It’s the physical processes of refraction, reflection and constructive interference that create the explosion of colour in this giant bubble … Read more

A malaysian giant forest ant meets a juvenile grass frog deep in the rainforests of Borneo … Read more

A Persian falconer’s prize, the Black Shaeen (Falco peregrinus peregrinator) is one of the fastest and treasured falcons, reaching speeds of up to 320km/h. Biologists and falconers have studied the … Read more

Salticidae Spider Depth perception takes on a whole new meaning when you have eight eyes. The spider in the picture belongs to the Salticidae family, which contains over 5000 described … Read more

Andean Flamingos Pink bodied and yellow legged, these Andean Flamingos sift through shallow silt at sunset in the Atacama desert. Flamingos are filter-feeders, mainly eating microscopic algae that they filter … Read more

Taken from Issue 22. Although seemingly beautiful and serene, this fiery image shows the hundreds of millions of stars at the turbulent heart of the Milky Way, all cocooned in … Read more

Arizona Petrified Forest The badlands of Arizona, once thriving with lush forests of the Late Triassic, are now littered with the reminder of greener times. Beautifully preserved wood logs have … Read more

Taken from Issue 21. You’d be forgiven for thinking that this photo was an intricate model of a train set – but you would be mistaken. It is, in fact, … Read more

The Giant’s Causeway: World Heritage site, celebrity of ‘Visit Ireland’ publicity campaigns, subject of myth and legend Its beautiful, sculpted steps are iconic, but it may shock people to realise … Read more

Rainbow Crystals X-ray crystallography is one way of finding out what a molecule consists of. It can show which atoms are present in a substance and how they are connected … Read more