Albert Lleal / Dragonfly larva, Spain

Albert Lleal / Holothuroidean (Oneirophantites tarraconensis) fossil, 15 cm in length, Spain

Konrad Wothe / Mediterranean Mantis (Iris oratoria) female in defensive display, Spain

Albert Lleal / Parasol Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera), El Montseny Natural Park, Spain

Albert Lleal / Parasol Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) pair in forest, El Montseny Natural Park, Spain

Albert Lleal / Orchid (Phalaenopsis equestris) flower, Spain

Albert Lleal / Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) dry seed pods, Spain

Albert Lleal / Tintinnid from the mediterranean coast, Spain

Albert Lleal / Tumbling Waters Pyrenean Saxifrage (Saxifraga longifolia) secreting salts, Spain

Albert Lleal / Dinoflagellate (Coolia sp) from the mediterranean coast, Spain

Albert Lleal / Leaf fossil, Spain

Albert Lleal / Graptolite (Monograptus turriculatus) fossil, Spain

Albert Lleal / Mollusc (Exogyra flabellata) fossil, Spain

Albert Lleal / Morning fog over pine forest, Tarragona, Spain

Albert Lleal / Copepods such as this make up a significant portion of marine zooplankton, Spain

Albert Lleal / Copepod nauplius larval stage of development at 120x magnification with light sensing organ visible in red, Spain

Albert Lleal / Copepod nauplius larval stage of development at 120x magnification, Spain

Albert Lleal / Polychaete worm larva at 30x magnification, Spain

Albert Lleal / Copepod nauplius larval stage of development at 120x magnification, Spain

Albert Lleal / Urchin (Tetragramma dubium) fossil, oral surface, from the Cretaceous period, Spain

Albert Lleal / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) caterpillar foraging on a carrot stalk, Girona, Spain

Albert Lleal / Sea Pen (Pennatula sp) tentacles made up of polyp colony, Spain

Albert Lleal / Gorgonian Coral (Paramuricea clavata), Spain

Albert Lleal / Horseshoe Crab (Tarracolimulus rieki) fossil from the Triassic period, Spain

Albert Lleal / Sycamore (Platanus aceroides) leaf fossil from the Pliocene period, Spain

Albert Lleal / Lizard (Lariosaurus balsami) fossil, Spain

Albert Lleal / Brachipod (Lingula tenuissima) fossils from the middle Triassic period, Spain

Albert Lleal / Fish (Ichthyemidion vidali) fossil from the early Cretaceous, Spain

Albert Lleal / Spanish Moon Moth (Graellsia isabellae) eggs on a branch of a Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Spain

Albert Lleal / Coral (Phyllosmilia catalaunica) fossil fragment of the Cretaceous period, Lleida, Spain

Albert Lleal / Trilobite (Dalmanites camprodonensis) fossil from the Silurian period, Girona, Spain

Albert Lleal / Huminid (Pierolapithecus catalaunicus) skull, believed to be the last ancestor common to all modern great apes and humans, from the Miocene Epoch, Spain

Albert Lleal / Crustose lichen on volcanic rock, Timanfaya National Park, Spain

Winfried Wisniewski / Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax) adult male displaying, Spain