Glamour Plumage – detail of an ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata), Mexico
Magic Spores – cockroach on a bracket fungus, Borneo
Out of my way – two Steller’s sea eagles (Haliaeetus pelagicus) fighting for fish, Japan
Ghost of the night – a Carpathian brown bear (Ursus arctos) at dusk, Romania
Bird – detail of a juvenile brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Mexico
Adaption for death – a fairy shrimp (Branchipus schaefferi) in a puddle, Austria
Blue meeting orange – Spain
Enchanting swans – whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) in the mist of a hot spring, Japan
Against the stream – American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) swimming against the current of a river, Costa Rica
Swarming bats – millions of bats emerging from a cave, Mexico
Tidal canvas – a herring gull (Larus argentatus) rests on a bed of exposed seaweed and algae, Scotland
Langkawi sunset, Malaysia
Sugar suckers – Giant forest ants (Dinomyrmex gigas borneensis) milking a planthopper (Scamandra rosea), Borneo
Cheshire gecko – portrait of a cat-gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus), Borneo
Drone detail of basalt cliffs, Canaries
Coral farm – reef restoration measures, Indonesia
Tawny owl (Strix aluco) in golden autumn in its treehole, Germany
Layers of agave leaves, Canaries
Trilobite beetle (Platerodrilus sp.), Malaysia
Golden wave – backlit wave at sunset, Portugal
Alpha pigtail – portrait of an alpha pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina), Malaysia
Your majesty – an old female silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus) in its habitat, Malaysia
Snow covered – pasque flower (Pulsatilla grandis) emerging from the snow, Austria
Soca canyon – canyon with one of the tributaries of the Soca River, Slovenia
Curious Carpathian brown bear (Ursus arctos), Romania
Coastal zones of Istria, Croatia
Glance of Death – detail of a Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus), Malaysia
Rainforest Echo – long-nosed horned frog (Megophrys nasuta) calling in the direction of a waterfall, Borneo
Buttress tree at sunset, Borneo
Portrait of a proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), Borneo
Biodiversity hotspot – epiphytes in the cloud forest of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo
Earth crust – detail of a mining site, Spain
Bornean pygmy elephants (Elephas maximus borneensis), Borneo
Stork portrait in the snow (Ciconia ciconia), Austria
Detail of the coastline of an alpine lake, Austria
Bat snack – Yucatan rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) feeding on a bat in a cave, Mexico
Skimmer morphology – tadpoles of the Perak horned frog (Megophrys aceras), Malaysia
Foggy landscape of Berchtesgaden, Germany
Fruit fly party – a jelly fungus attracting fruit flies, Malaysia
Icarus wings – a reef heron (Egretta sacra) on the hunt, Malaysia
Scale spectrum – detail of the scales of a black common adder (Vipera berus), Austria
Traces of wings – red-crowned cranes (Grus japonensis) taking off, Japan
Camouflage – long-nosed horned frog (Megophrys nasuta) amongst leaf litter, Borneo
Winter idyll – red-crowned cranes (Grus japonensis) in their wintery habitat at sunrise, Japan
Elegance – an elegant motion during plumage care of a red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), Japan
United trees – two trees with the appearance of a single one, Japan
Copy and paste – large-billed crows (Corvus macrorhynchos) warming up in the morning sun, Japan
Bacterial carpet – chemoautotrophic bacteria which oxidize iron and manganese ions on the water surface, Austria
Laurel forest detail, Canaries
Martian landscape, Canaries
Water and Light, Slovenia
Toothless – detail of a Mediterranean rock sea star (Cladaster europaeus), Croatia
An old dead savin juniper shrub partly covered by lichens, Canaries
Dancing bees – communicating bees during a move in search of a new home, Austria
Detail of a flowering ornamental cherry during snowfall in April, Austria
Rainbow slug – the sea slug (Thuridilla hopei) is perfectly color-matched to the shallow water areas, Croatia
Death water – acidic and toxic river, Spain
German Indian Summer – sunset in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Germany
Unusual encounter – two ants on a washed-up scrawled cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis), Mexico
Down with the water, Slovenia
Electrifying – ancient, gnarled trees on the grazing grounds of Fanal, Madeira
Mute swans (Cygnus olor) having a dispute, Austria
Against the sun – a scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius) engaging in hilltopping behavior, Austria
Fanal sunset, Madeira
Toxic deposits of Rio Tinto, Spain
A hummingbird's dream – fiery-throated hummingbird (Panterpe insignis), Costa Rica
Eyes of the night – portrait of a reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus), Malaysia