Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Taiwan yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps) pair perched amongst pink blossom, Alishan National Scenic Area, Taiwan. Endemic species

Jack Dykinga / Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) of the Mojave Desert at dawn encircled with flowering lupines. (Lupinus sp,) Mohave County, Castaneda Wash, Arizona, USA.

Edwin Giesbers / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male resting in dappled light created by dew droplets. The Netherlands. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) two females on Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis). The Netherlands. March.

Lucas Bustamante / Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) flying during a warm morning. When the overwintering period draws to an end large numbers become active. Michoacan, Mexico, February.

Ross Hoddinott / St Michael's Mount at sunrise with a rainbow over Penzance, Marazion, Wesat Cornwall, UK. February.

Ross Hoddinott / The Quiraing in golden morning light, eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Pancake ice on the Kitka River, Kuusamo, Finland, January 2016

Danny Green / European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) reflected in forest pond in evening mist, Finland, June

Danny Green / Common cranes (Grus grus) leaving the roost at dawn, Hula Valley, Northern Israel, January

Erlend Haarberg / Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix), male calling early in the morning, Norway. May.

Guy Edwardes / Countryside in the Val d'Orcia in Spring, Tuscany, Italy

Jack Dykinga / Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) and Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at sunrise, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, November.

Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of the Austurfljot glacial river, southern Iceland, August 2018.

Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of Thjorsa glacial river, southern Iceland, August 2018.

Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of Thjorsa glacial river, southern Iceland, August 2018.

Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of cars on Route 1, passing through a lava flow landscape from the Laki eruption in June 1783, Skaftareldar, Iceland, August 2018.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) perched above pine forest with a series of small lochans in background, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, December 2014.

Jordi Chias / Jellyfish (Diplulmaris antarctica). Cuverville, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Sunrise over birch woodland, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.June (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ross Hoddinott / Close-up of backlit Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) showing gills, Golith Falls, Bodin, Cornwall, UK. September.

Ross Hoddinott / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting among tall grasses and bathed in warm, early morning sunlight, Volehouse Moor, Devon, UK. July.

Ross Hoddinott / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) roosting among tall grasses at sunrise and bathed in warm, early morning sunlight, Volehouse Moor, Devon, UK. July.

Marie Read / Common loons (Gavia immer), two adults and chick swimming on a misty lake in early morning, Michigan, USA. June.

Jack Dykinga / Backlit silver cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa) surrounded by California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), beneath the eroded boulders that define the park. Joshua Tree National Park, Moja...

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains, under the Milky Way. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave D...

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains at dawn. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave Desert, Califo...

Claudio Contreras / Puente de Dios cascades, Tamasopo, Huasteca Region, Mexico, August

Wim van den Heever / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at sunrise. Two males and a female, with the males fighting for the attention of the female. Falklands Islands. 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year LUMIX Peo...

Pal Hermansen / Scattered conifers with long shadows in snow, aerial shot. Golsfjell, Norway. March 2018.

Sven Zacek / White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying over frost and snow covered forest. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. January 2011.

Klein & Hubert / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) silhouetted, walking to the Luangwa River at dawn, Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Guy Edwardes / Ice on Diamond Beach, Jokulsarlon, Iceland, September 2017.

Guy Edwardes / Northern Lights over Vestrahorn, Hofn, Iceland. September 2017

Guy Edwardes / Landscape of Alpe di Siusi, Dolomites, Italy, March 2016.

Guy Edwardes / Aurora Borealis over Sycamore Gap, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England. February 2014

Jack Dykinga / Aurora Borealis reflected in Polar Lake, conifers silhouetted at edge. Near Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. September 2018.

David Tipling / Barn owl(Tyto alba) flying, North Norfolk, England, UK. february

Sylvain Cordier / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), wintering from November to March in Oyamel pine forests (Abies religiosa) Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Jeff Foott / Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) with butterfly on snout, Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, out in her enclosure in mist, Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher, France. The mist is created artificially by machine, in order to cr...

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, out in her enclosure in mist, Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher, France The mist is created artificially by machine, in order to cr...

Jack Dykinga / Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying in to land at sunset in golden light, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, December.

Ross Hoddinott / Buachaille Etive Beag reflected in Lochan na Fola after snowfall, early morning light, Glencoe, Scotland, UK. March 2017.

Neil Aldridge / Two Lady's slipper orchids (Cypripedium calceolus) in flower in spring in woodland near Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Estonia.

Wim van den Heever / Lioness (Panthera leo) sitting during misty sunrise, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Andres M. Dominguez / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, April.