Niall Benvie / RF- Chanterelle mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius), gill detail. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Ingo Arndt / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) detail of nest surface, Hessen, Germany, April.
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Alex Hyde / Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) gills. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.
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Stephen Dalton / Close up of leaf veins showing 3D structure, UK.
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Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Common Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) backlit showing wing structure. Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, October
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Franco Banfi / Detail of sponge (Chalinula nematifera) Maldives, Indian Ocean
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Konrad Wothe / Girl looking at Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) on web. Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe, September. Model released.
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Juergen Freund / Sea pen octocoral (Veretillum sp) with polyps out, feeding, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
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Juergen Freund / Fluorescent coral viewed under UV light, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, sequence 2/2
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Edwin Giesbers / Orb Weave spider (Argiope sp.) weaving web, Sarawak Borneo, Malaysia, June
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of a flock of Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) wading in Lake Natron, with sediment trails, Rift Valley, Tanzania, Africa, August 2009
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Alex Hyde / Close-up of the underside of foot of Leaf-tailed gecko {Uroplatus sikorae} as it walks on vertical glass. The finely divided setae on the toe pads stick the gecko to the smooth surface through van der...