Diane McAllister / Newly hatched Western scrub jay chicks (Aphelocoma californica) huddling together in their nest near one last egg. This nest is in a backyard in Reno. Nevada, USA, June

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker carries leaf with its jaws full, workers carrying leaves must rely on a special cast of smaller ants riding on the leaves to defend against Phorid fly (Phoridae...

Tui De Roy / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) group crowding on melting summer ice floe, Possession Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana

Piotr Naskrecki / Wasp (Vespidae) nest under leaf, Suriname

Konrad Wothe / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group and cruise ship, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island

Heike Odermatt / Common Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) relasing smells to attract flies, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Heike Odermatt / Common Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) relasing smells to attract flies, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Kevin Schafer / Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus) with fishermen and mixed seabird feeding flock, south of Lima, Peru

Murray Cooper / Wasp (Vespidae) nest, Amazon, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with egg in colony, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island

Richard Herrmann / Salp (Pegea sp) chain floating in open sea, San Diego, California

Colin Monteath / Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) group congregate around fishing vessel, New Zealand

Michael Durham / Biglow Wind Farm near the Columbia River, Oregon

Michael Durham / Coastal erosion uncovers 2000 year old tree stumps, called the Ghost Forest near Neskowin, Oregon

Michael Durham / Coastal erosion uncovers 2000 year old tree stumps, called the Ghost Forest near Neskowin, Oregon

Jan Vermeer / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) pair photographed by tourists with the Kapitan Khlebnikov in the background, Antarctica

Tui De Roy / Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch (Geospiza difficilis) group breaking into Nazca Booby (Sula granti) egg, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch (Geospiza difficilis) group breaking into Nazca Booby (Sula granti) egg, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Michael Durham / Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) eggs at ten weeks after spawning, Washington

Ingo Arndt / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) group visiting the icebreaker Polarstern, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Michael Durham / Oregon Division of Fish and Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews collects data on a newborn Elk (Cervus elaphus) calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area, the calf will be radio collared so that its movemen...

Mark Raycroft / West Highland White Terrier (Canis familiaris) group of four puppies in wicker chair

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Common Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) five collected in a glass, worldwide distribution

Mark Raycroft / West Highland White Terrier (Canis familiaris) standing in grass next to spilling apple bushel

Duncan Usher / Spanish Fly (Lytta vesicatoria) specimens, excretes cantharidin, a highly toxic substance when disturbed, Europe

Gerry Ellis / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) workers with larva, Maputaland Coastal Forest Reserve, South Africa

Gerry Ellis / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla longinoda) workers preparing queen for nest weaving, Maputaland Coastal Forest Reserve, South Africa

Tim Fitzharris / Cottonwood (Populus sp) and Cranes, autumn foliage, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker carries leaf with its jaws full, workers carrying leaves must rely on a special cast of smaller ants riding on the leaves to defend against Phorid fly attack, F...

Patricio Robles Gil / Researcher with sample of Krill, the main food source for the Rorqual Whales, Gulf of California, Mexico

Matthias Breiter / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) on buoy, Cordova, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Mike Parry / Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on bait, Neptune Islands, South Australia

Pete Oxford / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) colony on hive in Caatinga habitat, Bahia State, Brazil

Gerry Ellis / Children visiting the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda inspect panda bread made from bamboo, grains, rice and vitamins, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) soldiers attack photographer's foot, soldiers specialize in vertebrate defense, rarely leaving the nest unless it is disturbed, French Guiana

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) soldiers attack photographer's foot, soldiers specialize in vertebrate defense, rarely leaving the nest unless it is disturbed, French Guiana

Michael Quinton / Common Raven (Corvus corax) group climbing on unattended snowmobiles, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Tui De Roy / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) crowding on melting summer ice floe, Possession Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Mitsuaki Iwago / Dwarf Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) harvested by Russian whaling ship, Antarctica

Mitsuaki Iwago / Spider web covered with dew, Australia

Mark Moffett / Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) tree occupied by mutualist Ant (Crematogaster mimosae) the Ants attack anything eating their tree-protecting the tree's leaves, Africa

Mark Moffett / Ant (Crematogaster sp) carton nest, Gombak, Malaysia

Richard Du Toit / Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) group on electricity tower with bird deterrent spikes, Marievale, South Africa

Jan Vermeer / Passengers of the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov walking across icefield, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) group with large striated iceberg, Scotia Sea, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Ice floe seen from the Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, Scotia Sea, Antarctica

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphaned babies learning to find Acacia seed pods with Mishak, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) keeper Mishak Nzimbi feeding milk bottle to orphan Natumi, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Mark Moffett / Researcher Jim Patton and assistants process rodent specimens for museum as military guard watches, Aaabshar-rayen, Iran

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group photographed by BBC film crew with remote camera mounted on air ship, Southeast Alaska

Tui De Roy / New Zealanders referring to themselves as Kiwis in their newspaper headlines, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) researchers aboard the Balaena searching for whales in fog, North Atlantic

Flip Nicklin / Dwarf Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) researcher Alistair Birtles working on notes, Australia

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group photographed by BBC film crew with remote camera mounted on air ship, southeast Alaska