The striking photo above and the selection that follows celebrate the beauty and diversity of the natural world. Taken by ecologists and students worldwide, the images are among the winners, runners-up and highly commended entries from the
The overall winner was Alwin Hardenbol at the University of Eastern Finland for the opening shot of a Dalmatian pelican, the largest type of pelican and one threatened by the loss of its breeding colonies and aquatic habitats.
This shot of Verrill鈥檚 two-spot octopus larvae emerging from their egg sacs won Pichaya Lertvilai at the University of California, San Diego, a spot as a runner-up.
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Roberto Garc铆a Roa at the University of Valencia, Spain, was the winner of 鈥淭he Art of Ecology鈥� category for this image of a Cope鈥檚 vine snake using its open mouth as a tactic to scare predators.
The runner-up images include a procession of weaver ants carrying younger colony members to safety, taken by Upamanyu Chakraborty, a researcher at the Wildlife Institute of India.
These final images are from the highly commended list: a perfectly camouflaged Oiticella convergens moth captured by Gabor Pozsgai, who is at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in听China; and a coyote, taken by Peter Hudson of Pennsylvania State University.
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