Guy Edwardes / Path towards the coastguard cottages and the Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs. Seaford Head Nature Reserve, East Sussex, UK, May.

Pedro Narra / Shell of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) outside mud house, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Hut in Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) fields, Valensole Plateau, Alpes Haute Provence, France, June 2015.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) fields in front of Senanque Abbey, Gordes Village, Provence, France, July 2015.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) fields in front of Senanque Abbey, Gordes Village, Provence, France, July 2015.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) wild caught adult, kept in sheep pen in village, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia, April. Winner of the Fritz Polking Portfolio Award of the GDT Competition 2015.

Neil Aldridge / Urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) searching for food near bins in a courtyard at night, West London, United Kingdom, May 2014. Finalist in the Urban category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awar...

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga boy peering out of house decorated with buffalo skulls, Konyak Naga headhunting Tribe.Mon district, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Staffan Widstrand / Wooden house in Musteika Village, Lithuania, May 2015.

Sven Zacek / Eilean Donan Castle lit up at twilight with dark clouds. Scotland, UK, September 2013.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) displayed in the market (souk), of a Tunisian town. This species is adapted to silence and solitude of the desert, this individual that had been caught as an adult showed cle...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cabin sheltering traditional behives, Bavsica, Julian Alps, Slovenia. October 2014.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Log piles in alcove outside farm building, Triglav National Park, Trenta Valley, Julian Alps, Bovec, Slovenia, October 2014.

Pal Hermansen / European moose (Alces alces) bulls near houses, Nordland, Norway. July.

Pal Hermansen / Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) breeding on house wall, Norway, March.

Staffan Widstrand / Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on wall of house, Vardo town, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Vertical garden on the walls of a tower block, Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain, June 2013.

Konrad Wothe / Starry night sky over the scientific research station in Panguana Reserve, Huanuca province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Peter Cairns / View over fishing village of Hamnoya, Lofoten, Norway. March 2015.

Staffan Widstrand / Northern Viscacha or Vizcacha (Lagidium peruanum) resting in an old man made structure, Machu Picchu UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peru. February.

Mark MacEwen / Japanese firefly (Luciola cruciata) light trails at night above stream in rural Japan. June.

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

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ship navigating the Huangpu River, Shanghai, China, September 2009. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Kirkendall-Spring / Doorway of the poet Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's house, near Paro, Bhutan, October 2014.

Markus Varesvuo / Willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus), Kiilopaa, Inari, Finland, January.

Alex Hyde / Wildflowers and hut in alpine meadow, Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

David Noton / Hot air balloon over the Temples of Bagan at dawn, Myanmar, November 2012.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tjibaou Cultural Center designed by Renzo Piano. The building is designed to be integrated with the surrounding forest. Noumea, New Caledonia, September 2008.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tjibaou Cultural Center designed by Renzo Piano. The building is designed to be integrated with the surrounding forest. Noumea, New Caledonia, September 2008.

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), adult male landing on building. Bristol, UK. March.

Sam Hobson / Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), colour-ringed juvenile in flight, carrying remains of brown rat. Berlin, Germany. July. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), juvenile in flight with remains of feral pigeon. Bristol, UK. July.

Dong Lei / Landscape with buddhist shrine, Tibet, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, August 2006.

Mark Taylor / Guildford flooded by River Wey at night, during the 2013 Christmas floods. Surrey, England, 25th December 2013. Digitally enhanced image.

David Woodfall / Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) swimming in Worcester city centre, during February 2014 floods, Worcester, England, UK, 10th February 2014.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Large waves crash into Le Guilvinec during Storm 'Petra', Finistere, Brittany, France. 5th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finistere, Le Guilvinec, Tempete "Petra", le 5 fevrier 2014.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rough seas at Creac'h lighthouse during Storm 'Ruth', Ile d'Ouessant, Armorique Regional Park, Iles du Ponant, Finistere, Brittany, France, Iroise Sea. 8th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finister...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rough seas at Nividic lighthouse during Storm 'Ruth', Ile d'Ouessant, Armorique Regional Park, Iles du Ponant, Finistere, Brittany, France, Iroise Sea. 8th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finister...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rough seas at d'Ar-Men lighthouse during Storm 'Ruth', Ile de Sein, Armorique Regional Park. Iles du Ponant, Finistere, Brittany, France, Iroise Sea. 8th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finistere,...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rough seas during Storm 'Ruth', Ile d'Ouessant, Armorique Regional Park. Iles du Ponant, Finistere, Brittany, France, Iroise Sea. 8th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finistere, Mer d'Iroise, Iles...

Eric Medard / Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in garden, taken at night with infra red remote camera trap, Mayenne, Pays de Loire, France.

Ernie Janes / Abstract photo of Tower Bridge, with blurred motion red bus, London, June 2013. Digitally manipulated.

Mark MacEwen / Elk (Cervus canadensis) stag resting outside house during the rut, Estes Park, Larimer County, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, United States, September.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Storm sending spray over pier, Kalk Bay harbor, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Storm over Kalk Bay harbor with boat, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Western Cape Province, Cape Agulhas, Indian Ocean, South Africa, August 2010

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) nest amongst the buildings at Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Merryn Thomas / View of Lauterbrunnen village and waterfall, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, June 2012.