See the Most Amazing Biology Photos of the Year

  • Two Bisons on the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.
    Lukas Gawenda
    1 of 12
  • A spider at sunset in Predel, Bulgaria.
    Krasimir Matarov
    2 of 12
  • Parasitoid wasps building clay pots in Borneo, Brunei.
    Thomas Endlein
    3 of 12
  • Siblings watering newly planted seedlings in Rizal, The Philippines.
    Ysabel M Victoriano
    4 of 12
  • A leopard in its natural habitat in Karantaka, India.
    Nagarjun Ram
    5 of 12
  • A farmer protects his family and animals from mosquitos in Gujarat, India.
    Dimple Pancholi
    6 of 12
  • A tarsier in its natural habitat in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
    Wolfgang Weinhardt
    7 of 12
  • A plant takes advantage of the available shelter in a dilapidated house in Kolmanskop, Namibia.
    Kelsey Green
    8 of 12
  • A female blackbird holding a dried mealworm in her mouth in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
    Billy Clapham
    9 of 12
  • A chick embryo in a hardened eggshell is sustained until full development in Rizal, The Philippines.
    Robert Cabagnot
    10 of 12
  • An adult female Italian crested newt stationed below the fresh water surface in Piedmont, Italy.
    Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola
    11 of 12
  • A sea turtle eating a jellyfish in The Maldives.
    Boris Barath
    12 of 12
October 27, 2014 12:07 PM EDT

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