Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) adult hatching out of brood cell, Germany.

Melvin Grey / Pinocchio lizard (Anolis proboscis) male, Mindo, Ecuador. Controlled conditions.

Jordi Chias / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) and Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) chasing small fish offshore. Santa Maria Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Third Place in the Underwater Category of the Por El...

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Isopod (Glyptonotus antarcticus) from Antarctic Ocean at a depth of 231m.

Solvin Zankl / Deep sea squid (Histioteuthis corona) specimen, from deep sea Atlantic Ocean.

Gabriel Rojo / Scimitar-billed woodcreeper (Drymornis bridgesii) at nest hole, Calden forest, La Pampa, Argentina.

Peter Cairns / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) backlit in evening light, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August.

Claudio Contreras / Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) reflected in water, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, March

Ole Jorgen Liodden / White-tailed eagle (Haeliaeetus albicilla) perched on snowy snag with wings raised, Flatanger, Norway, January.

Tui De Roy / Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) underwater, Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, April.

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) curious young bear approaching camera, over newly forming pack ice during autumn freeze up, Beaufort Sea, off Arctic coast, Alaska

Alex Hyde / Bearded pig (Sus barbatus) foraging for food at night, Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo.