First place, Animal portraits, and Grand Prize Winner. A crocodile's head is just visible in a mud pool in Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe. #

Second place, Animals in their habitat. A leopard climbs a tree in Kenya. #

Third place, Nature art. A pair of flamingos fly over Lake Magadi in Kenya. #

Second place, Nature art. Red spider mites climb on a web in Cooch Behar, India. #

Second place, People and nature. A seal tangled in a fishing net on the island of Dune, near Helgoland, Germany. #

First place, Underwater. A couple of Harlequin shrimp perch on a blue sea star in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. #

Second place, Behavior - Birds. A red-billed oxpecker rests on a warthog in Zimanga, South Africa. #

Third place, Behavior - Birds. A swallow skims along the water's surface in Kiskunság National Park, in Hungary. #

First place, Behavior - Mammals. Japanese macaques, photographed on Japan's Awaji Island. #

Third place, Animals in their habitat. A badger, seen in a forest at night in Bakonybél, Hungary. #

Third place, Behavior - Invertebrates. A scorpion digs in sand near Rajasthan, India. #

Second place, Black and white. Wildebeests leap at the Mara River crossing in Kenya. #

Third place, Plants and fungi. Mycena fungi, seen in Recarei, Paredes, Portugal. #

Third place, Animal portraits. A seaweed blenny, photographed near Blue Heron Bridge in Riviera Beach, Florida. #

Second place, Urban wildlife. A buffy fish owl steps on netting, photographed in Singapore. #