Solvin Zankl / Baby Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the beach where it hatched, Ostional, Costa Rica. October. Winner of the Underwater category of the G...

Danny Green / RF - Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) walking up slope in snow. Svalbard, Norway, April. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

David Pattyn / Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in deep snow, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. November. Commended in the Asferico Photography Competition 2016.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) aerial view of herd on sand, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Ben Hall / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on rock taken with slow shutter speed to show motion in the water, Galapagos islands, May.

Aflo / Horse walking through heavy snowfall, Shimokita Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan.

Suzi Eszterhas / Hyacinth macaw (Anadorhynchus hyacinthinus) eating palm nut. Pantanal, Brazil.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) chick trying to climb an aspen tree with its beak, talons and wings, Southern Estonia. June.

Cyril Ruoso / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) baby reaching up to mother's hand, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Kirkendall-Spring / Oak trees (Quercus) in the fog, Figueroa Mountain, Los Padres National Forest, California, USA.

Pete Oxford / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) underwater. Fernandina Island. Galapagos, Endemic Species.

Joris van Alphen / Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) mother attempting to shelter her chicks from the rain, Flevoland, the Netherlands. July.

George Sanker / White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) females grazing in snow, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. February.

Espen Bergersen / Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) flying with guillemot prey. Hornoya bird cliff. Finnmark, Norway. March

Danny Green / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) carrying young on back through snow, Nagano, Japan, February

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking across vast ice floe, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, July 2013.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) hauled out on ice, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July.

David Pattyn / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) taking off from water, Lake Kerkini, Greece. February. Vulnerable species.

David Pattyn / Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra) in winter landscape, looking up slope. Valsavarenche, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. December

Tui De Roy / Dead Sally-lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) washed up in surf, Puerto Egas, James Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

Alex Hyde / Red deer herd (Cervus elaphus) moving over mountain ridge in heavy snow. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. January.

Klein & Hubert / Group of King penguinss (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in blizzard, South Georgia, Antarctica.

Nick Upton / Little egret (Egretta garzetta) struggling to swallow a large Pike (Esox lucius) it has just caught, Rutland Water, Rutland, England, UK, November.

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) in sandstorm on beach, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands.

Tui De Roy / Snares Crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) bathing in freshwater pool, Snares Island, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic and vulnerable species.

Edwin Giesbers / Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) looking over rock, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Introduced from North Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) crossing the Chobe River, followed by swarm of flies, Chobe Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa.

Charlie Summers / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) making its way through sand to the Rufiji River, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania.

Denis-Huot / Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) female and young in the mud, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. February.

Jordi Chias / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) trapped in an abandoned drifting net, Balearic Channel, Mediterranean sea.

Olga Kamenskaya / Vehicles parked on ice on the surface of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March 2008.

Pascal Kobeh / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) swimming back to the surface, Galapagos. Pacific ocean.

Mark MacEwen / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) relaxing in hot spring in Jigokudani, Yaenkoen, Nagano, Japan, February.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Taken with remote camera.

Olga Kamenskaya / View of people standing on ice from underneath car, on the ice of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March. Property released and Model released.

Olga Kamenskaya / Mini van crossing over pile of ice on Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March.

Olga Kamenskaya / Mini van crossing Lake Baikal ice, Siberia, Russia, March.

Olga Kamenskaya / Car on thick Lake Baikal ice, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March. Property released.

Dong Lei / Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral) in forest, Tangjianhe National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China. April.

Robert Thompson / European common frog (Rana temporaria) on rock by waterfall, near Lac des Gloriettes dam, Pyrenees National Park, France, June.

David Woodfall / Residents walking through February 2014 floods from River Thames, Wraysbury, Surrey, England, UK, 16th February 2014.

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) females in snowy mountain habitat. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

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

Robin Chittenden / Highland cow (Bos taurus) feeding in long grass, Strumpshaw Fen RSPB, Norfolk, UK, May.

Ingo Arndt / Red wood ant (Formica rufa) carrying construction material to anthill (fir needles), Germany.

Orsolya Haarberg,Orsolya Haarberg / Muskox (Ovibus moschatus) in the Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway. February