Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) portrait in sea-ice landscape. Wide angle / fish-eye shot. Svalbard, Norway, September.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgre / Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) resting, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009. BOOK & WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Mark Carwardine / Hands of a tourist leaning from boat to touch the mouth of a friendly Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) lying on the surface, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico, April 2009

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant biting {Dorylus/ Anomma speciess). Species is non-stinging, but jaws can tear human flesh. East Africa

Steven Kazlowski / Portrait of Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub along the Bernard Spit during autumn freeze up, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, October 2011

Shibai Xiao / Marbled eel (Anguilla marmorata) captured by local people and being held up in net, Hainan Island, China. No release available.

Alex Mustard / Pederson cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni) cleaning the eye of a Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Circular fisheye photograph of a colourful coral reef with silhouetted diver, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea. Model released

Alex Mustard / Peacock flounder (Bothus lunatus) resting on the seabed, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster rostrata) portrait with the eyes standing out against a dark background, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Island, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Glasseye snapper (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus) head portrait with a cleaning Goby (Gobiosoma genie) East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Graham Eaton / An underwater view of a woodland stream, River Glaslyn, Snowdonia NP, Gwynedd, Wales, UK, May

Pete Oxford / Horse eye trevally / jack (Caranx latus) Jardines de la Reina National Park Cuba, Caribbean

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) sleeping on pack ice. Wide angle / fish-eye shot. Svalbard, Norway, September.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Group of tourists wearing waterproof clothing and life jackets in zodiac boat for seabird safari tour around Bass Rock, North Berwick, Firth of Forth, Lothian, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Nuno Sa / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) near sea surface. Santa Maria, Azores, September.

Nuno Sa / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) at the sea surface. Santa Maria, Azores, August.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Fisheye view of carpet of Bluebells (Endymion nonscriptus) in Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland, Micheldever Woods, Hampshire, England, UK, April. 2020VISION Book Plate.Did you know? Bluebells were use...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / View up through tidepool of 2020Vision young photographer, Bertie Gregory, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, July 2011. Model released. Did you know? Life isnt easy in a rock pool! Animals here must deal with c...

Kathryn Jeffs / Camera lens view of the 'Golden Fleece' in the centre of a horseshoe shaped iceberg off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Traditionally managed wildflower meadow with Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK, May 2011, fish-eye lens. Did you know? Ox-eye daisies used in Medieval times to tre...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Traditionally managed wildflower meadow with Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK, June 2011, fish-eye lens. Did you know? Around 70% of UK farmland is under agri-env...

Jeff Rotman / Windowpane flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus) camouflaged on sandy seabed, Hodgekin's Cove, Massachusetts, USA, Atlantic Ocean.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Photographer, Paul Harris, and SWT reserve manager, Mark Blake, working from a small boat at Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011, Model released. Photographer quote:...

Solvin Zankl / Common european toad {Bufo bufo} two males attempting to mate with one female, Germany, March. Highly Commended, Other Animals category, GDT competition 2011

Lisa Hoffner / A baby orphan Elephant (Loxodonta africana), named Murka, wounded by a poacher's spear is comforted by the touch of another elephant's trunk from outside its pen. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Eleph...

Juergen Freund / Detail of eye of Parrotfish (Scarus rivulatus) Komodo NP, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Detail eye and skin of a Pufferfish, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Face of a Common lionfish (Pterios volitans) on top of the reef. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Alex Mustard / Large / Pot Bellied Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis) face portrait. Blairgowrie Marina, Mornington Peninsular, Victoria, Australia, March.

Juergen Freund / Yellow Shortfin lionfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus) face. Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jeff Rotman / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) close up of eye, Bimini, Bahamas

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) group swimming in fast current during spawning run, Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Solvin Zankl / Pacific hatchetfish (Argyropelecus affinis) portrait

Jenny E. Ross / Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) and Ross's Geese (Chen rossii) taking off from field where they have been feeding, Imperial Valley, California, USA.

Ernie Janes / Boer domestic goat (Capra hircus) waiting to be fed, Norfolk, UK, September

Ernie Janes / Farmyard chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) free range, mixed breed, Norfolk, UK. Property released

Ernie Janes / Farmyard chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) free range, mixed breed, perched on fence, Norfolk, UK. Property released

Floris van Breugel / Fisheye view from within Antelope Canyon, near Page, South West Arizona, USA, January 2008

Alex Mustard / Southern Stingrays (Hypanus americanus) swimming in a school over sand ripples, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies. March

Alex Mustard / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) approaching a snorkeller's fins, Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK, North East Altantic Ocean. July 2010. Model released

Alex Mustard / Southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) swimming over sand ripples on sand bar, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) swimming over sand ripples on sandbar, Stingray City, Grand Cayman. British West Indies.

