Doug Perrine / Great white shark jaws open at surface {Carcharodon carcharias} South Africa (Non-ex).
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb-weaver (Micrathena sp.) weaving a silk nest to protect its eggs, the nest is suspended from a thread to isolate it from predators, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. Filmed at...
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Tony Wu / Sardines (Clupeidae) fleeing from predators in the early morning. They were being herded and chased by Trevallies and Blacktip reef sharks in the water, and picked off by brown boobies and terns from...
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Steven David Miller / Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) feeding on bird seed fallen from bird feeders which encourages them to come out into open woodland. Fences around the property protect them from feral predato...
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Remi Masson / Group of Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) shoaling to protect themselves against predators, River Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France, July.
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Alex Mustard / Bengal snapper (Lutjanus bengalensis), Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes) and Fusiliers (Caesio sp.) diving towards coral reef to avoid predators. North Ari Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Emanuele Biggi / Predatory bush cricket (Saga pedo) waiting for prey on Eryngium, Italy. June. Vulnerable species.
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Ingo Arndt / Tussock moth caterpillars mass together for defense. Comoe NP, Ivory Coast {Lymantriidae}. This behaviour tricks predators into thinking the caterpillars are a single, much larger, organism.
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Richard Robinson / Shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) profile portrait, just below surface, off the West Coast of Auckland, New Zealand, February
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Alex Hyde / Fishing spider (Trechalea) waiting to catch a Killifish (Cyprinodontiformes) in a rainforest stream at night, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.
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Alex Hyde / Silk moth (Automeris zugana) sequence 2 of 2, with wings open to reveal eyespots, a means of deterring predators, photographed on a white background in mobile field studio, Cordillera de Talamanca mou...
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) predating Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa, July. Sequence 3 of 3