Suzi Eszterhas / Digger Bee (Melissodes sp) pollinating Engelmann Prickly Pear (Opuntia engelmannii) flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Michael Durham / Western Long-eared Myotis (Myotis evotis) about to drink from a man-made guzzler, high-desert transition zone in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

Tim Fitzharris / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) with bee covered with pollen, Pennsylvania

Tim Fitzharris / Winter in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) flowers and Large-leaved Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) in summer, Pryor Mountain, Montana

Chris Newbert / Octopus (Octopus sp) portrait, underwater, Kona, Hawaii

Chris Newbert / Cowfish (Lactoria diaphanus) juvenile pelagic stage, night, Kona, Hawaii

Chris Newbert / Red Reef Lobster (Enoplometopus occidentalis) 30 feet deep, Hawaii

Chris Newbert / West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) floating at water surface, Florida

Norbert Wu / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) swimming underwater, Monterey, California

Norbert Wu / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forms dark, lush canopy forest in cold waters, southern California

Norbert Wu / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) creates healthier Kelp forest by eating Abalone, California