Image Gallery: 2012 New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography

The Top 10 photos in this year's prize include magnificent images of animals, plants and more.

Eureka Prize: Red-throat Travels Eureka Prize: Red-throat Travels
Eureka Prize: Lord Howe Island Stick Insect hatching at Melbourne Zoo Eureka Prize: Lord Howe Island Stick Insect hatching at Melbourne Zoo
Eureka Prize: Mantis Shrimp Eureka Prize: Mantis Shrimp
Eureka Prize: First Documentation of a Humpback Whale Mating Eureka Prize: First Documentation of a Humpback Whale Mating
Eureka Prize: Fly in Amber Eureka Prize: Fly in Amber
Eureka Prize: Green Lacewing Eureka Prize: Green Lacewing
Eureka Prize: Neuron with Alzheimer disease Eureka Prize: Neuron with Alzheimer disease
Eureka Prize: Another day in the life of Arabidopsis Eureka Prize: Another day in the life of Arabidopsis
Eureka Prize: Toward Solar Maximum Eureka Prize: Toward Solar Maximum
Eureka Prize: Killer In A Cage Eureka Prize: Killer In A Cage