Shane Gross / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with open mouth amongst Seagrass (Alismatales). Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.

Bence Mate / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) at night with the milky way in the background, Gyulaj, Tolna, Hungary. August. Taken using long exposure with flash at night. Winner of the Mammals Category of the GDT Awards 20...

Espen Bergersen / Two Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhychus) Svalbard, Norway, April.

Cyril Ruoso / View of Komdodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) from nest, Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Non-ex

Solvin Zankl,Solvin Zankl / Giant deep-sea isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) Picture was taken in cooperation with the Zoological Museum University of Hamburg

Shane Gross / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with open mouth in Seagrass (Alismatales) meadow, reflected on water surface. Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.

Stephane Granzotto / Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) and diver, view from below. River Loire, France. October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / "Scottish merchandise" in Highland gift shop, Sutherland, Scotland, UK

Paul D Stewart / Copperplate engraving of great sea monster reported by Hans Egede in 1735. From The Naturalist's Library by Sir William Jardine. This monster or was reportedly spotted off the coast of Greenland, and...

David Shale / Gaping mouth of Angler Fish (Chaenophryne draco). Near Cape Verde, Atlantic Ocean.

Philippe Clement / Reflection in pond of Nessie, the Loch Ness monster, outside the Loch Ness Exhibition Centre at Drumnadrochit, Scotland, UK May 2010 - digitally manipulated

John Cancalosi / Gila monsters at entrance to burrow {Heloderma suspectum} Arizona, USA.