Andres M. Dominguez / Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) on lichen-covered branch, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Southern Spain. July

John Shaw / Common giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) bending to drink at a waterhole, with another standing on the opposite side of the pool reflected in the water. Klein Namutoni waterhole, Etosha National Park, N...

Wim van den Heever / Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) feeding in shallow water at dawn, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) plucking Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Pedro Narra / Scientists observing lava and ash plume erupting from Fogo Volcano, Fogo Island, Cape Verde, 29th November 2014.

Pedro Narra / Man and woman undertaking monitoring work measuring Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests as the the female digs it, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes M...

Jurgen Freund / Man moving Grouper fish between fish pens, Tampakan, Kudat, Sabah, Borneo. June 2009. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competition 2015.

Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) hunting fish, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.

Richard Kirby / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) mother and calves, Svalbard, Norway, February.

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) foraging in sisal field looking for flowers during a poor year without much fruit. Berenty reserve, Madagascar, September.

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

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding on catfish in waterhole, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

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

Espen Bergersen / Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) group interacting, Hornoya bird cliff, Finnmark, Norway. March.

Danny Green / Japanese crane (Grus japonensis) displaying, wings in heart shape, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Danny Green / Japanese crane (Grus japonensis) displaying, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Claudio Contreras / Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) reflected in water, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, March

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Boy on skis going up slope, framed by snow laden tree, Norway, February 2014.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) in Galapagos

Fred Olivier / Black-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale lateralis), Cape range National Park, Exmouth, Western Australia

Tui De Roy / Erect-crested penguins (Eudyptes sclateri) feeding young chick. Antipodes Island, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic to Antipodes and Bounty Islands. Endangered species.

Hermann Brehm / Crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) with chicks, Ndutu, Tanzania.

Hermann Brehm / Crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) with chicks, Ndutu, Tanzania.

Gabriel Rojo / Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) male with Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosus) on back, Ibera Marshes, Corrientes Province, Argentina.

Fred Olivier / Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) wide angle portrait of two with larger group in background, Antarctica.

Eric Baccega / Naro San Bushman hunting in the bush with traditional bow and arrow, Kalahari, Ghanzi region, Botswana, Africa. Dry season, October 2014.

Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck, Vesneri, Estonia, March. Winner of the Animal stories portfolio in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Ben Cranke / Black-striped capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) using rock as a tool to break open palm nut, Parnaiba Headwaters National Park, Piaui, Brazil. August.

Ben Cranke / American Bison (Bison bison) foraging in the snow, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. January.

Ben Cranke / Conifer tree bending over under weight of snow, Kuusamo, Finland. February 2011.

Jabruson / African Rainforest clearance - hardwood tree felled for timber exploitation. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women reaping the harvest in the fields adjacent to the Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Mangrove trees (Rhizophora) Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.

Theo Bosboom / Emerald damselflies (Lestes sponsa) mating on the reed along a fen, Hondeven, east Holland, August

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Plant covered in with hoarfrost, reflected in water, Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands, March 2013

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine Snowbell (Soldanella alpina) in flower, above Madoona di Campiglio, Brenta Dolomites, Italy, June 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz,Juan Carlos Munoz / Lesser flamingos (Phoeiconaias minor) feeding in still lake, Lake Nakuru, Rift valley, Kenya, Africa

Juan Carlos Munoz,Juan Carlos Munoz / Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) flock in lake Nakuru, Kenya

Barrie Britton,Barrie Britton / Conifer tree bent under the weight of snow, Kuntivaara, Finland. Photograph taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, March 2010

Markus Varesvuo / Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) feeding whilst 'walking on water' Atlantic ocean, Madeira Portugal, August

Andy Trowbridge / Split level shot of a fly fisherman (Murray Trowbridge) releasing a large brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a gin clear 'backcountry' river, North Canterbury South Island, New Zealand. January, 2012. Mode...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Cockle fishermen working in Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England, UK, February. Model released. Did you know? Cockles are able to jump by bending and straightening their feet.

Sergey Gorshkov / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) female bending down to calf, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Andy Rouse / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) drinking from a pool. Wales, UK, January.

Markus Varesvuo / Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) standing on rocky shore, stretching wings, Uts, Finland, Scandinavia, August.

Jerry Monkman / Man stoking the fire in the sap evaporator of the sugar house at Sugarbush Farm in Woodstock, Vermont, USA, April 2008.

Uri Golman / Photographer Uri Golman on cross country skies in snow blizzard, Scoresbysund, North East Greenland, March 2009. Model released

Stephen Dalton / Looking up at European beech tree canopy {Fagus sylvatica} with contorted trunks and branches, Wakehurst Place, West Sussex, UK