Alex Mustard / A diver explores Silfra Canyon, a deep fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. May 2011. In this phot...

Will Burrard-Lucas / A mating pair of leopards (Panthera pardus) caught in front of a camera trap at night, Laikipia Wilderness Camp, Kenya. Communication Arts Annual 62 Competition 2021 Winner Book Category; Sony World P...

Erlend Haarberg / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) with single Dandelion (Taraxacum sp) Innlandet, Norway, June.

Alex Mustard / Dugong (Dugong dugon) male and juvenile Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) swimming over Seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) meadow. Marsa Nabaa, Marsa Alam, Egypt.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) breaching in front of large ship during sardine run, East London, South Africa, June.

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) close up of spotted skin, with Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia.

David Pattyn / Trees in Hautes Fagnes Nature Reserve in winter after snowfall. This area - Noir Flohay was burnt a few years ago and some trees are still blackened, Hautes Fagnes, Belgian Ardennes, Belgium, February...

Ben Hall / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on rock with lava lizard sitting on its head, Galapagos Islands, May.

Jordi Chias / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) and Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) chasing small fish offshore. Santa Maria Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Third Place in the Underwater Category of the Por El...

Inaki Relanzon / Khongor sand dunes, Govi Gurvan Saikhan National Park, Gobi Desert, South Mongolia. June 2015.

Juergen Freund / Man moving Grouper fish between fish pens, Tampakan, Kudat, Sabah, Borneo. June 2009. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competition 2015.

Alex Mustard / Large whip goby (Bryaninops amplus) with a parasitic copepod (with two trailing egg ribbons) perched on Red whip coral. Whale Rock. Fiabacet Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram S...

Alex Mustard / Black hamlet (Hypoplectrus nigricans) and Yellowbelly hamlet (Hypoplectrus aberrans) spawning at dusk. As this genus is quite recently evolved hybridization is still possible. Hamlets are one of the...

Bence Mate / Two Great egrets (Ardea alba) standing opposite each other with Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in between. Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary, January. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Na...

Bence Mate / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying, with Great egret (Ardea alba) in the foreground, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Natur...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Partially harvested Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) fields, Valensole Plateau, Alpes Haute Provence, France, July 2015.

Jordi Chias / Atolla jellyfish (Atolla wyvillei) with Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) in the background near the surface. Antarctic Peninsula. Finalist in the Underwater category of the Wildlife Photographer of t...

Cyril Ruoso / Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) fields in flower, Burgundy, France, May.

Cyril Ruoso / Puya flowers (Puya sp) Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru.

MYN / Corne van der Linden / Variety of orchids from the Banksia Woodland, Swan Coastal Plain. Including Pansy orchid (Diuris magnifica), Slender sun orchid (Thelymitra vulgaris), Cowslip orchid (Caladenia flava), Plain sun orchi...

Franco Banfi / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) male and female, hauled out in shallow water, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic Ocean. July.

George Sanker / White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) females grazing in snow, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. February.

Ross Hoddinott / Common darter dragonflies (Sympetrum striolatum) two females resting on reed, Dunsdon Nature Reserve, Devon, UK. August.

Mark MacEwen / Snare's island crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) colony on the coast, high angle view, Snares Island, New Zealand.

Espen Bergersen / Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) and Raven (Corvus corax) in flight, Hornoya bird cliff, Finnmark, Norway. March

Onne van der Wal / Tug escorting tanker out of the port of Charleston, towards the Ravenel Bridge, South Carolina, USA. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Juan Carlos Munoz / 'Quest' ferry landing in Village Bay, St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Juergen Freund / Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) at Devils Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia.

Dong Lei / White eared-pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon) two in front of Buddhist prayer flags, Sichuan Province, China, July.

Claudio Contreras / Aquatic plants (Typha sp.) with Mexico City buildings in the back, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, January

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) adult and young hauled on ice. Hinlopen, Svalbard, Norway, June.

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of Salin de Giraud, Camargue, France, July.

David Kjaer / Great bustard (Otis tarda) chicks hatched from eggs collected under licence from the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Comparison of larva and adult beetle (Epomis circumscriptus), Central Coastal Plain, Israel, April. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

Erlend Haarberg / Ice patterns on lake, Sorvagen, Moskenes, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway, January.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) behind Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Svalbard, Norway, July.

Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) mother with young, and silverback in background. Virunga Mountains, Rwanda. Non-ex.

Markus Varesvuo / Black kite (Milvus migrans) flying and red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) on snow, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Floris van Breugel / Autumnal landscape with snow, Arrigetch Peaks region of Brooks Range, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska, USA, August 2014.

Terry Whittaker / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub on railway embankment with train passing behind, Kent, UK, July.

Denis-Huot / Grant's zebra (Equus burchelli granti) mutual grooming after a bush fire, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. October.

Denis-Huot / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd at sunset, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. January.

David Tipling / Fern growing among Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Foxley Wood, Norfolk, UK, April.

Gabriel Rojo / White-banded tree-frog (Hypsiboas pulchellus) with Ladybird (Coccinellidae) Calden forest, La Pampa, Argentina

Pal Hermansen / Aerial view of river delta, South West Iceland, June 2014.

Dong Lei / Purple bergenia (Bergenia purpurascens) in flower, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China.

Jack Dykinga / White flowering birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and yellow evening primrose (Oenothera primiveris), Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. February 2014.

Denis-Huot / Young Lioness (Panthera leo) chasing Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.