Derek Galon / Shipwreck washed ashore by hurricane Maria. Dominica, December 2017. Stitched panorama. Wrecks like this appear picturesque but may release toxic materials from the hulls.

Ingo Arndt / Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) in old Whaling Station, South Georgia, February

Pete Oxford / Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus) chrysalis, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador, sequence 1 of 3

Aflo / Stray cats, on black and one tabby, peering out of hole in rusty corrugated iron. Chiyoboinari Shrine, Kaizu, Japan.

Andy Rouse / Little owl (Athene noctua) on old wheel, UK, April.

Terry Whittaker / Young Water voles (Arvicola amphibius) on old pump wheel, Kent, UK, October.

Pal Hermansen / Birch tree (Betula sp) growing up through old rusting car at night. Bastnas car graveyard, Sweden, July. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Pal Hermansen / Wood ants (Formica rufa) with larvae on rusty car, Bastnas car graveyard, Varmland, Sweden, June.

Ammonite / Close-up of Honey bees (Apis mellifera) inside hive producing honey, France, July.

Sergey Gorshkov / Snow goose (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) brooding chicks, with rusty orange face from iron rich soil in which it forages. Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, June.

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / DC-3 Aircraft wreck. Drug running aircraft that crashed in shallow water. Normans Cay, Exhumas, Bahamas. May 2005

Claudio Contreras / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with fish catch, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, July