Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick aged six to eight weeks, portrait. Atka Bay, Antarctica. September.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), two chicks aged six to eight weeks huddling together. Atka Bay, Antarctica. September.

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) coming in to land. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Daniel Heuclin / Whistling heron (Syrigma sibilatrix sibilatrix), southern subspecies, native to Bolivia. Captive.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) with head turned to one side, Marana, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. October.

Klein & Hubert / Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) pup looking up to see behind it, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Giri Cavale / Melanistic leopard / Black panther (Panthera pardus) on territorial patrol on track, Nagarahole National Park, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Karnataka, India.

Remi Masson / Tracking shot of a Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) swimming underwater, turns to look at camera, River Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France, June.

Andrew Walmsley / Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus), Juvenile temporarily captive to allow measurements to be made. Cipaganti, Garut, Java, Indonesia.

Jabruson Motion / Close-up of a tracker, shot pans to a silverback Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) looking at camera, Bukima, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1996.

Pedro Narra / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to sea, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Terre Sau...

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus) young animal caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique, November 2011. Specia...

Klein & Hubert / Porc Blanc de l'Ouest domestic pig with staples on nose to prevent him from digging, in free free range organic farm, France.

Jurgen Freund / Mud crab (Scylla serrata) in shallow sandy water. Split level with island and thatched house on stilts. Moromahu Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the...

Tony Heald / Hanuman langur (Semnopithecus entellus) baby next to mother, Bandhavgarh National Park, India.

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Pete Oxford / Kittens resting on beams. These animals are kepts as pets but sometimes eaten in the Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. November 2014.

Eric Baccega / Young man from the Bodi Tribe having new scars made on his chest with razor blade, to make decorative skin scarifications. Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Espen Bergersen / European elk / Moose (Alces alces) feeding close to a house. Troms, Northern Norway. May

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) adult and young hauled on ice. Hinlopen, Svalbard, Norway, June.

Paul Williams / Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) rescued by Jakarta Animal Aid Network (JAAN), in holding cage, Animal rescue centre, Jakarta, Indonesia. Critically Endangered. Post production to remove light...

Bernard Castelein / Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) female carrying two babies. Anjaha Community Conservation Site, near Ambalavao, Madagascar.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) juvenile on beach, Galapagos

Nick Garbutt / Zebu Cattle (Bos primigenius indicus), Los Llanos, Colombia, South America.

Olga Kamenskaya / Baikal seals (Pusa sibirica) hauled out on rock. Endemic to Lake Baikal. Russia, May.

Bruno D'Amicis / Young Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) cub, offered for sale to the photographer by the young man who trapped it in the desert. Kebili Region, Tunisia. May 2014. Winner of the World in our Hands category, Wi...

Anup Shah / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) infant female 'Safi' aged 2 years with female 'Nasa' aged 23 years. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Nick Garbutt / Infant Golden-crowned Sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) on its mother's back. Forests adjacent to the village of Andranotsimaty, near Daraina, northern Madagascar. Critically endangered species.

Edwin Giesbers / Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), captive, native to Sumatra, Indonesia.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of an eye of a Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), captive, native to Sumatra, Indonesia.

Edwin Giesbers / Female Jaguar (Panthera onca), captive, occurs in Southern and Central America.

Edwin Giesbers / Female Jaguar (Panthera onca), captive, occurs in Southern and Central America.

Michele Westmorland / Booby (Sula nebouxii) looking at camera underwater, Galapagos Island.

Andy Trowbridge / RF- Arctic Fox (Alopex / Vulpes lagopus) standing on ridge, during moult from grey summer fur to winter white. Dovrefjell National Park, Norway, September. (This image may be licensed either as rights...

Loic Poidevin / Female Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) in water, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Edwin Giesbers / Wide angle close-up of two European grey wolves (Canis lupus), captive, Norway, February.

David Pattyn / Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) portrait, close-up of eyes, Lake Kerkini, Greece. February

Bert Willaert,Bert Willaert / Portrait of a Spiny-chest Frog (Alsodes norae) endemic to Oncol Park, Chile, January

Brandon Cole / Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) swimming near the surface. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean. Cropped to vertical from native horizontal format.

Jabruson,Jabruson / Grey-cheeked Mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) juvenile and village children looking on. Captive, kept as a pet until large enough to be eaten. Bayanga near Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Re...

Igor Shpilenok / European Bison (Bison bonasus) calf and mother portrait. 'Mefody', first calf born to reintroduced herd in Bryansk Forest. Bryansk Forest Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Russian Far East, May.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) stands on its back legs to more easily determine the source of an unfamiliar sound. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Fa...

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus). Young animal caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique, November 2011. Wildl...

Andrew Parkinson / Adult Badger (Meles meles) at entrance to sett, with some young Domestic cattle in the background, Derbyshire, England, UK, May 2012 (non-ex).

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Male Skylark (Alauda arvensis) in flight, singing, Denmark Farm, Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, March. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The word skylark used to be used by sailors for playing t...