Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) hatching, Dalyan Delta, Turkey, July 2009

Nick Upton / Mediterranean sea holly / Pyrenean eryngo (Eryngium bourgatii) flowering on montane pastureland, Covadonga, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, August.

Stephane Granzotto / Tracking shot of a pod of Euphrosyne dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) swimming, Mediterranean Sea, August.

Jordi Chias / Spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) just hatched from egg case that is on Seafan (Paramuricea clavata), Ullastres seamount, Costa Brava, Llafranch, Catalunya, Spain

Jordi Chias / Angular roughshark (Oxynotus centrina) a deepsea species living at 80-300m depth, caught by fishermen and released, Costa Brava, Catalunya, Spain, Mediterranean Sea

Pascal Kobeh / Long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) with prehensile tail twined round seagrass, Etang de Thau Lagoons, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

Franco Banfi / Sea star (Hacelia attenuata) on coral covered with mucilage, a symptom of rising sea temperature, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean.

Angelo Gandolfi / Gannets (Morus bassanus) courtship behavior on nest on abandoned boat, La Spezia Gulf, Italy. Mediterranean Sea. July.

Doug Perrine / Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) adult male swimming, Deserta Grande, Ilhas Desertas, Parque Natural da Madeira, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, June. Critically endangered species

Barry Bland / Fried egg jelly fish (Cotylorhiza tuberculata) Mediterranean Sea.

Constantinos Petrinos / Sunset reflected on the surface of the Aegean Sea on a calm day with a speedboat, Evia Island, Greece. July 2014.

Jordi Chias / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) swimming near the surface, Balearic channel, Spain.