David Shale / Deepsea benthic Sea cucumber (Peniagone sp) with commensal polynoid polychaete, from mid atlantic ridge, depth approx 2600m, June 2010

Juergen Freund / Seagrass / bristle-tailed filefish (Acreichthys tomentosus) hunting over seabed, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Brent Stephenson / Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) perched on rocks on the shoreline. Takutea, Cook Islands, November.

Brent Stephenson / Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) looking back over its shoulder. Diagnostic bristles are visible. Takutea, Cook Islands, November.

David Shale / Close up of deepsea benthic Sea cucumber (Peniagone sp) with commensal polynoid polychaete, from mid atlantic ridge, depth approx 2600m, June 2010

David Shale / Deepsea benthic Sea cucumber (Peniagone sp) with commensal polynoid polychaete, from mid atlantic ridge, depth approx 2600m, June 2010

Gerrit Vyn / Adult Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) wing stretching on its Alaskan breeding grounds. Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA, June.

Gerrit Vyn / Adult Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) on its breeding grounds. Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA, June.

Gerrit Vyn / Adult Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) on its breeding grounds. Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA, June.

Gerrit Vyn / Adult Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) vocalizing on its breeding grounds. Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA, June.

Phil Chapman / Bristle thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) on beach, Henderson Island, Pacific, vulnerable species

Fred Bavendam / Bristle-tailed Leatherjacket (Areichthys tomentosus) camouflaged amid seaweed, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Rod Williams / Bristle-crowned starling {Onychognathus salvodorii}, captive, from East Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) portrait, San Francisco, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) portrait, San Francisco, California

Chris Newbert / Filefish (Pervagor sp) juvenile hiding behind algae, 70 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Kim Taylor / Two pronged bristletail {Campodea sp}

Kim Taylor / Two pronged bristletail {Campodea sp}

Kim Taylor / Bristleworm {Autolytus sp} female holding egg mass

Kim Taylor / Two pronged bristletail {Campodea sp}

David Welling / Bristle cone pine - ancient tree, White Mountains, California {Pinus aristata

Kim Taylor / Marine Bristle-tail (Petrobius maritimus) on pebble, Dorset, UK.

Mitsuaki Iwago / Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) pair, Alaska

Mark Moffett / Thin-spined Porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus) once thought to be extinct, on a tree trunk at night held by its tail by expert tracker Mr Souza and researcher Rivelino Galvao, both looking at the noctu...

Mark Moffett / Thin-spined Porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus) nocturnal animal once thought to be extinct, Atlantic Forest, Espirito Santo, Brazil

Mark Moffett / Thin-spined Porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus) nocturnal animal once thought to be extinct, Atlantic Forest, Espirito Santo, Brazil

Mark Moffett / Thin-spined Porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus) nocturnal animal once thought to be extinct, Atlantic Forest, Espirito Santo, Brazil

Gerry Ellis / Spider in defensive display, Kikori Delta near Kopi, Papua New Guinea

Birgitte Wilms / Diamond Leatherjacket (Acreichthys tomentosus) in Algae (Halimeda sp) 10 feet deep, Papua New Guinea

Birgitte Wilms / Filefish (Pervagor sp), New Guinea

Birgitte Wilms / Filefish (Pervagor sp), New Guinea

Birgitte Wilms / Filefish (Pervagor sp), New Guinea

Birgitte Wilms / Filefish (Pervagor sp), New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Bristle star spawning at night {Astroba nuda} Philippines

David Shale / Deep sea Benthic polychaete on seabed - has thousands of sticky tentacles to which food particles ahdere. Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean

Phil Chapman / Bristle Thighed Curlew. (Numenius tahitiensis) Herson Migrates 6000 kilometers across

Phil Chapman / Bristle Thighed Curlew. (Numenius tahitiensis) Herson Migrates 6000 kilometers across