Shin Yoshino / Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) returning to nest, Nagasaki, Japan

Piotr Naskrecki / Stream flowing through deciduous forest, habitat of Ice Crawler (Gallosiana nipponensis), Japan

Mitsuaki Iwago / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile chewing on blade of grass, Jigokudani, Japan

Mitsuaki Iwago / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile in hot spring, Jigokudani, Japan

Piotr Naskrecki / Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta) on karst rock formations, Hedo, Okinawa, Japan

Piotr Naskrecki / Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta) female pseudocone, Hedo, Okinawa, Japan

Piotr Naskrecki / Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta) plants on karst rock formations, Hedo, Okinawa, Japan

Piotr Naskrecki / Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta) female pseudocone, a loose aggregation of sporophylls, Hedo, Okinawa, Japan

Piotr Naskrecki / Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta) young leaf, Hedo, Okinawa, Japan

Jasper Doest / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) soaking in hot spring, Jigokudani, Japan

Jan Vermeer / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) pair fighting, Hokkaido, Japan

Jan Vermeer / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying, Hokkaido, Japan

Jasper Doest / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile in the snow, Jigokudani, Japan

Mitsuaki Iwago / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juveniles playing in the snow, Japan

Flip Nicklin / Various processed whale meat products, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Larch (Larix leptolepis) branch with cones, Nagano, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) covered in snow, Japanese Alps near Nagano, Japan

Winfried Wisniewski / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) jumping in snow, Japan

Winfried Wisniewski / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) tagged for research, Japan

Winfried Wisniewski / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) foraging in lake, Japan

Winfried Wisniewski / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) landing in water, Japan

Winfried Wisniewski / Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) pair in courtship dance, Japan

Winfried Wisniewski / Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) courting pair in snow, Japan

Winfried Wisniewski / Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) courting pair in winter, Japan

Mitsuaki Iwago / Domestic Chicken (Gallus domesticus) male with extremely long tail feathers, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) group on icy lake at wintering site, Kussharo-ko, Hokkaido, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) pair courting, Lake Kussharo-ko, Hokkaido, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) couple courting, Kussharo-ko, Hokkaido, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) pair flying, Kussharo-ko, Hokkaido, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) group wintering, Kussharo-ko, Hokkaido, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) wintering flock, Lake Kussharo-ko, Hokkaido, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) wintering flock, Lake Kussharo-ko, Hokkaido, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) flapping wings, Lake Kussharo-ko, Hokkaido, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) flying, Shiretoko National Park, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) pair eating, Hokkaido, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) landing on lake, Japan

Ingo Arndt / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile in snow, Japan

Norbert Wu / Sea Star showing regeneration of arms after losing them, Izu Oceanic Park, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) couple mating while flying, Saitama, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Spider on web, Nagasaki, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Icicles formed on frozen river, Nagano, Japan

Mitsuaki Iwago / Domestic Pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) sow with piglets, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Field of Wheat, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Sprouting grass, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / True Weevil (Curculionidae) on leaf, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Panoramic view of terraced rice paddies, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Spider web, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Saw Stag Beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus) parent with larvae, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Saw Stag Beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus) larvae, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Saw Stag Beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus) molting at burrow in log, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Saw Stag Beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus) molting at burrow in log, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Konara Oak (Quercus serrata) new sprout growing from acorn on forest floor, Shiga, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) returning to nest with prey, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) group at zoo with tourists, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) pair, Hyogo, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) mother and baby, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) landing on nest at night, Nagasaki, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), on thistle, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria) laying eggs, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Spider (Dolomedes pallitarsis) usually waits for prey at edge of pond or stream, runs over surface of water to escape danger, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Grasshopper (Gampsocleis buergeri), Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Bee gathering pollen from sunflower, Shiga, Japan

Piotr Naskrecki / Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta) on karst rock formations, Hedo, Okinawa, Japan

Flip Nicklin / Oldest living harpooner at whale festival, Japan

Cyril Ruoso / Fig (Ficus sp) tree with roots spanning over rock, Yakushima Island, Japan

Jim Brandenburg / Fisherman's catch, Suruga Bay, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Common Burrower Mayfly (Ephemera sp) on dew covered grass, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Dragonfly (Macromia amphigena) on stem, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Bee on plant stem, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Horse Fly (Tabanus trigeminus) view of compound eyes, Shiga, Japan

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Common Bluetail (Ischnura senegalensis) pair mating, Japan

Shin Yoshino / Spider web at dawn built on pink flowers, Nagano, Japan

Flip Nicklin / Minke Whale meat bar snack at Moon Garden Restaurant, Tokyo, Japan