Cave Myotis (Myotis velifer) in flight in captivity, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), in flight returning to nesting site on West Point Island, Falklands, South America

Adult Subantarctic Skua (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi) cleaning itself in glacier run off at Stromness Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata), feeding in the Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), leaping into the sea at Booth Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Imperial Shags (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) atriceps) at breeding colony on small islets off the city of Ushuaia, Argentina, South America

Imperial Shags (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) atriceps) at breeding colony on small islets off the city of Ushuaia, Argentina, South America

Adult Nazca booby (Sula grantii) feeding on halfbeak, and defending its catch against a frigatebird, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Antarctic shag (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) bransfieldensis) at nesting site amongst gentoo penguins at Jougla Point, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea nivea) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) attempting to eat a king penguin chick (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica), leaping at breeding colony at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Flying fish from the family Exocoetidae take flight as the ship flushes them just off Ascension Island in the southern tropical Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean

Microbats constitute the suborder Microchiroptera, found in a sandstone crevice on Bigge Island, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on ice near Alexander Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) feeding on erupting green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings in the Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) carrying nesting material, Zimanga Game Reserve, South Africa, Africa

Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata) in brash ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Microbats constitute the suborder Microchiroptera, found in a sandstone crevice on Bigge Island, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific