Stephen Dalton / Close-up of holly leaf (Ilex aquifolium).

Edwin Giesbers / Female Jaguar (Panthera onca), captive, occurs in Southern and Central America.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Split level shot of Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) fin above the water and leisure boat in the background, with Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa.

Mark MacEwen / Broad snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) baby carried in mother's mouth from the nest, Sante Fe, Argentina, February

Laurent Geslin / Black rat (Rattus rattus) shadows in Karni Mata temple, Deshnoke, near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Franco Banfi / Fish farm net of sea cage with thousands of Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

Russell Cooper / Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) head and compound eyes, South London, UK, September

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

LYNN M. STONE / Portrait of Abyssinian Cat, Connecticut, USA

Andrew Parkinson / Coot (Fulica atra) portrait, revealing the size of its enormous feet as it crosses a frozen lake. Derbyshire, UK, January (non-ex) Highly commended in the Portfolio category of the BWPA Competition 20...

Daniel Heuclin / Arizona mountain kingsnakes (Lampropeltis pyromelana) Found in Chiricahua mountains, SE Arirona. Controlled conditions

Floris van Breugel / Ancient Bristlecone Pine tree (Pinus longaeva) at sunset. White Mountains, California, USA, June 2009