What are you doing today, Mother Nature?

January. A hot bath in winter (Japan) ; The great parrot clay lick (Peru) ; A little chick's very long day (Antarctica) ; Love in a snowstorm (Afghanistan)

February. A blush of pink (Japan) ; A kaleidoscope of butterflies (Mexico) ; A cloud of frog spawn (Wales) ; A super bloom in Death Valley (USA)

March. Life springs from the rich earth (Netherlands) ; A frog defrosts (Canada) ; A black sun ballet (Denmark) ; A gray whale gathering (Mexico)

April. A cascade of snow (Nepal) ; A blanket of bluebells (England) ; A drop of rain (Norway) ; A snow dance (Japan)

May. A dust storm in the desert (Saudi Arabia) ; A magical moonbow (USA) ; The great sardine run (South Africa) ; The flying guava farmer (Trinidad)

June. A light show in the forest (USA) ; A spectacular stink (Indonesia) ; A total eclipse of the moon (England) ; A stay at the fig hotel (Palestine)

July. The winds of change (France) ; The great migration (Kenya) ; Life from the ashes (USA) ; The wood wide web (Italy)

August. The aurora australis (Tasmania) ; A gathering of giants (Sri Lanka) ; A sea of glowing star (Maldives) ; A bamboo bear house (China)

September. A mushroom grows in a forest (Spain) ; A salmon's quest (Canda) ; The home of the clouds (India) ; The hermit crab's house swap (Jamaica)

October. A falling leaf (USA) ; The perfect nest (Western New Guinea) ; A lightning spectacular (Venezuela) ; Brown bear's bedtime (Russia)

November. Snow in the desert (Algeria) ; The longest flight (Antactica) ; Life comes flooding back (Zambia) ; A new coat for winter (Poland)

December. A night owl hunts by day (Portugal) ; A desert drink (Namibia) ; The sky ablaze (Norway) ; A highland feast (Scotland).