seaweed growing on a shallow seabed, Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Meadow of seaweeds in a shallow channel between islands in the Cairns Of Coll, Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July

Juergen Freund / Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) mating over coral reef, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia, June, Endangered species

Juergen Freund / Rangers catching a Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) for tagging and release, Tetepare Island reserve, Solomon Islands, July 2010

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Green Island, Palawan, Philippines, April 2010, a tiny island fully inhabited with thousands of people

Juergen Freund / Baby green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling in the shallows of the beach, swimming out to sea. Anano Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, November

Juergen Freund / Baby green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling in the shallows of the beach, swimming out to sea. Anano Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, November.

Juergen Freund / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with schooling Bigeye jacks / trevally (Cranax sexfasciatus). Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia, June

Juergen Freund / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) resting in a crevice in the coral reef. Sipadan Island, Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia, June

Juergen Freund / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming near the surface in the reef shallows. Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia, June

Juergen Freund / Mating pair of Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the reef shallows. Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia. June

Juergen Freund / Mating Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the reef shallows. Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia, June

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the reef shallows, swimming towards the camera. Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia, June

Juergen Freund / Split-level shot of mating pair of Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the reef shallows. Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia, June

Juergen Freund / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) seen from above, swimming away from the camera. Sipadan Island, Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia, June

Juergen Freund / Split level shot of mating Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the reef shallows. Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia, June

Juergen Freund / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) portrait. Sipadan Island, Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia

Juergen Freund / Four Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) looking for resting places on the reef. Sipadan Island, Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia, June

Juergen Freund / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming through the sea near a coral reef, seen from above. Sipadan Island, Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia, June

Robert Thompson / Aerial view of Carrickarade Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, September 2009

Edwin Giesbers / Orb Weave spider (Argiope sp.) weaving web, Sarawak Borneo, Malaysia, June

Alex Mustard / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) startled. Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK.

Alex Mustard / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) tangled in a discarded fishing net, Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK, July 2010.

Alex Mustard / Atlantic grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) swimming beneath the surface, Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK. July 2010. Highly commended, Coast and Marine category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWP...

Alex Mustard / Atlantic grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) swimming beneath the surface, Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK. July 2010

Alex Mustard / Atlantic grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) resting vertical beneath the surface, Lundy Island, Devon, UK. July

Russell Cooper / Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) and Black Tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) on the lagoon at Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, UK, October 2009.

Steven David Miller / Subtropical rainforest growing in a creek gully, while at higher levels a mixed forest begins. Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia

Aflo / Y-11004 Double rainbow over hillside vegetation, Waimea Canyon, Hauai, Hawaii

Sven Zacek / Panoramic view of moonrise over Lake Panorama, Estonia, Europe

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Seaweed, Tory Island, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / View of underside of Lime (Tilia sp) leaves on a branch, Moricsala Strict Nature Reserve, Moricsala Island, Lake Usma, Latvia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Ferns, Moricsala Strict Nature Reserve, Moricsala Island, Lake Usma, Latvia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Ferns, Moricsala Strict Nature Reserve, Moricsala Island, Lake Usma, Latvia, June 2009

Rob Tilley / Detail of leaf of Cabbage Palmetto (Sabal palmetto) Sanibel Island, Florida, USA

Tim Laman / Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) male at display site in the rainforest canopy, Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera Island, North Moluccas, Indonesia.

Richard Herrmann / Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) amid kelp, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, California

Pete Oxford / Galapagos green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) swimming underwater, off Wolf Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, South America

Pete Oxford / Steel pompano fish (Trachinotus stilbe) cleaning Galapagos green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) off Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Green Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) young male on beach, entangled in green fishing net, deadly marine debris floating in all oceans, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarct...

Christian Ziegler / Plantation Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachiumácolymbiphyllum) is nearly transparent including the bones, only digestive tract is visible, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Doug Perrine / Pair of Robust ghost pipefish {Solenostomus cyanopterus} mimicing seagrass, Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) meets a Tarantula, Taboga Island, Panama Tarantulas eat frogs but avoid Poison Dart Frogs, yet on Taboga, such encounters are common and Tarantul...

Tim Fitzharris / Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) amid green leaves, Roatan Island, Honduras

Gerry Ellis / Black-faced Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) pair playing on camera and tripod, Barbados, Caribbean, native to East and southern Africa

Chris Newbert / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Kona, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) female returning to the sea in early morning after nesting, Turtle Bay, Santa Cruz, Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) female hauling out on beach, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Fred Bavendam / Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) group and one Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus), Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Mark Moffett / Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio) portrait, Colon Island, Panama

Peter Bassett / Green snow algae. Petermann Island, Antarctic Penninsula, Antarctica

Tim Edwards / Hanging mosses on Mountain beech Temperate rainforest South Island New Zealand

Jeff Rotman / Technical Diver in dry suit exploring Emerald Sea. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to sea after Egg laying, Raine Island, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in the world, with over 14,00...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to sea after Egg laying, Raine Island, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in the world, with over 14,...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to sea after egg laying, Raine Island, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in the world, with over 14,00...

Mark MacEwen / Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) fin breaking the surface, eating a dead Green Turtle, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Mark MacEwen / Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) predating Green Turtle hatchling, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Mark MacEwen / Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) predating Green Turtle hatchling, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling, heading out to sea, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in the world,...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling, heading out to sea, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in the world,...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling, heading out to sea, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in the world,...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling, returning to sea after, Raine Island, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in the world, with over 14,...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to the sea after egg laying, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in t...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to the sea after egg laying, With the prints of thousands of other turtles in the sand, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Raine Island is the la...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to the sea after egg laying, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in t...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) trying to return to the sea after egg laying, Sunrise, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle ne...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Dead while trying to return to the sea after egg laying, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. There are Coral walls on the island that when the turtles head b...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Dead while trying to return to the sea after egg laying, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. There are Coral walls on the island that when the turtles head b...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Dead while trying to return to the sea after egg laying, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. There are Coral walls on the island that when the turtles head b...

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Dead while trying to return to the water after egg laying, Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. There are Coral walls on the island that when the turtles head...

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Red-crowned Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) portrait, vulnerable species, Auckland Island, New zealand. November.

Andy Trowbridge / New Zealand Falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae) , female, close up portrait of head and shoulder, Oreti River, Mossburn, Southland, South Island, New Zealand. December.

Tui De Roy / Green warbler finches (Certhidea olivacea) seeking small insects among shoreline boulders. Punta Cevallos, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Tui De Roy / Green warbler finch (Certhidea olivacea) foraging for seeds, Gardner Bay, EspanÞola (Hood) Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Brent Stephenson / Orchards and asparagus growing with a windbreak dividing the two, seen from a helicopter. Near Bridge Pa, Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand.

Martin Willis / Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus), Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Kelp Goose (Chloephaga hybrida) male feeding on kelp, New Island, Falkland Islands

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of small island in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, February 2012

Claudio Contreras / Mexican Parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius) portrait. Maria Magdalena Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, June.

Claudio Contreras / Western Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) juvenile. Maria Madre Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, August.

Claudio Contreras / Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona oratrix tresmariae), portrait. Maria Madre Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, July. Endangered.

Claudio Contreras / Western Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) juvenile. Maria Madre Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, August.

Claudio Contreras / Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona oratrix tresmariae) in foliage. Maria Madre Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, June. Endangered.

Claudio Contreras / Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona oratrix tresmariae). Maria Madre Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, June. Endangered.