Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) attacking an Arctic Fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) protecting its nest site, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Highly commended, MAMMALS, GDT 2011 competition

Bence Mate / Green / Double-crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) running across water surface, Santa Rita, Costa Rica. Did you know? This amazing lizard is colloquially known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard' for i...

Charlie Hamilton James / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthias) adult male diving into water, Halcyon River, Gloucestershire, England.

Brandon Cole / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) attacking below surface. Dyer Is, South Africa NOT FOR SALE IN USA, DIGITALLY ENHANCED

Vincent Grafhorst / Minden / Crater of active volcano at twilight, Erta Ale, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Pete Oxford / Steller's sealions diving into sea {Eumetopias jubata} Commander Is, Russia

Eric Baccega / Female Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) swinging along tree branches, Conkouati-Douli National Park, Republic of Congo, Africa.

Mateusz Piesiak / Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) diving into sea, hunting shellfish, Baltic Sea, Poland. Vogelwarte Photo Competition 2021, Finalist.

Mateusz Piesiak / Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) flock in flight a dawn, Barycz Valley Landscape Park, Poland. Emotion'Ailes Photography Competition 2021 Category Winner - Artistic.

Pal Hermansen / Whooping swan (Cygnus cygnus) in flight, blurred image. Tysslingen, Orebro, Sweden. March.

Edwin Giesbers / Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula) light trails in woodland at night, multiple exposure. The Netherlands. June.

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.

Morley Read / Reventador Volcano erupting at night, red hot boulders ejected from crater rolling down slopes. Rio Quijos Valley, Amazonian Andes, Ecuador. November 2015. Digitally stitched image.

Guy Edwardes / Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) in flight, blurred motion. Lake Kerkini, Greece

Andres M. Dominguez / Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male taking off, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park. Southern Spain. September

Guy Edwardes / Seaweed covered rocks with Gaada Stack in background, Foula, Shetland, Scotland, UK. August, 2016.

Nick Garbutt / RF - Four colourful Red-and-green macaws or Green-winged macaws (Ara chloropterus) in flight over forest canopy. Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. September. (This image may be licensed either as rights man...

Theo Bosboom / Underwater view of autumn leaves in stream current, La Hoegne, Ardennes, Belgium.

Nick Garbutt / Adult Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) active in forest canopy at night. Dry deciduous forest near Andranotsimaty. Daraina, northern Madagascar. Critically Endangered

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble net / lunge feeding on herring (Clupea harengus) at dusk, pod co-operative feeding, Kvaloya, Troms, Norway, November

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching above surface, Kvaloya, Troms, Norway November

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female breaching together with her male calf. The calf had a large wound on his left peduncle area, one that appeared to be the result of a large bite, Vava'u,...

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male breaching in front of Hunga island in Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

Cyril Ruoso / South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) coming up to beach from sea, Punta San Juan, Peru

Wim van den Heever / Two Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Kgalagadi, South Africa

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Travelers watching lava on Erta Ale volcano crater. Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa. November 2014.

Ann & Steve Toon / Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) leaping on upstream migration, River Tyne, Hexham, Northumberland, UK, November

Tony Wu / Twinspot snapper (Lutjanus bohar) engaged in a mass spawning aggregation early in the morning. Caroline Islands, Palau. April.

Pal Hermansen / Blizzard on the coast of Lofoten in black and white, Norway, March. Winner of the Natural Adversities category of the Asferico Competition 2015.

Bence Mate / Little egret (Egretta garzetta) shaking water off wings at sunset, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.

Wim van den Heever / Large pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising over waves during annual sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa. Runner up in the Animals in their Environment Category of the Wildl...

Franco Banfi / Cory's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) diving among a mass of shoaling fish to feed, along with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), Formigas Islet dive site, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic...

Franco Banfi / Cory's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) diving among a mass of shoaling fish to feed, along with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), Formigas Islet dive site, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic...

Claudio Contreras / American coot (Fulica americana americana) in mist, with Popocatepetl volcano behind, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, Mexico. November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) rearing head out of water, creating spray, Lake Naivasha, Kenya.

Floris van Breugel / Black and white photograph of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail slapping at surface, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA, August 2014.

Floris van Breugel / Ice cave with melt water running through, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska, USA, August 2014.

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with fin above water, Andfjorden close to Andoya, Nordland, Northern Norway. January.

Espen Bergersen / Male King eiders (Somateria spectabilis) three taking-off from water. Batsfjord, Norway, March.