Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sliding down slope on back after losing footing. Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan, China. January 1987.
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Neil Challis / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) hanging upside down on vines before falling off, Central Thailand, November.
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Simon Littlejohn / Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) regurgitating food, before the chick falls onto its back, parent tries to help, Casares, Andalusia, Spain, March.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Two four-week-old Asian leopard cat kittens (Prionailurus bengalensis) falling asleep, one wakes up and stretches, ACCB Cambodia. Captive.
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Danny Green / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) feeding on teasel in falling snow, Leicestershire, UK, February.
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Konrad Wothe / Static shot of rain falling in a rainforest, Papua New Guinea.
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Dave Bevan / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) returning to nest site, falls over, Yorkshire, England, UK, May.
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of rain falling into the rainforest understory, Orellana Province, Ecuador.
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Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) portrait, in falling snow. Captive bred, in enclosure, Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan Province, China. February 2008.
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Marie Read / Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) flock in flight during a snowstorm, New York, USA, January.
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Staffan Widstrand / Grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus) on tree trunk in falling snow. Kalvtrask, Vasterbotten, Lapland, Sweden. January.
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John Chan / California least tern chick (Sternula antillarum browni) falling over as it runs towards its parent returning to nest site, Huntington Beach, California, USA, June.
John Waters / Wide-angle shot of a pair of Common European toads (Bufo bufo) in amplexus, jumping into a pond, Priddy, Somerset, England, UK, April.
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David Perpinan / Blue fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva) chicks, confiscated from illegal wildlife trade, Brazil.
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Fred Olivier / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking with chick, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.
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Fred Olivier / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks calling, with another small chick arriving and falling over, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) hit by falling snow, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March.
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Jabruson Motion / Close-up of a male Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) and juvenile resting, captivated by reflection in camera lens, knocks juvenile over, Bukima, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic...
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Luke Massey / Close-up of a Wild boar (Sus scrofa) approaching a remote camera and knocking it over, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.
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Fred Olivier / Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) at nest in breeding colony, stretching and knocking chick over, New Island, Falkland Islands.
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Peter Bassett / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) wading through mud and falling over, Prion Island, South Georgia.
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Cyril Ruoso / Fruit of a Dipterocarp tree (Dipterocarpaceae) seed falling to the ground, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Andy Trowbridge / Female Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) perched on a branch in falling snow, with Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey, Norway, January.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Ice cliff of the Austfonna ice cap with melt water and ice crashing down to the sea, Svalbard, Norway, July 2012.
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John & Mary-Lou Aitchison / Female European otter (Lutra lutra) grooming her cub on a rock, with the cub falling off and into the water, Scotland, UK, November.
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Andy Rouse / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub aged five months falling asleep in a tree in a breeding centre, Chengdu, China. Captive.
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Pal Hermansen / Snow falling in Bastnas car graveyard Varmland, Sweden, December. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.
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Will Watson / Large hail stones falling during a storm, Herefordshire, England, UK, December.
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Claudio Contreras / Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) in courtship display, San Quintin, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico,
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Diane McAllister,Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) young one, appearing quite relaxed in thermal pool, even falling asleep, in Jigokudani, Japan, February
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Markus Varesvuo,Markus Varesvuo / Commen raven (Corvus corax) flying in falling snow, Vardo, Norway, March.
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Denis-Huot / Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) running for down steep bank of the Mara river during migration, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
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Ammonite / Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) climbing down and falling out of tree, showing use of partially prehensile tail, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.
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Niall Benvie / Snow squall falling on coastal mountains. Tortenberget across Ballesvika, Senja, Norway, February 2012.
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Niall Benvie / Snow squall falling on coastal mountains. Tortenberget across Ballesvika, Senja, Norway, February 2012.
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Kristel Richard / An Indian cowboy has lost his balance from a bronc or wild paint horse during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, at Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2011, Sequence 3...
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Yves Lanceau / Digital composite - Sequence of four showing a domestic cat, male red tabby falling and landing.
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Yves Lanceau / Digital composite - Sequence of eight showing a domestic cat, male red tabby falling and landing.
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Yves Lanceau / Digital composite - Sequence of eight showing a domestic cat, male red tabby falling and landing. Model released.
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Robert Thompson / A cascade of waterfalls falling over a cliff in woodlands. Plitvice National Park, Croatia, May 2010.
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Nature Production / Japanese tree frog (Hyla japonica) climbing up onto hydrangea leaf, Fukuoka, Japan, August, sequence 1/3
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Ernie Janes / Snow falling on arable land with Oak trees in the background, Southrepps, Norfolk, UK, April
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Sergey Gorshkov / Salmon (Salmonidae) eggs falling to lake bottom, Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, July
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Mary McDonald / Giant River Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) playing on falling log, in the Pantanal NP, Brazil, South America
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Andy Rouse / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on tree stump in garden with snow falling, Wales, UK. December
Sandra Bartocha / Gespensterwald (ghostly forest) - European Beech forest (Fagus sylvatica) in snow, Nienhagen, Germany. RUNNER-UP: Creative Visions of Nature - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010