King Penguin colony on South Georgia Island (© Frans Lanting/Corbis)

Ruby brittle star on coral off the shore of the Cayman Islands (© Hal Beral/Corbis)

Dawn over jetty, Thomson Bay, Rottnest Island, Australia (© Andrew Watson / Axiom Photographic Agency)

Green sea turtle hatchlings at Boatswain's Bay, Grand Cayman Island (© Stephen Frink/Corbis)

Colonial National Historical Park on Jamestown Island, Virginia (© George Steinmetz/Corbis)

Cup fungi (Cookeina tricholoma) in Kinabalu National Park on the island of Borneo (© Frans Lanting/Corbis) ©

Zlatni rat (Golden Horn) beach on Brac island, Croatia -- SIME / eStock Photo ©

St. Pierre island in the Seychelles, off the coast of Africa -- Purestock/Photolibrary ©