Fiona Rogers / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) infant male 'Gizmo' aged 2 years, portrait. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Gabriel Rojo / Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis patagonum ) rear view of two, La Pampa, Argentina.

Chris & Monique Fallows / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony at sunrise. Grytviken, South Georgia Island.

Alex Hyde / Long exposure of light trail from bioluminescent click beetle (Pyrophorus sp) walking on ground at night. Danum Valley Sabah, Borneo.

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eagle (Haliaeteus pelagicus) flying, with black background, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Sergey Gorshkov / Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) two covered in snow, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, September.

Franco Banfi / Freshwater Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis) Recanto Ecologico, Rio da Prata, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Ingo Arndt / Bark beetle (Scolytinae) galleries in dead spruce tree (Picea abies), Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany., 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) male moving on extremely steep and smooth rock wall. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Sibillini NP. Marche, Italy, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Jaguar (Panthera onca) cub looking over its mother's back, captive, occurs in Southern and Central America.

Andy Trowbridge / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in flight, coming into land with beak full of sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus). Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.

Konrad Wothe / Hoatzins (Opisthocomus hoazin) perched in rainforest, Tambopata Reserve, Peru, South America.

Loic Poidevin / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) cub peering out from behind its mother, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.

David Pike / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on stalk, West Country Wildlife Photography Centre, captive, June.

Georgette Douwma / Striated fusilier (Caesio striatus) school feeding on fish spawn at dusk. Egypt, Red Sea.

Roger Powell / Little owl (Athene noctua) perched on a fence post, ruffling its feathers, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

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

Fiona Rogers / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) female 'Sandra' aged 22 years portrait. Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. Apr 2012. Rehabilitated and released (or descended from those which were rele...

Chris & Monique Fallows / Shy Albatros (Thalassarche cauta) swimming at surface with Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) below, Cape Point, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) group at surface with cloudy sky, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) feeding on Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) bait ball, Cape Point, South Africa.

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

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

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

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult wing stretching and looking up, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.

Terry Whittaker,Terry Whittaker / Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) emerging from pipe at side of river, Kent, UK, December

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

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

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / Portrait of brown and white coated Holland lop-eared domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus), Lorraine, France, July

Sue Daly,Sue Daly / Blue Maomao (Scorpis violaceus) shoal, Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand, February

Jurgen Freund,Jurgen Freund / Flexible Leather Coral (Sinularia flexibilis) spawning during the annual mass coral spawning event, in November, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Bowler,Mark Bowler / Isula / Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) close-up showing mandibles, Peru

Inaki Relanzon / RF - Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Ordesa national Park, Pyrenees, Spain. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ernie Janes / RF- Swallow (Hirundo rustica) adult and Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) perched on Weather Vane England, UK, May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

David Tipling / RF - King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in blizzard. Holmestrand, South Georgia. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

David Tipling / RF- King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in snow. Holmestrand, South Georgia. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

David Tipling / RF - King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) below Schrader Glacier, South Georgia. January 2015. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

David Tipling / RF - King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

David Tipling / RF - King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

David Tipling / RF - King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) entering sea. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

David Tipling / RF - King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group of three at waters edge. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

David Tipling / RF - King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) departing for sea. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ann & Steve Toon / RF - Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in group at Auob riverbed, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, February 2016. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or roya...

Edwin Giesbers / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) flock on snow, Hazerswoude, The Netherlands, February.

Brent Stephenson / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding colony with adults incubating eggs, Bertrab Glacier in the background, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic, January.

Franco Banfi / Shoal of Bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) Tulamben, Bali Island, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Tui De Roy / NOT FOR WEB Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), in shrubland. Laikipia, Kenya. October.