Sebastian Kennerknecht / Minden / American Bison (Bison bison) female in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Minden / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Latrabjarg, Westfjords, Iceland

Mark Raycroft / Minden / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck in snowfall, North America

Mark Raycroft / Minden / Border Collie (Canis familiaris), North America

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Minden / Leopard (Panthera pardus), Sabi-sands Game Reserve, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi), Masai Mara,Kenya

Duncan Usher / Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) male, Lower Saxony, Germany

Duncan Usher / Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) male, Lower Saxony, Germany

Duncan Usher / Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), Alentejo, Portugal

Andy Rouse / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in snowy garden, Wales, UK, January.

Andy Murch / Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) portrait. Rhode Island, New England, USA. August.

David Fleetham / Close up at the dental plates of Three color parrotfish (Scarus tricolor) as it comes in for a bite of hard coral, Fiji.

Bence Mate / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with marsh frog (Rana ridibundus) that has just woken up from hibernation, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. Honoured in the Montier Photo Awards 2020.

Claudio Contreras / Bluehead Wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum) juvenile cleaning Smooth Trunkfish (Lactophrys triqueter), Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean region, Mexico, May

Ripan Biswas / Portrait of an ant-mimicking crab spider. (Amyciaea sp) raising its legs to warn the photographer. Buxa tiger reserve, India.

Pal Hermansen / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) head, close-up. Svalbard, Norway. September.

Pal Hermansen / Beaver (Castor fiber) portrait. Trondelag, Norway. May.

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.

Edwin Giesbers / Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) in forest habitat, Hallerbos, Belgium. May.

Tony Wu / Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) male sitting in tree, portrait. Hokkaido, Japan. March

Tui De Roy / Black rhino (Diceros bicornis) with very long horn, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya. October.

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife rescuer and carer feeding Australasian figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti) chick using tweezers. Chick fell from nest and was taken to a vet by a member of the public. Woy Woy Bay, New South Wal...

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife rescuer and carer drinking cup of coffee with rescued Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) chick sitting on her shoulder, others in cage in background. Pearl Beach, New South Wales, Australi...

Danny Green / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) blue morph, portrait in snow. Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland, March.

Danny Green / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) cub in meadow, portrait. Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland, July.

Danny Green / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) cub in meadow, portrait. Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland, July.

Danny Green / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female, portrait. Bandhavgarh National Park, India, December.

Danny Green / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) male resting in undergrowth, portrait. Bandhavgarh National Park, India, December.

Danny Green / Big horn sheep (Ovis canadensis) male looking down from snowy ledge, portrait. Yellowstone National Park, USA, January.

Brandon Cole / Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) split level view showing playful dolphin with mouth open. Rio Negro, Brazil.

Brandon Cole / Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata).French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.

Brandon Cole / Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.

Brandon Cole / Crocodile fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) camouflaged, Egypt, Red Sea.

Brandon Cole / Masked butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus) Egypt, Red Sea.

Brandon Cole / Bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma) Egypt, Red Sea.

Brandon Cole / Giant moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus), peering up from inside colony of Plate Fire Coral (Millepora platyphylla). Egypt, Red Sea.

Brandon Cole / Orca whale (Orcinus orca) spyhopping, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Child holding up a migratory locust, Southern Chad. September 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / A child holding a migratory locust ,he has caught, South of Chad. September 2019.

Tui De Roy / Epanola saddelback tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis), with Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) perched on carapace, Espnola Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos

Eric Baccega / Portrait of male silverback Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) feeding. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, Africa

Eric Baccega / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male, portrait, member of the Nyakagezi group, Mgahinga National Park, Uganda.

Nick Upton / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinnella septempunctata) just emerged from hibernation, sunning on a Honeysuckle leaf with buildings in the background, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Alex Hyde / Red-green carpet moth (Chloroclysta siterata), underside of individual resting on a window. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April. Focus stacked image.

Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub at the entrance to the den on allotment, North London, England. April 2020.

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of domestic ragdoll cat , male 'Shiloh' age 13 on a bed. Brighton, Victoria, Australia.