Roy Mangersnes / Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) courting on ocean ice north of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July.

Konrad Wothe / Aggressive Mute swan (Cygnus olor) Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

David Fleetham / Jack (Caranx sp), shoal of juveniles following Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana), searching for prey. Bahamas.

Konrad Wothe / Tropical rainforest at the western slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes, northern Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / Tropical rainforest, Rio Papallacta, northern Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / Red orchid in tropical rainforest, northern Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / Tropical rainforest at the western slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes, northern Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / Tropical rainforest, northern Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / White-bellied antpitta (Grallaria hypoleuca) in cloudforest, North Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / Green jay (Cyanocorax yncas) rainforest, cloudforest, North-Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / Cotopaxi volcano, National Park, Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / Bugs on Heliconia flower, Coreidae, Rainforest at Tambopata river, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru.