Stunning images of nature

For the first ever BMC Ecology Image Competition, open access Science, Technology and Medicine publisher BioMed Central put out a call for "striking visual interpretations of ecological processes." More than 200 international researches submitted photographs.

The overall winner, seen here, is an image of a Timema poppensis perfectly camouflaged on its host, Redwood Sequoia sempervirens, in California.

Read on to see more incredible images of nature from the contest and visit BMC's website to learn more.

Credit: Moritz Muschick