Mateusz Piesiak / Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) pack in snow, forest in Bialowieza National Park. Poland. January 2019. Received Honour award at the Mont Photo 2020 Competition.

Edwin Giesbers / Long-eared owl (Asio otus) looking down from a tree in autumn, Wijchen, The Netherlands, December. Second Prize Winner, Birds in their Environment Category, Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2019...

Bence Mate / Dying Common frogs (Rana temporaria) with their legs removed for food, left to die in their breeding pool surrounded by frogspawn. Covasna, Romania. Winner of Nature category in World Press Photo awar...

Claudio Contreras / Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus) swimming in Southern sea palm (Eisenia arborea) and Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphe...

Claudio Contreras / Catalina Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus catalinensis), Catalina (Santa Catalina) Island, Loreto Bay National Park, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico, May, Second place in Visions...

Eduardo Blanco / Pale burrower mayfly (Ephoron virgo), swarming in the millions on street at night, appearing like snow. Mayflies recently hatched. Tudela, La Ribera de Navarra, Navarre, Spain. August 2019. Finalist i...

Michel Roggo / Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) with some stems supporting clusters of Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. Highly commended in the Plants category of the Wildlife Pho...

Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals / Rattlesnake skins pinned to a wall, with bloody handprints and signatures of those who have skinned snakes at at the annual Rattlesnake Roundup, Sweetwater, Texas, USA. Highly commended in the Wildlif...

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite (Macrotermes mossambicus) winged individual on pile of wings shed by other termites, with winged male Carpenter ants (Camponotus). Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Highly commended in the...

Joris van Alphen / Aerial view of clearing with felled logs in Bialowieza Forest UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awa...

Bence Mate / Dying Common frogs (Rana temporaria) with their legs removed for food, left to die in their breeding pool surrounded by frogspawn. Covasna, Romania. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism Ca...

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) egg hatching on father's feet. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick looking upwards to parents beak. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Alex Mustard / RF - Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) looks out from its home in a sea fan (Annella sp.). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean. (This image...

Alex Mustard / Jellyfish (Catostylus sp.) swims beneath a slick of plastic debris. Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka. Highly commended in the Environmental Report section, Montphoto competition 2019

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) pair practising incubating with a snowball. Atka Bay, Antarctica. May. Winner of the Polar Passion Category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.

Markus Varesvuo / Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) male perched on tree trunk, trees covered in hoar frost. Kuusamo, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. February. Commended in the Birds in the Environment Category of t...

Robin Chittenden / Common swift (Apus apus) flying low to water while hunting, Norfolk, England, UK, July. Winner of Animal Behaviour Category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2019.

Andy Rouse / Little bittern, (Ixobrychus minutus), hunting in reeds, Bulgaria, June. This is a crop of 1637244. Highly honoured in the Bird Category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.

Bence Mate / Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) low angle perspective of open bills whilst feeding, Lake Kerkini, Greece, February. Highly commended in World of Birds category in the Cadiz Photo Nature Competi...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Young Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) exploring a seaweed garden in summer, Cairns Of Coll, Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, North Atlantic Ocean, June. Overall Winner of the Marine Catego...

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) hunting Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) male, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, sequence 4 of 12. Highly commended in the Wildlife category of the Nature?Best Pho...

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) hunting Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) male, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, sequence 3 of 12. Joint winner of the Mammal Behaviour Category of the Wildlife Ph...

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) mother and four month old cubs playing, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. Highly commended in the Animal Portraits Category of the Wildlife Photographer o...

Milan Radisics / Solar panel forest covering hill slopes, mounted on pillars to follow the sun by rotation, Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain, December, 2019. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Photo Competition 2021 Cat...

Milan Radisics / Concentrated solar power plant with a molten salt heat storage system, the first in the world that is producing energy 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Seville, Spain. January, 2019. SajtoFoto (Press...

Oscar Dewhurst / Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) adult perched on a ledge of the Tyne Bridge, with light filtering through gaps in the bridge. Newcastle, UK. June. Highly Commended in Bird Photographer of th...

Doug Gimesy / Blue tongued lizard / skink (Tiliqua nigrolutea) that was found inside a postal package labelled as DVD player. It was detected by Australia Post sorting facility in Melbourne. Department of Land, Wat...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of dystrophic forest lake surrounded by peatbog. East Pomerania, Baltic region of Poland. Brodnica forest. September 2019. Highly commended in the Landscapes, Waterscapes and Flora Categor...

Bence Mate / European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) fighting each other, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. June. Winner, 2019 Cadiz Photo Nature Competition.

Andy Rouse / Barn owl (Tyto alba) young in nest about to fledge, Lincolnshire, UK. Highly commended in the Black and White Category of the BWPA Photography competition 2019.

Emanuele Biggi / Mantis (Leptomantella sp.) transparent exoskeleton with crawling on a leaf, Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Borneo. Highly commended in the Macro Category of the MontPhoto Competition 2019.

Sven Zacek / Aerial view of a small forest lake in Karula National Park, Valgamaa county, Southern Estonia. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Sylvain Cordier / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) wintering in Oyamel pine forests (Abies religiosa) Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve / Reserva de Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca UNESCO World Heritage Site, An...

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) two adults brooding chicks age 5 weeks, Antarctica. Highly commended in the Polar Passion Category of the Nature's Best Photography Awards 2019.

Neil MacIntyre / Otter (Lutra lutra) family at rest on seaweed covered rock, taken in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, November. Highly commended in BWPA Competition 2019.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag in snowy pine forest. Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March. Highly commended in the Wild Woods Category of the BWPA Awards 2019.

Linda Pitkin / Common Frog (Rana temporaria), and frogspawn in a pond, Coldharbour, Surrey, England. March. Highly commended in the Animal Portrait category of the BWPA Competition 2019.

David Allemand / Photographer David Allemand walking with a pulka sled over ice, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. Winner of the Mountain Activity Category of the Montphoto Nature Photography Competition 2019.

David Allemand / Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in flight with waves, Arctic Sea. Commended in the Biophoto Competition 2019.

Bence Mate / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) two silhouetted at sunset with goose flying overhead, Mkuze, South Africa. Highly commended in the African Wildlife category of the Nature's Best Photography Comp...

Ben Hall / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) in snowfall, Aviemore, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February. Highly commended in the Habitat Category of the BWPA Competition 2019.

Espen Bergersen / People framed in crystal clear ice on diamond beach, Iceland. Commended in the Nordic Nature Photo Contest 2019.

Eduardo Blanco / Pale burrower mayfly (Ephoron virgo) many hatching. Tudela, La Ribera de Navarra, Navarre, Spain. August. Finalist in the Nature Stories Competition of the Cadiz Photo Nature Competition 2019.

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) pre-Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. Commended in the Creative Imagery Category of the Bird Photographer of the Year Awards 2019 competition

Alex Mustard / Black and white photo of school of Bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) form a circular shoal in open water, on the drop off of a coral reef. Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea. Highly...

Neil Aldridge / Orphaned Temminck's ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) climbs on to the boot of an anti-poaching guard while foraging during rehabilitation at the Rhino Revolution facility in South Africa. This...

Neil Aldridge / Vet taking a rescued Temminck's ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) for a walk to forage for ants during its rehabilitation at the Rhino Revolution facility in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Thi...