
Station Squabble by Sam Rowley, UK: Rowley's picture shows two mice fighting over crumbs on an empty London Underground platform.

Ocean's signature by Angel Fitor, Spain: This picture of a salp chain was taken in the waters off Alicante, Spain. Salps move by contracting, thereby pumping water through their bodies.

What a poser by Clement Mwangi, Kenya: This female leopard soaks up the last of the day's sunlight in Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve.

A pulsing sea by David Doubilet, USA: A school of red tooth triggerfish swim above a river of convict blennies flowing over the coral in Verde Island Passage, Philippines.

Inquisitive by Audan Rikardsen, Norway: A golden eagle on the coast of northern Norway seems to enjoy being in the spotlight.

Beak to beak by Caludio Contreras Koob, Mexico: A Caribbean flamingo chick and its parent at the Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve in Yucatán state, Mexico.

Big ears by Valeriy Maleev, Russia: A long-eared jerboa in the Mongolian part of the Gobi Desert.

Teamwork by Jake Davis, USA: A humpback whale dives to locate fish off Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada.

Tender play by Steve Levi, USA: A polar bear and her cubs at play in Wapusk National Park, Canada.

Bon appétit by Lucas Bustamente, Ecuador: A labiated rainfrog with a baby tarantula in its mouth in the Ecuadorian jungle.

Meeting place by Yaz Loukhal, France: A colony of emperor penguins on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Winter's tale by Valeriy Maleev, Russia: A Pallas's cat out hunting in the grasslands of Mongolia.

Captive by Marcus Westberg, Sweden: A giant panda in a cage at a breeding center in Shaanxi, China.



