Andy Rouse / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub climbing tree. Chengdu, China. Captive.

Robert Thompson / Owlfly sulphur (Libelloides coccajus) on flower, near Gavarnie, Pyrenees National Park, France, June.

Eric Medard / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) at night, taken with infra-red, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France, September.

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) male moving on extremely steep and smooth rock wall. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Sibillini NP. Marche, Italy, August.

Chris Mattison / Barred leaf frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) captive from South America.

Anup Shah / Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) baby aged less than 1 month playing in a tree. Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pussilus) portrait, at water surface, Seal Island, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) portrait. Vauldalen, Sor-Trondelag, Norway. Highly commended in the GDT 2013 Competition.

Pal Hermansen / Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) inside an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, February. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature...

Bence Mate / Keel billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) in aggressive encounter with Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) in rain, Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica. Front cover bookplate of the H...

Fabrice CAHEZ / Wildcat (Felis silvestris) crouched low in woodland, Vosges, France, April

Sven Zacek / Female Long-eared owl (Asio otus) peeking from behind a spruce tree, Southern Estonia, June.

Andy Rouse / Verreaux Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) portrait, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Golden-crowned Sifaka or Tattersall's Sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) in forest near Andranotsimaty, Daraina, north east Madagascar. Critically Endangered.

Bert Willaert / Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephanoides) nesting next to a hiking trail in Mocha Island National Reserve, Mocha Island, Chile, December

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the forest zone, right under the Meili Snow Mountain, near the Minyong glacier, Meili Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) in black and white silhoutte. Napa Lake, Yunnan province, China. Vulnerable species.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) captive at Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town, South Africa.

David Pike / Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in woodland, Devon, England, UK, April. Captive.

Anup Shah,Anup Shah / Male lion (Panthera leo) in confrontation with Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

David Tipling / Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) peeking over grass, Norfolk, May

Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Black-headed Ibis / Oriental Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus), Karnataka, India

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) looking for salmon, Brooks river, Katmai national park, Alaska, North America,

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Lion (Panthera leo) males feeding on buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with other buffalos watching. Masai Mara, Kenya, Vulnerable species.

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / Male Azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella) resting on a stem, Vallee de la Seille (Seille Valley), Lorraine, France, June

Jane Burton / Blue Dutch rabbit with kitten with matching colouration. NOT AVAILABLE FOR BOOK USE

Jurgen Freund / Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps) feeding on sap from a tree trunk. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Fallow deer (Dama dama) crossing rural road through Berkhamsted Common at dusk, Hertfordshire, UK, December

Bernard Castelein / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) in woodland, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, June

Bernard Castelein / Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) pair, Ialasatra, Madagascar

XI ZHINONG / Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) male, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan Plateau, China, November

Loic Poidevin / Redshank (Tringa totanus) walking on mud. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Jurgen Freund / Baby green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling in the shallows of the beach, swimming out to sea. Anano Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, November

Eric Baccega / View from deck of a cruise ship cruising along Baffin Island with an iceberg emerging out ot the mist, Nunavut, Canada, August 2010

Andy Rouse / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) landing carrying Sand eels in beak, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, UK

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) about to enter water, Svalbard, Norway, September 2009. Image 01262546 is cropped from this frame

Philippe Clement / European Brown bear (Ursus arctos) female climbed tree and is looking down at male bear, Bavarian Forest NP, Germany, Captive

Mark Bowler,Mark Bowler / Red eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) walking, digital composite Captive

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) adolescent approaching with caution and curiosity, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, February

David Fleetham / Spinyhead blenny (Acanthemblemaria spinosa) in hard coral, Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire, Caribbean.

David Tipling / Sign with message requesting people stay at home during UK lockdown during Coronavirus pandemic. In parking area opposite Cley Marshes Norfolk Wildlife Trust Reserve, Norfolk, England, UK. April 2020

Erlend Haarberg / Eurasian elk (Alces alces) crossing a river, Sarek National Park, Sweden, September.

David Hall / A young Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) attempting to cross over and avoid touching a row of huge Sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides), Hanson's Island, British Colulmbia,...

Nick Garbutt / RF - African painted dog (Lycaon pictus) outside den, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Nick Garbutt / Fosa / Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) male in dry decidous forest. Kirindy, western Madagascar. Endangered.

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of an Andean lapwing (Vanellus resplendens) walking in high paramo landscape, looking for predators, Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuadorian Andes.

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of an Andean lapwing (Vanellus resplendens) walking in high paramo landscape, looking for predators, Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuadorian Andes.