Franco Banfi / Freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii) Lake Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland. August. Invasive species.

Richard Robinson / A Blue shark (Prionace glauca) just below the surface, with nictitating membrane partially shut to protect its eye, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, June.

Sven Zacek / Pink algae in fresh snow on the coast of the Baltic Sea, Lahemaa National Park, Northern Estonia. December 2012.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata fuscata) rare white furred baby calling, Jigokudani Valley, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. June.

Solvin Zankl / Sargassumfish (Histrio histrio) swimming near Broad-toothed gulfweed (Sargassum fluitans) Sargassum Community. Sargasso Sea, Bermuda.

Staffan Widstrand / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) with bloody antlers shedding velvet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September

Staffan Widstrand / Dead Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death, Zeipelodden, Svalbard, Norway, September.

Staffan Widstrand / Common Eurasian buzzard (Buteo buteo) reflected in water whilst drinking, Pusztaszer protected landscape, Kiskunsagi, Hungary, May

Danny Green / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) on snowy ground, Japan, February

Andy Sands / Mining bee / Little flower bee (Anthophora bimaculata) taking nectar and pollen from Common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) flower, with pollen covered scopa, Surrey, England, UK. August. Highly comm...

Gabriel Rojo / Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) La Pampa, Argentina

Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. Non-ex.