Bruno D'Amicis / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking along fallen trunk of old Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree, Coppo del Principe old-growth beech forest in autumn. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale...

Bruno D'Amicis / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree seedlings in old growth forest in spring, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNESCO World Heritage Site Italy. May

Bruno D'Amicis / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree seedlings in old growth forest in spring, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNESCO World Heritage Site Italy. May

Bruno D'Amicis / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking through snow. Central Apennines, Molise, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.

Bruno D'Amicis / Wild Apennine wolf (Canis lupus italicus) in snowy landscape. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. February. Italian endemic subspecies.

Bruno D'Amicis / Tisisat Falls / Blue Nile Falls along the Blue Nile, south of Bahir Dar, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. December 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Tisisat Falls / Blue Nile Falls along the Blue Nile, south of Bahir Dar, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. December 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Yellow-fronted parrot (Poicephalus flavifrons) in tree, Zege peninsula, ake Tana. Endemic to Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) wild caught adult, kept in sheep pen in village, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia, April. Winner of the Fritz Polking Portfolio Award of the GDT Competition 2015.

Bruno D'Amicis / Sand viper (Cerastes vipera) sidewinding on sand dunes. Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.

Bruno D'Amicis / Desert monitor (Varanus griseus) moving across sand dunes, showing characteristic tracks, in the Sahara, Tunisia.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) adult at night digging for prey among the roots of Retam broom shrub. Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate, Tunisia. Taken with remote camera trap.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) foraging at night, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia. Taken with remote camera trap.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) adult at night in sand dunes with starry sky, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate, Tunisia. Camera trap image

Bruno D'Amicis / Tenebrionid beetle (Tenebrionidae) crossing Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) tracks on sand. Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) pups playing outside of den, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) pups playing outside of den, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) pups playing outside of den, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) ears above sand dunes, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) pup, aged a few weeks, caught in the wild and shown at a famous camel trekking site for tourists in the hope of either selling it or being paid for photos, Kebili Governorate...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) ‘Sultan’ tied up in front of a tourist shop in the souk, Douz, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia. Unwittingly, tourists support the capture of fennec fox cubs from the wild by pa...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) displayed in the market (souk), of a Tunisian town. This species is adapted to silence and solitude of the desert, this individual that had been caught as an adult showed cle...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) displayed in the market (souk), of a Tunisian town. This species is adapted to silence and solitude of the desert, this individual that had been caught as an adult showed cle...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) few-weeks old pup caught in the wild and shown at a famous camel trekking site for tourists in the hope of either selling it or being paid for photos, Kebili Governorate. Tun...

Bruno D'Amicis / Young Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) cub, offered for sale to the photographer by the young man who trapped it in the desert. Kebili Region, Tunisia. May 2014. Winner of the World in our Hands category, Wi...

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) adult male. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, December.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) adult male at sunset. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) male moving on extremely steep and smooth rock wall. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Sibillini NP. Marche, Italy, August.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) females in snowy mountain habitat. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) adult male in snowy mountain habitat. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) herd resting on altitude plateau of Majella Massif, in moonlight with distant urban lights in the background. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Majella N...

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) females and kids resting on rocky slope. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) female and kids silhouetted against the waters of Adriatic Sea at sunrise. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Majella National Park. Abruzzo, Italy, July.

Bruno DAmicis,Bruno D'Amicis / Wolf (Canis lupus) approaches a small herd of Red deer (Cervus elephas) in snow, Abruzzo, Italy. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the GDT Competition 2013

Bruno D'Amicis / Southern slope of Mount Kazbek/Mkinvartsveri (5,033m/16,512ft) and Gergeti glacier in the Khokh range at sunrise. Greater Caucasus, Georgia, September 2010.

Bruno D'Amicis / Southern slope of Mount Kazbek / Mkinvartsveri and Gergeti glacier in the Khokh range under Milky Way. Greater Caucasus, Georgia, September 2010.

Bruno D'Amicis / Sunset light on Mt. Zdiarska Vidla. Belianske Tatry, Slovakia, November 2007.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) stag and Dwarf Pine (Pinus mugo) silhouetted at dusk on mountain slope. Western Tatras, Slovakia, September.

Bruno D'Amicis / Dense vegetation in old-growth Afromontane cloud forest, Kaffa Zone, Southern Ethiopia, East Africa December 2008

Bruno D'Amicis / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) adult female flying against the TV tower of Alexanderplatz in the center of Berlin, Germany

Bruno D'Amicis / Squeaker frog (family Arthroleptidae) on rainforest floor, Kaffa Zone, Southern Ethiopia, East Africa December 2008

Bruno D'Amicis / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) giving yawn threat, Gojeb river, Kaffa Zone, Southern Ethiopia, East Africa December 2008

Bruno D'Amicis / White Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) beside Khniffis lagoon, Western Sahara, Southern Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Helmethead gecko (Gekonia chazalie) walking on dunes at night. Endemic of the Atlantic Sahara. Southern Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Shipwreck and Moroccan cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus) along the Atlantic coast of the Western Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Wind scorpion / Camel spider (Galeodibus sp?) backlit, Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa