Dietmar Nill / Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funerus) pouncing on mouse, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Warty chameleon male hidden behind branch {Chamaeleo verrucosus} Madagascar

Doug Allan / Crossing a crevasse ladder in the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest Nepal. Model released. Freeze Frame book plate page 143.

Erlend Haarberg / White wagtail (Motacilla alba) reflected in water. Pasvik, Norway. May.

Oliver Wright / Portrait of a Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) Yorkshire, August. Focus stacked image.

Oliver Wright / Striped Slender Robberfly (Leptogaster cylindrica) Ledston, Yorkshire, July. Focus stacked image.

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos

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...

Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus), Kuusamo, Finland, January.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) egg hatching on father's feet. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Ross Hoddinott / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) perched on bird's foot trefoil, Volehouse Moor, Devon, UK. July.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick aged six to eight weeks stretching whilst on brooding parent's feet. Adult looking down at chick. Atka Bay, Antarctica. September.

Karine Aigner / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) licking paw. Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India.

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) landing. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) coming in to land. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) alarmed group standing on hind legs watching jackal pass by, Kalahari, Botswana

Phil Savoie / Point-to-Point horse racing, low angle view of racehorse jumping fence, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March 2014.

Yashpal Rathore / Kottigehar dancing frog (Micrixalus kottigeharensis) male calling and displaying to attract female by waving foot, Agumbe, Western Ghats, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Kottigehar dancing frog (Micrixalus kottigeharensis) male calling and displaying to attract female by waving foot, Agumbe, Western Ghats, India.

Guy Edwardes / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) walking on ground in snow, one foot raised, Ontario, Canada, January.

Andrew Parkinson / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) grooming itself, with back foot raised, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, February. Highly Commended in the Animal Behaviour category of the British Wildlife Photo...

Cyril Ruoso / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) feeding underwater, Burgundy, France, March.

Jack Dykinga / Hairy bird's foot morning glory (Ipomoea leptotoma) flower over Prickly pair (Opuntia sp) Catalina State Park, near Tucson, Arizona, USA, August.

Fiona Rogers / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) silverback male feet, member of 'Humba' group. Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, March.

Michel Poinsignon / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking off, detail of legs and water droplets, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April

Andres M. Dominguez / Dove's-foot crane's-bill leaf (Geranium molle) and algae in ice with air bubbles, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, February.

Mark Taylor / Yellow Labrador Retriever puppy, 8 weeks old, sitting with raised paw

Bence Mate / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking off with foot caught in discarded coat hanger, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.

Edwin Giesbers / Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) babies hand holding onto adults fur. Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby kitten, Loki, age 3 months, sitting up with paws outstretched.

Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, 6 weeks, lying with head up and raised paw.

Gerrit Vyn / Rain showers over sagebrush-steppe at the foot of the Sawtooth Mountains. Clark County, Idaho, USA, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Dippers (Cinclus cinclus) fighting in snow, Kuusamo, Finland, March. Second Place in the Telephoto Lens Category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competitiion 2015.

Cyril Ruoso / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) hanging upside down, during translocation by Kenya Wildlife Service, due to over population, Mwaluganje Reserve, Kenya. October 2006.

Sven Zacek / Ravens (Corvus corax) fighting in bog during snowfall, Tartumaa, Estonia. December.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata fuscata) mother with rare white furred baby, Jigokudani Valley, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. June.

Danny Green / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) in flight in snowfall, Lake Kussharo, Japan, February

Danny Green / Snow Monkey (Macaca fuscata) with snow covered paw in front of mouth, Nagano, Japan, February

Danny Green / Coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos) resting, Lake Clarke National Park, Alaska, September.

Cyril Ruoso / Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) resting, captive at Singapore Zoo. Non-ex

Cyril Ruoso / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) mother and young playing, captive, Sichuan, China. Non-ex

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) waving standing on hind legs with paws raised, Svalbard, Norway, September.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), feeding and cleaning.