Nick Garbutt / Aggregation / bloom / swarm of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) in the clear waters of Loch Na Keal, off the Isle of Mull, north west Scotland, UK, June, Photographed through the surface.

Thomas Marent / Tigerwing butterfly (Mechanitis sp.), two chrysalis, Ithomiini, Santa Maria, Boyacá, Colombia

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) incubating eggs, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Ingo Arndt / Compilation of various corals including many Fan corals (Gorgonacea sp) from collection at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Bark beetle (Scolytinae) galleries in dead spruce tree (Picea abies), Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany., June.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (fruit and beetle elytra ) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (blue rotten wood) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Magnetic termite (Amitermes meridionalis) aerial view of mounds in grassland, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ingo Arndt / Magnetic termite (Amitermes meridionalis) aerial view of mounds in grassland, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ingo Arndt / Magnetic Termite (Amitermes meridionalis) mounds in grassland, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ingo Arndt / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus) using tail whilst climbing in reed, Germany, captive.

Ingo Arndt / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus) using tail whilst climbing in reed, Germany, captive.

Ingo Arndt / Bower of Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) front entrance of bower decorated with red fruit and acorns, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / European Red Wood Ant (Formica polyctena) nests in pine forest, Hessen, Germany, July.

Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) rookery crowded with nesting birds incubating eggs or protecting their small chicks, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island, February 2011

Claudio Contreras / Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) flowers at twilight, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Sven Zacek / Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) white morph and normal blue morph, Southern Estonia, April.

Kevin Schafer / Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male in bower decorated with blue objects and yellow flowers, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia

John Cancalosi / American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) swimming near Water lilies (Nymphaea sp) Washington DC, USA. July.

Pete Oxford / American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) nest excavated by nesting female Green Iguana (Iguana iguana), Banco Chinchorro, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Juan Carlos Munoz / Honeybee (Apis melifera) visiting Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) in lavender fields, Valensole Plateau, Alpes Haute Provence, France, July.

Pete Oxford / Head-hunted human skulls, collected by the Konyak Naga tribe, North East India, October 2014.

Loic Poidevin / Common teasel (Dipascus fullonum) seed-heads covered in ice, Vendee, France , January

Cyril Ruoso / Heleconia flower (Heliconia rostrata) Amazon, Peru.

Cyril Ruoso / Puya flowers (Puya sp) Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru.

Cyril Ruoso / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) herd in Altiplano, Aguada Blanca National Reserve, Peru.

Solvin Zankl / Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis) close up of tentacles, Sargasso Sea, Bermuda

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cheese maturing on shelves in traditional dairy, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, October 2014.

Pascal Pittorino / Horned pansy (Viola cornuta) in botanic garden, Var, France, March.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Argan tree (Argania spinosa) fruits, cultivated plant, endemic to Morocco.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Wind turbines, Collet dels Feixos, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, May 2013.

Michael Hutchinson / Dandelion (Taraxacum) seed head in grass meadow, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

David Tipling / Common frog (Rana temporaria) and spawn in pond. West Runton, North Norfolk, England, UK, March. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA Awards 2015.

Alex Hyde / Chlorophyte or green alga (Volvox aureus) in pond water. UK. The larger spheres are approximately 0.5mm in diameter. Digital composite image.

Alex Hyde / Frogspawn from Common Frog (Rana temporaria), fisheye view showing pond habitat. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. March.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) plants in mist, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) flower spikes in mist, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014

Pal Hermansen / Graveyard with white crosses half buried in snow, Svalbard, Norway. March.

Georgette Douwma / Coral line nursery with Acropora corals grown to reintroduce to the Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Soy beans (Glycine max) against white background

Martin Gabriel / Firefly crocus (Crocus sieberi) flowers in snow, Bavaria, Germany, March.

Juergen Freund / Detail of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) gas-filled bladders (pneumatocysts) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Canada.

Russell Cooper / Blackening waxcap fungus (Hygrocybe sp.) New Forest, Hampshire, UK.

Michael Quinton / Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) eggs in nest cavity, Alaska

Krista Schlyer / Yellow pitcher (Sarracenia flava) plants in bog, growing in fire-maintained landscape, Conecuh National Forest, Alabama, USA. May 2014.

Kirkendall-Spring / Prayer flags covering the side of Kuendeying Bazzam Bridge over the Wang Chhu in Thimphu. Bhutan, October 2014.

Gabriel Rojo / Yatay palm / jelly palm (Batia yatay) trees silhouetted at sunset, El Palmar National Park, Entre Rios Province, Argentina

Constantinos Petrinos / Purple short tentacle mushroom coral (Fungia sp.) close up of polyps. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Alex Hyde / Long exposure of light trail from bioluminescent click beetle (Pyrophorus sp) walking on ground at night. Danum Valley Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Cup fungi (Cookeina sp) growing on decaying log in lowland dipterocarp forest. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Cable cars at Fiss, Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, June 2014.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lizard orchid flowers (Himantoglossum hircinum), Ilbesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Juan Carlos Munoz / Masked weaverbird (Ploceus velatus) nests in palm tree, Namaqualand, Northern Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Composite of seashells from beach on Bali, Indonesia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Eucalyptus Leaf Composite (Eucalyptus sp) Denmark Shire, Warren Bioregion, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Pitcher plant (Nepenthes vieillaedii) Blue River Provincial Park / Parc Provincial de la Riviere Bleue, New Caledonia.

Chris Mattison / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seedhead, focus stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Sierra Nevada, California, USA, May.

Sandra Bartocha / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees in snowy woodland in evening sunlight, Potsdam, Germany, January.

Sandra Bartocha / Silver birch (Betula pendula) with Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in full bloom, Reicherskreuzer Heide, Nature Reserve Schlaubetal, Germany, August.

Sandra Bartocha / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Neubrandenburg, Germany, April.

Olga Kamenskaya / Vehicles parked on ice on the surface of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March 2008.

Ernie Janes / Hedge parsley (Torilis japonica) at sunset, silhouetted against sun, England, January.

Ross Hoddinott / Basalt columns at Vik, the southernmost village in Iceland. February 2014.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Cut trees in the Waka forest, Gabon, Central Africa, 2008-2009.

Pal Hermansen / Snow falling in Bastnas car graveyard Varmland, Sweden, December. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) standing in water a dawn, Puszaszer, Hungary, July.

Olga Kamenskaya / Ice stalagmites / ice spikes formation, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Dong Lei / White-browed Rosefinch (Carpodacus thura) with Tibetan prayer flags featuring the 'wind horse'. Pamuling mountain, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China,

Dong Lei / Yellow poppywort (Meconopsis integrifolia) flowering, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Shiqu County, Sichuan Province, China, August.

Jabruson / Non biodegradable rubbish in abandoned forest camp. Lokoue, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 2004.

Peter Cairns / Calcified trees at Tangled Creek in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, February 2013.

Jean E. Roche / Vegetable marrows, Cidamos Garden, Alpilles, France, October.

Jean E. Roche / Flooded cars in scrapyard in Arles city flooded by the Rhone in December 2003. Camargue, France.

Ernie Janes / Swallow (Hirundo rustica) adult perched on swallow weather vane, England, UK, June.

David Pattyn / Flowering Thrift (Armeria maritima) photographed on Great Saltee with a view of the island behind. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June.

Ernie Janes / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) footprints on sand at low tide, Norfolk, England, UK, November.

Juergen Freund / Glowing / bioluminescent fungi on rainforest tree, possibly Omphalotus nidiformis, Tableland rainforest, Far North Queensland, Australia

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / A child sitting by wall with empty glass bottles, in the small village of Khumnu. Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Tom Gilks / Fishermen preparing nets, Remba Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya.

Kirkendall-Spring / View over the Campbell Lakes with stormy clouds at dusk, viewed from Walker Valley Overlook in Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Oregon, USA, May 2013.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Sooty Albatros (Phoebetria fusca) at sea off South Georgia Island, Antarctica

Floris van Breugel / Various fluorescent minerals : 1Willemite, New Jersey, 2: Willemite and Calcite, New Jersey, 3: Fluorite, Ohio, 4: Willemite and Calcite, New Jersey. 5: Fluorite, California. 6: Scheelite, California....

Adrian Davies / Monkshood (Aconitum), Surrey, England, UK, June.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A blue light fluorescence photo of Jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis). The blue light source excites the fluorescent pigments in the anemones, which emit light of other colours. The muddy seabed and...

Alex Mustard / Plumose anemones (Metridium senile) and common starfish (Asterias rubens) beneath the sun in a Norwegian Fjord. Gulen, Bergen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Green surf anemones (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) grow in shallow water below the temperate rain forest. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.

Floris van Breugel / Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) leaves floating in a small pond in late autumn in Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. Washington USA

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Broad Peak base camp at altitude of 4960 m, with the light of the full moon on Godwin Austen glacier and mountain K2. Central Karakorum National Park. Pakistan. June 2007 Winner of Photographer of the...

Konrad Wothe / Orchid (Arachnis flosaeris) in flower, hotel garden, Ranomafana, Madagascar, Africa. Non native species originally from Indonesia

Jouan Rius / Sandstone monoliths, Colorado Plateau, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah, USA November 2012

Jan Hamrsky,Jan Hamrsky / Trumpet animalcules (Stentor polymorphus) with algal symbionts (Chlorella), Europe, controlled conditions

Merryn Thomas,Merryn Thomas / Globeflowers (Trollius), Lauterbrunnen Valley, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, June 2012.

Merryn Thomas,Merryn Thomas / Black and white image of three punts, Mevagissey, Cornwall, England, January.

Ernie Janes / Magnolia 'Rustica rubra' in flower in garden, UK, May

Ernie Janes / Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) in tulip field, Norfolk