Cows grazing on a farm after nightfall as a cool Autumn mist descends. Bat

Cows grazing on a farm after nightfall as a cool Autumn mist descends. BatCows grazing on a farm after nightfall as a cool Autumn mist descends. Lavers Hill, Victoria, Australia.

An African lioness in estrus climbs a tree to avoid insects and the attentions of the male

An African Elephant dwarfed by a vast savannah plain on the floor of a volcano caldera

A trio of Adelie Penguin display their flippers on a rocky outcrop

however they have an amazing similarity with the common house mouse who stretches out to a whopping 10cm (4in)

An enormous empty aircraft hanger houses planes for alpine flying

A fishing boat moored in the shallows of a tropical island in the Indian Ocean

A Golden Jackal sitting alert surveys the savannah for prey and other predators

Menacing eyes and chelicerae of a rose-haired tarantula peering through the course hairs on it's legs

An ancient carving of Buddha in the Vatadage Temple

Snow-covered rocky mountaintops surround pristine alpine lakes on a highland tundra

The camouflaged Dragonet or Stink Fish

Windsurfers harness the onshore winds to race across a turquoise sea