Sandra Bartocha / Ghost wood - European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), woodland Nienhagen, Germany, April

Alex Hyde / Regal jumping spider (Phidippus regius) male originating from North America. Captive.

Solvin Zankl / Wild Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria [focus staking]

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) with waves splashing. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, August.

Roy Mangersnes / Silhouette of White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight with freshly caught fish, Flatanger, Norway, July. HIGHLY COMMENDED, BIRDS category, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 20...

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River, close up of legs - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September 2009.

Sergey Gorshkov / Salmon (Salmonidae) migrating to spawn in Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, August

Pete Oxford / Finch specimens at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, L to R Top: Large Ground Finch (Geospiza magnirostris), Woodpecker Finch (Cactospiza pallidu...

Edwin Giesbers / Asian giant forest scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus) with tail raised, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Steve Knell / Swarm of Midges (Chironomidae) flying around grass stems. Lake Myvatn, Iceland. June

Steve Knell / Swarm of Midges (Chironomidae) flying around grass stems. Lake Myvatn, Iceland. June

Alex Hyde / Close-up of the underside of foot of Leaf-tailed gecko {Uroplatus sikorae} as it walks on vertical glass. The finely divided setae on the toe pads stick the gecko to the smooth surface through van der...