Albert Lleal / SEM close-up view of a skeletal fragment of a Bryozoan colony at 35x magnification that came from a beach in Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain

Albert Lleal / SEM close-up view of a skeletal fragment of a Bryozoan colony at 21x magnification, came from beach in Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain

Albert Lleal / Electron microscope view of bryozoan colony fragment isolated from beach sand, Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain

Suzi Eszterhas / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup in shallows, Elkhorn Slough, California

Claus Meyer / Swallow-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) perching on moss covered branch, Atlantic Forest ecosystem, Brazil

Gerry Ellis / Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) on moss covered branch in temperate rainforest, Pacific Northwest, North America

Konrad Wothe / Edible Snail (Helix pomatia) crossing moss on floor of deciduous forest, Germany

Duncan Usher / Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) portrait on moss and fungus-covered tree stump, Europe

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Pylon with sponges and bryozoans, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Pylon with sponges and bryozoans, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

Chase Dekker / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) group and kayakers, Moss Landing, California

Konrad Wothe / Green jay (Cyanocorax yncas) rainforest, cloudforest, North-Ecuador.