Alex Mustard / Southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) swimming over sand ripples on sandbar, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Solvin Zankl / As soon as it entered the water the young Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the coast. The swimming frenzy lasts for approximately 48 hours...

Solvin Zankl / After an incubation period of 45 to 55 days and several days long ascent through the sand the hatchling Olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) emerge all together. Ostional Beach, Costa Rica, No...

Michel Roggo / Red-eye / Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) in forest pond close to Aare river, Switzerland, May

Jeff Rotman / Close up of diving scientist reviving a Bigeye / Iago shark (Iago omanensis) Red Sea, Model released Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Close-up of the eye of a Jewel Grouper / Coral hind (Cephalopholis Miniata) Red Sea, Egypt

Jeff Rotman / Close up of Goggle eye / Bigeye fish (Priacanthus hamrur) Red Sea, Egypt

Dan Burton / Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in enclosure, Lapland, Sweden, November 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgre / Diver close to tectonic boundary between the Eurasian and the North American plates, Silfra, Thingvellir lake, Thingvellir National Park, Iceland, May 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgre / Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) surfacing, Fisheye lens. Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Pack ice on sea, Svalbard, Norway, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Crown daisies (Glebionis coronarium) flowering, Cyprus, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Roggo / Red-eye / Common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) in peat pond, Fribourg, Switzerland, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) close-up of eye, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

David Shale / Head-on view of Spothead lanternfish {Diaphus metopocampus} from between 500 and 800m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) portrait, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Viper fish {Chauliodus sloani}, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Black hellebore (Veratrum nigrum) Durmitor NP, Montenegro, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Monkfish / Allmouth (Lophius piscotorius) close-up of eye, Lofoten, Norway, November 2008

Fred Bavendam / Crescent-tail Bigeye (Priacanthus hamrur) in front of a sea fan, Uepi Island, Solomon Islands

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Meadow with flowering Corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis) East Slovakia, Europe, June 2008

Juergen Freund / Coral reef destroyed by either dynamite fishing or cyanide fishing, Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008

Georgette Douwma / Big-eye or Goggle-eye (Priacanthus hamrur) on wreck. Note colour change from deep red to silver. Egypt, Red Sea

Solvin Zankl / RV Polarstern from the Alfred Wegener Institute for polar and marine research, carrying out research into deepsea marine life off the coast of Namibia, Atlantic ocean

Georgette Douwma / Bigeye / Goggle-eye (Priacanthus hamrur) showing colour change from deep red to silver. Sipadan, Malaysia.

Juergen Freund / Close up of eye of Princess parrotfish {Scarus taeniopterus} Caribbean

Juergen Freund / Big eye jack school just under surface (Caranx sexfasciatus) Indo-Pacific.

Doug Perrine / Ring-eye jawfish male expels larvae after brooding eggs in mouth for a week {Opistognathus sp} Borneo (Non-ex).

Juergen Freund / Common frogspawn in Germany. (Rana temporaria) Fish-eye.

Konrad Wothe / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) ready to release its seeds, Germany, introduced into North America as a salad green now is invasive weed

Mark Moffett / Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) in Alcedo Volcano, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) portrait of female, taken with a wide-angle lens, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Konrad Wothe / Hoverfly collecting nectar in a field of Marguerites (Leucanthemum vulgare), Germany

Chris Newbert / Parrotfish (Scarus sp) close-up of eye, Red Sea, Egypt

Chris Newbert / Blue Parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus) eye, Belize

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calling, Waikoloa Hyatt, Hawaii

Tui De Roy / The rainless coast of the Atacama Desert is bordered by rich Humboldt Current upwelling, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Norbert Wu / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) chases a school of Bigeye Scad (Selar crumenophthalmus), Roatan, Honduras

Norbert Wu / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) silhouetted group swimming overhead, Little Bahama Bank, Caribbean

Norbert Wu / Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques) spectacular example of camouflage, for both protection and ambush feeding endemic to South Australia

Fred Bavendam / Crescent-tail Bigeye (Priacanthus hamrur), Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Flip Nicklin / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) social group of well-spotted adults and lesser marked juveniles, Bahamas

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) underwater pair, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Manta Ray (Manta birostris) Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico

Flip Nicklin / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) underwater group, Bahamas

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pair, Hawaii

Fred Bavendam / Whitemargin Stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) lying buried in sand where it waits to ambush prey, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

Norbert Wu / One-fin Flashlight Fish (Photoblepharon palpebratum) light organ under eye used in mating and attracting prey, Grand Comore Island, Indian Ocean

Fred Bavendam / Blue-barred Parrotfish (Scarus ghobban) male sleeping on the reef at night, Andaman Sea, Thailand

Fred Bavendam / Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini) close-up portrait Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Ecuador

Flip Nicklin / Coral and schooling fish, Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia

Flip Nicklin / Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) bottom feeding, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada