Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod gulp feeding on Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Monterey Bay, California

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) group attacking Cape Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus), Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus) predating urchin, Anilao, Philippines

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) fishing, Texas

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fishing, Alaska

Paul Souders/ Worldfoto / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod cooperative bubble-net feeding, Frederick Sound, Alaska

Paul Souders/ Worldfoto / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod cooperative bubble-net feeding, Frederick Sound, Alaska

Tim Fitzharris / Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) and Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) flock hunting Round Sardinella (Sardinella aurita) school, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) gulp feeding on Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod gulp feeding, Monterey Bay, California

Emanuele Biggi / Peruvian Tarantula (Pamphobeteus sp.) adult, walking over Humming Frog (Chiasmocleis royi) without preying on it. Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru. These species have a com...

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) with Red-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) feeding on parasites in symbiotic relationship, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Daniel J. Cox / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) predating female Elk (Cervus elaphus) crossing river, Alum Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, sequence 4 of 4

Daniel J. Cox / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) killing female Elk (Cervus elaphus) crossing river, Alum Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, sequence 3 of 4

Daniel J. Cox / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) attacking female Elk (Cervus elaphus) crossing river, Alum Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, sequence 2 of 4

Daniel J. Cox / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) pair predating female Elk (Cervus elaphus) crossing river, Alum Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, sequence 1 of 4

Hiroya Minakuchi / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) trio gulp feeding, Inside Passage, southeast Alaska

Hiroya Minakuchi / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod gulp feeding, Inside Passage, southeast Alaska

Hiroya Minakuchi / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod gulp feeding, Inside Passage, southeast Alaska

Ralph Pace / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Galapagos Shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis), Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), and Black-tip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) group working with Yellowfin Tuna...

Ralph Pace / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Galapagos Shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis), Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), and Black-tip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) group working with Yellowfin Tuna...

Graeme Guy/ BIA / African Lion (Panthera leo) female suffocating Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) prey, Masai Mara, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) hunting baitfish, Urvina Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Assassin Bug (Acanthaspis sp) being attacked by ants, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Michael Quinton / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) with Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) prey, Alaska

Hiroya Minakuchi / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pair gulp feeding and gulls hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Monterey Bay, California

Luciano Candisani / Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) female constricting male after copulation, after which she will consume him, Brazil

Nate Chappell/ BIA / Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) with fish prey, Corrientes, Argentina

Brais Seara Fernandez/ BIA / Praying Mantis (Empusa pennata) nymph, Galicia, Spain

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) feeding on clams, Texas

Hiroya Minakuchi / Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) hunting Round Sardinella (Sardinella aurita) school, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Hiroya Minakuchi / Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) hunting Round Sardinella (Sardinella aurita) school, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Hiroya Minakuchi / Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) hunting Round Sardinella (Sardinella aurita) school, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Alan Murphy / Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) attacking bird in flight, Texas

Donald M. Jones / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunting vole in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Sequence 6 of 6

Donald M. Jones / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunting vole in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Sequence 5 of 6

Donald M. Jones / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunting vole in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Sequence 4 of 6

Donald M. Jones / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunting vole in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Sequence 3 of 6

Donald M. Jones / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunting vole in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Sequence 2 of 6

Donald M. Jones / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunting vole in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Sequence 1 of 6

Thomas Marent / Devil's Praying Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica) in defensive posture, Tanzania

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) one year old cub chasing Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) fawn, Masai Mara, Kenya. Sequence 4 of 5

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing Impala (Aepyceros melampus) female, Masai Mara, Kenya

Pete Oxford / Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) pod and diving Cape Gannets (Morus capensis) hunting Pacific Sardines (Sardinops sagax), Eastern Cape, South Africa

Juergen Freund / Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) feeding on preying mantis in strangler fig tree, Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Woodpecker Finch (Camarhynchus pallidus) using tool to dislodge grub, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) catching earthworm, Germany

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Mantidae), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Taumantis sp) instar, Woburn, Massachusetts

Donald M. Jones / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) eating Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Brooks Falls, Alaska

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Hemiempusa capensis), Western Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) hunting Round Sardinella (Sardinella aurita), Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Pete Oxford / Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) hunting Round Sardinella (Sardinella aurita), Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Pete Oxford / Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) hunting Round Sardinella (Sardinella aurita), Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Pete Oxford / Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) group hunting Round Sardinella (Sardinella aurita), Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Winfried Wisniewski / African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) striking at fish, Chobe National Park, Botswana

Richard Herrmann / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) feeding on krill, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico

Suzi Eszterhas / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) pack attacking Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), northern Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) pack attacking Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), northern Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) pack attacking Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), northern Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) pack attacking Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), northern Botswana

Nick Garbutt / Male Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) feeding on Preying mantis in beach side vegetation. Bay of Antongil, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Luciano Candisani / African Lion (Panthera leo) white adult female and juveniles eating Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii), Sanbona Wildlife Reserve, South Africa

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Crab spider (probably Thomisus onustus) preying on a Bush cricket (Tettigoniidae) on Musk thistle flower (Carduus nutans / macrocephalus) near Skrka lake, Hutovo Blato Nature Park, Bosnia and Herzegov...

Kevin Schafer / Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) catching fish, Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

Piotr Naskrecki / Beetle predating on snail who responds with defensive bubbles, Atewa Range, Ghana

Thomas Marent / African Savannah Mantid (Polyspilota aeruginosa) in defensive posture, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) camouflaged on flower, Borneo, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia gulosa) worker catching Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), eastern Australia

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) female attacking Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Piotr Naskrecki / African Savannah Mantid (Polyspilota aeruginosa) clinging to stick at sunset, Guinea, West Africa

Hiroya Minakuchi / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) foraging for fish hidden in ocean floor, Bahamas, Caribbean

Hiroya Minakuchi / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) trio predating on school of snappers, Bahamas, Caribbean

Hiroya Minakuchi / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) chasing school of snappers, Bahamas, Caribbean

Hiroya Minakuchi / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) feeding on school of snappers, Bahamas, Caribbean

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) fending off Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) group killing Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) while fending off rest of herd, Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) group catching Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) group catching Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) evading retaliation by Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd, Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) attacking Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) group feeding on Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) group feeding on Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) female bringing down Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger), Africa

Doug Perrine / Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) preying on "baitball" of sardines (Sardinops sagax), South Africa.

Doug Perrine / Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) preying on "baitball" of sardines (Sardinops sagax), South Africa

Doug Perrine / Copper sharks / bronze whaler {Carchahinus brachyurus} preying on Sardine baitball {Sardinops sagax} South Africa.

Doug Perrine / Copper sharks / bronze whaler {Carchahinus brachyurus} and South African fur seal {Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus} preying on sardine baitball {Sardinops sagax} South Africa.

Kim Taylor / Japanese praying mantis {Paratenodera ardifolia} adult. Japan.

Kim Taylor / Japanese praying mantis {Paratenodera ardifolia} adult in flight

Kim Taylor / Japanese praying mantis {Paratenodera ardifolia} nymph shedding its skin. Japan.

Gerry Ellis / Praying Mantis (Mantis sp), Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) and orchid flower, Malaysia

Jim Brandenburg / Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) with rabbit it has captured, Minnesota

Doug Perrine / Long beaked common dolphins {Delphinus capensis} preying on baitball of sardines, S Africa (Non-ex).

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod gulp feeding on Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) near sailboat, Monterey Bay, California