John Abbott / Ichneumon wasp (Compsocryptus sp.?) in flight, Williamson county, Texas, USA, November

Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck jumping and flashing tail, North America

Suzi Eszterhas / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) group diving off iceberg, Paulet Island, Antarctica

Michael Durham / Diving Beetle (Cybister fimbriolatus) jumping into water, photographed with a high-speed camera, central Texas

Stephen Dalton / Short horned grasshopper {Chorthippus sp} jumping, UK. Two images taken at 1/70,000 sec and a split second apart showing the action of a leaping grasshopper. Sussex, UK.

Konrad Wothe / Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) hopping over ice, South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica

Stephen Belcher / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) jumping from iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Kevin Schafer / Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) jumping, Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

Kevin Schafer / Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) jumping, Ariau River, tributary of Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

Suzi Eszterhas / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) pair jumping, Baja California, Mexico

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) pair jumping, Baja California, Mexico

Pete Oxford / Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) jumping, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Matthias Breiter / Timber Wolf (Canis lupus) pair jumping over log, Montana

Ingo Arndt / African Lion (Panthera leo) juveniles play fighting, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) hopping from rock to rock, New Island, Falkland Islands

Suzi Eszterhas / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) group diving off iceberg, Paulet Island, Antarctica

Suzi Eszterhas / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) group jumping off iceberg into icy water, Paulet Island, Antarctica

Suzi Eszterhas / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) trio diving off iceberg, Paulet Island, Antarctica

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) adults walking and one jumping on boulder, along rocky river bank near sea, Cumberland Bay, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergance, South Georgia Island

Konrad Wothe / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pair leaping, Honduras

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) female leaping, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Flip Nicklin / Orca (Orcinus orca) adult and breaching calf, southeast Alaska

Suzi Eszterhas / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) leaping into the Mara River during migration, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) leaping into the Mara River during migration, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Michael Durham / Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) adult female jumping, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

Michael Durham / Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla) jumping into pond, Oregon

Hiroya Minakuchi / Orca (Orcinus orca) breaching, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Pete Oxford / Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) hopping across open ground, vulnerable, Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar

Mark Raycroft / Jack Russell or Parson Terrier (Canis familiaris) adult jumping through agility tire

Tui De Roy / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in summer feeding grounds, Southeast Alaska

Michael Durham / Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) jumping as an evasive behavior, Forest Park, Oregon

Mitsuaki Iwago / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) trio running and leaping, Serengeti

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / African Lion (Panthera leo) adult male followed by curious and playful six and three month old cubs, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Matthias Breiter / Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) jumping upstream during spawning season, Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Sumio Harada / Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) leaping in snow, Rocky Mountains, Glacier National Park, Montana

Tim Fitzharris / Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) leaping across river, Asia

Konrad Wothe / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pair leaping at sunrise, Honduras

Konrad Wothe / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping, Honduras

Konrad Wothe / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping out of water, Caribbean

Konrad Wothe / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pair leaping, Honduras

Konrad Wothe / Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) pair calling and jumping during courtship, Hokkaido, Japan

Colin Monteath / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) group diving from icefloe in Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Konrad Wothe / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) leaping across stream, North America

Thomas Mangelsen / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) close up of group leaping, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Thomas Mangelsen / Orca (Orcinus orca) mother and young leaping through water, Frederick Sound, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) jumping upstream during spawning season, Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Konrad Wothe / Bobcat (Lynx rufus) leaping from rocks, Colorado

Konrad Wothe / Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) leaping up Brooks River Falls during spawning season, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Mitsuaki Iwago / Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) male hopping, Australia

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) jumping, Hawaii, captive animal

Michio Hoshino / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Southeast Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) jumping, New Zealand

Jim Brandenburg / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) jumping out of water, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Jim Brandenburg / Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus) leaping onto ice floe, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Orca (Orcinus orca) adult male named B-3 breaching, Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Orca (Orcinus orca) male breaching, Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Orca (Orcinus orca) breaching, British Columbia, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) jumping, Kaikoura, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) group jumping, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) leaping playfully through calm inter-island seas, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Caribbean Tree Frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) parachuting from tree, this frog holds a cup of air beneath it with its arms as if it were a parachute, leaping to the ground each morning, Puerto Rico

Flip Nicklin / Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) jumping, Hawaii

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Black-spotted Frog (Rana nigromaculata) leaping from pond, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Cicada (Tanna japonensis) emerging, Shiga, Japan

Tui De Roy / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) group leaping ashore onto ice ledge, Foyn Island, Possession Islands, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Mark Jones / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) group gathers for mass exodus for safety against Leopard Seals, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Mitsuaki Iwago / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) babies playing, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) herd running and jumping, India

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Phidippus apacheanus) jumping between twigs showing silk safety line, Arizona

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Maevia sp) male in courtship posture, North America

Mark Moffett / Northern Green Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) portrait, Australia

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Kona coast, Hawaii

Jim Brandenburg / Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus) leaping onto ice floe, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Chrysilla sp) portrait, Sri Lanka

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) interacting with a female tourist, Dolphin Quest Learning Center, Hawaii

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Black-spotted Frog (Rana nigromaculata) leaping from pond, Japan

Richard Du Toit / Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) jumping, Limpopo, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck jumping over log in deciduous forest, Aptos, Monterey Bay, California

Hiroya Minakuchi / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) pair leaping out of water, Danco Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Alex Hyde / Jumping Spider (Sitticus sp.) found on a mountain ridge at 2800 metres altitude, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy

Alex Hyde / Jumping Spider (Sitticus sp.) found on a mountain ridge at 2800 metres altitude, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy

Alex Hyde / Jumping Spider (Sitticus sp.) found on a mountain ridge at 2800 metres altitude, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy

Alex Hyde / Jumping Spider (Sitticus sp.) found on a mountain ridge at 2800 metres altitude, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy

Alex Hyde / Jumping Spider (Sitticus sp.) found on a mountain ridge at 2800 metres altitude, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy

Alex Hyde / Jumping Spider (Sitticus sp.) found on a mountain ridge at 2800 metres altitude, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy

Hiroya Minakuchi / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) breaching, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina

Hiroya Minakuchi / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) white morph breaching, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina

Hiroya Minakuchi / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) breaching, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina

Winfried Wisniewski / Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) males fighting at lek, Varanger Peninsula,Norway

Winfried Wisniewski / Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) males fighting at lek, Varanger Peninsula,Norway

Winfried Wisniewski / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd and Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchelli) crossing the Mara River during migration, Kenya

Michael Quinton / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) jumping over barrier onto highway during migration, Slana River, Alaska

Mark Carwardine / Common dolphin (Delphinus sp) breaching with Remora / Whalesucker fish attached, Baja California, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico

Hiroya Minakuchi / Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) pair jumping, Santa Barbara, California

Hiroya Minakuchi / Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) jumping, Santa Barbara, California