Jordi Chias / European barracuda (Sphyraena sphyraena) and Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) circling baitball of Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) Formigas Islets, Azores. Finalist in the Underwater Categ...

Paul Bertner / Blue-legged Chameleon (Calumma crypticum) curled tail, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Ingo Arndt / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus) using tail whilst climbing in reed, Germany, captive.

Ingo Arndt / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus) using tail whilst climbing in reed, Germany, captive.

Chien Lee / Parson's Chameleon (Calumma parsonii) juvenile, Andasibe, Madagascar

Ingo Arndt / Land snail (Polymita picta) collection of shells showing variation in patterning, Cuba. Endemic species.

Niall Benvie / Black faced sheep ram with twisted horns, Mull, Scotland, UK. January.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of traffic on the Nanpu Bridge spiral at night, Shanghai, China, 2011.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of traffic on the Nanpu Bridge spiral, Shanghai, China, 2011.

Tui De Roy / Okarito Brown Kiwi (Apteryx rowi) feather detail resembling mammalian hair. Okarito Forest, Westland, South Island, New Zealand.

Colin Varndell,Colin Varndell / White Legged Snake Millipede (Tachypodoiulus niger) three coiled, Dorset, UK, September.

Juergen Freund / Beautifully spun spider web, with spiral stabilimentum, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia