Yukihiro Fukuda / Feral domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) standing on hind legs on coast, Okunojima Island, also known as Rabbit Island, Hiroshima, Japan.

Oliver Wright / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) photographed in early morning light. Ledston, Yorkshire, June. Focus stacked image.

Oliver Wright / Portrait of a Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) Yorkshire, August. Focus stacked image.

Oliver Wright / Portrait of a Common darter (Sympetrum striolatum) Yorkshire, July. Focus stacked image.

Oliver Wright / Striped Slender Robberfly (Leptogaster cylindrica) Ledston, Yorkshire, July. Focus stacked image.

Oliver Wright / Striped Slender Robberflies (Leptogaster cylindrica) Ledston, Yorkshire, June. Focus stacked image.

Danny Green / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in flight, Alaska, USA, February

Andres M. Dominguez / Dew on spiderweb with Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) in the background, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, April.

Mark Taylor / Golden Cocker Spaniel dog, Henry, age 3 years, jumping up.

Bence Mate / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with Great egret (Ardea alba) in the background, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.

Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male with scars photographed with side-lit spot light at night. Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa, April.

Wim van den Heever / Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) baby jumping between branches, photographed mid air. Okavango Delta Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) cub looking up at birds (out of frame) with mother in background, Khwai River, Botswana. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the Asferico Photography Competition 201...

Wim van den Heever / Blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) Hemis National Park, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Melvin Grey / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) hummingbird adult male, approaching flower to feed, Tandayapa, Ecuador

Ben Hall / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) peering from behind tree with bluebells in foreground, Cheshire, June.

Chris Mattison / Close up of succulent plant (Peperomia columella) cultivated plant form Peru. Focus-stacked image.

Wim van den Heever / African wilddog (Lycaon pictus) portrait, with another dog in the background. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Jurgen Freund / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) roosting with baby, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Image...

Bence Mate / Two Great egrets (Ardea alba) standing opposite each other with Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in between. Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary, January. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Na...

Bence Mate / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying, with Great egret (Ardea alba) in the foreground, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Natur...

Sven Zacek / Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) white morph and normal blue morph, Southern Estonia, April.

Fiona Rogers / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) female 'Gremlin' aged 40 years calling while holding her baby granddaughter aged 2 months and her own infant son aged 2 years. Gombe National Park,...

Alex Hyde / House spider female (Tegenaria sp.) in garden shed. Derbyshire, UK, March. Highly Commended in the Urban Wildlife category of the 2015 British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competition.

Edwin Giesbers / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) group of four on plant stems, River Leijgraaf, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, August 2013. Finalist in the Invertebrate category of the Wildlife Photographer of th...

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.

Kristel Richard / Headshot of two rare black Kladruber stallions, harnessed for driving, at the Great Riding festival, in Slatinany national stud, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic. June 2015.

Sven Zacek / Four Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) bucks with velvet antlers and the shadow of a fifth buck, Tartumaa, Estonia, March.

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) 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...

Angelo Gandolfi / Gannets (Morus bassanus) courtship behavior on nest on abandoned boat, La Spezia Gulf, Italy. Mediterranean Sea. July.

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...

Chris Mattison / Lichen (Nephroma antarctica) Rio Serrano, Chile. Focus stacked image.

Michael Hutchinson / Dandelion (Taraxacum) seed head in grass meadow, Ashton Court, North Somerset, UK, May.

Peter Cairns / Bison (Bison bison) pair standing on road in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, March.

Espen Bergersen / Razorbills (Alca torda) in flight, with Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) behind, Hornoya, Norway. March

Danny Green / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight with snowy background, Rausu, Japan, February

Loic Poidevin / Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Breton Marsh, Vendee, France, May.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Karo boys with decorative skin painting, close up portrait, Karo tribe, Omo river, Ethiopia, November 2014

Cyril Ruoso / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female resting under tree, Kanha National Park, India. Non-ex

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), portrait of young male. Alps, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. September.

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) two adult males in mountain landscape. Alps, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. September.

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), portrait of adult male though horns of another resting Ibex. Alps, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. September.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) with out of focus Lesser flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor) standing behind, Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Landscape of Lillehooksbreen glacier at Svalbard, Norway, July 2008.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / L'Hoest's monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti) feeding on leaves, Rwanda.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Comparison of larva and adult beetle (Epomis circumscriptus), Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Soil centipede (Geophilidae sp), Caves Branch, Cayo District, Belize, September. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project