Nature Production / Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus jessoensis) protecting itself by ejecting a boiling, noxious chemical spray, Nagasaki, Japan.

Nature Production / Kuronagaari ant (Messor aciculatus) carrying dandelion seed.

Nature Production / Japanese firefly (Luciola cruciata) on leaf at night, with light trails of hundreds of other fireflies in flight in the background, Japan

Nature Production / Luminescent Dwarf Squid (Watasenia scintillans) Osezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese tree frog (Hyla japonica) hanging from Pumpkin flower, Japan

Nature Production / Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) clinging to fingers, captive

Nature Production / Two male Babirusa fighting (Babyrousa babyrussa) Sulawesi, Indonesia, vulnerable species

Nature Production / Seven-spotted ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on dandelion seedhead

Nature Production / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) walking in snow in woodland, Gaivoron, Russia Endangered species

Nature Production / Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) cub climbing tree, Russia, spring

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, ploughed fields in early winter, Shiga, Japan, November, sequence 7/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, summer, Shiga, Japan, early August, sequence 4/8