David Noton / The super blue moon rising over Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, UK. January 2018.
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John Cancalosi / Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) bringing food to nest in Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) before leaving, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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Carlos Zorrilla / Common potoo (Nyctibious griseus) sleeping as chick yawns next to it, Ecuador, March.
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John Chan / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) resting, perched prior to returning to nest site with nesting material, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, February.
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Kim Taylor / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), flying over a cattle trough, descending vertically to come in low over the water and drink. Slow motion. The rapid passing of the swallow causes Water boatmen / Backswi...
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Ashley Cooper / Ironbridge, the world's first cast iron bridge. The River Severn in flood conditions following Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis, the wettest February recorded in the UK. Shropshire, England, UK, February...
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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.
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John Shaw / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) landing at its nest in a Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) draped with epiphytic Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides). Blue Cypress Lake, Florida, USA. April.
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Ross Hoddinott / Broad-bodied chaser (Libellula depressa) dragonfly resting on an uncurling fern, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. April.
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Orsolya Haarberg / Reindeer herders moving a large flock of semi-domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), with the help of snowmobiles, to the reindeer calving areas in the Jotunheimen National Park, Norway. Here, the...
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John Shaw / Barn and wheat field in the Palouse farming area of southeastern Washington, USA, August
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John Shaw / Grey wolf in snow (Canis lupus), Minnesota, USA. January. Controlled situation.
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Alex Mustard / Light patterns on the seabed and fluffy cumulus clouds in the sky in a split level image. North Sound, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
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Luis Quinta / Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) dead in water due to fatigue from migration. Portugal
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Espen Bergersen / Northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) in flight over river, Iceland, May.
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Nick Garbutt / Adult male lion (Panthera leo) standing on the banks of the Luangwa River, South Lunangwa NP. Zambia.
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Claudio Contreras / California condor (Gymnogyps californianus), two peched in tree, adult and juvenile. California condor recovery program, Sierra de San Pedro Martir National Park, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico.
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Nick Upton / Captive reared juvenile White stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight over the Knepp Estate soon after release, Sussex, UK, August 2019.
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Nick Upton / Captive reared juvenile White stork (Ciconia ciconia) with a GPS tracker on its back in flight over the Knepp Estate soon after release, Sussex, UK, August 2019.
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Ingo Arndt / Sun rising over ice formations on Lake Baikal. Siberia, Russia. February 2019.
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John Shaw / Late afternoon light warms the colors in the Yellow Mounds area, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA, September.
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Jordi Chias / Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) resting over an iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
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Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of an artificial lake polluted by extractive pyrite mining, the orange color comes from sulfite and the blue is a reflection of the sky, Minas de Riotinto, Andalusia, Spain, January 2019.
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Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of the shore of an artificial lake polluted by extractive pyrite mining, the orange color comes from sulfite and the blue is a reflection of the sky, Minas de Riotinto, Andalusia, Spain, J...
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Marie Read / Abstract patterns of reflected sky and clouds on the ocean with a silhouetted Red-faced cormorant (Phalarocorax urile) in flight, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA, July.
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Tony Heald / Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) taking off from ice, Svalbard Norway, July.
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) standing on the burrow, warming up while facing the sun, Kalahari Desert, South Africa.
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Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), four journeying across sea ice to feed young. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August.
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Duncan Murrell / Mangroves on Tupeti Island, Southern Lagoon, Forgotten Coast, Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems UNESCO World Heritage Site. New Caledonia.
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Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...
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Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...
Karine Aigner / Cuban bare-legged owl (Margarobyas lawrencii) in nest hole. Cienaga de Zapata, Cuba.
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Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) near water approaching - remote camera. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
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Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) male approaching with curiosity - remote camera. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
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Anup Shah / Mixed herd of Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) and Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) - remote camera. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
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Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at a waterhole - remote camera. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) landing on coast next to flock. Cantabria, Spain, March.
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Pal Hermansen / Golden eagle (Aquila crysaetos) on dead Fox (Vulpes vulpes) carcass. Trondelag, Norway. March. Remote camera shot
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Pal Hermansen / Common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) flying in summer meadow amongst Knapweed (Centaurea sp). Hvaler, Ostfold, Norway. July.
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Sven Zacek / Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) sunbathing on iceberg broken off from glacier. Kongsfjorden fjord, Spitsbergen, Norway. June 2014.
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Sven Zacek / Sun dog over trees in frosty landscape. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. December 2015.
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Guy Edwardes / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland canopy in winter, Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England, UK.
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Guy Edwardes / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland canopy in winter, Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England, UK.
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Daniel Heuclin / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), five running across salt flat with mountain in background. Salar de Ascotan, Chile. September 2018.
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Tui De Roy / Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), two on rock. Bird drying wings in foreground with other sitting on nest in background. Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos.
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Daniel Heuclin / Andean fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) walking in the Altiplano, Andes, Bolivia. September 2018.
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Steven David Miller / Red-collared lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) pair examining hole in Eucalyptus as a potential nesting hollow. Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia.