Ingo Arndt / Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) adult resting, close up portrait, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January. Finalist in the Birds Category of the GDT Awards 2015.

Ingo Arndt / Buff tip moth (Phalera bucephala) protective web covering caterpillars and food plant, Hungary, June.

Ingo Arndt / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus) using tail whilst climbing in reed, Germany, captive.

Ingo Arndt / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus) using tail whilst climbing in reed, Germany, captive.

Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) digging their nests by night with stars during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Georgette Douwma / Upside down jellyfish (Cassiopeia andromeda) Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) trees with red dunes and mist, Namib desert, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia. August 2015.

Claudio Contreras / Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) Playa del Carmen, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, January.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver tree forest (Aloe dichotoma) at night with stars and the Milky Way, Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) perching on an Apsen tree during the blue hour of dawn, Tartumaa, Estonia, April.

Sven Zacek / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) at night, near a foggy forest lake, Kuhmo, Finland, April.

Sven Zacek / Low angle shot of Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female returning to its nest at night. Southern Estonia, May.