Yukihiro Fukuda / Feral domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) standing on hind legs on coast, Okunojima Island, also known as Rabbit Island, Hiroshima, Japan.

Danny Green / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female, portrait. Bandhavgarh National Park, India, December.

Wim van den Heever / Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) baby jumping between branches, photographed mid air. Okavango Delta Botswana.

Jussi Murtosaari / European Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) on ice next to stream, winter, Finland. February.

Danny Green / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) scratching in the snow, Churchill, Cananda, November

Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male in darkness, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer with Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) crawling over shoulder. Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. August 2014. Second Place in the M...

Fabrice Cahez / Wild cat (Felis sylvestris) in snow, Vosges, France, February.

Rob Cousins / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) perched on bird feeder, Devon, UK, September.

Loic Poidevin / European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) Lapland, Finland.

Loic Poidevin / European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) mother and young, Lapland, Finland, June.

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Musteika Village, Lithuania, May.

Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck with velvet antlers in snowy field at sunset, Tartumaa, Estonia, March.

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

Andy Rouse / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus cristatus) courtship dance, Cardiff, UK, March.

Andy Rouse / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus cristatus) with young chicks on back, Cardiff, UK, April.

Andy Trowbridge / Female Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) perched on a branch in falling snow, with Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey, Norway, January.

Krijn Trimbos / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) carrying chick on back, The Netherlands, May.

Joris van Alphen / Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) mother attempting to shelter her chicks from the rain, Flevoland, the Netherlands. July.

George Sanker / White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) mother with fawn. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, September.

Gabriel Rojo / Green-barred woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros) female on snag, La Pampa, Argentina

Fiona Rogers / Dusky leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) baby on a branch . Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand. March 2015.

Danny Green / Coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos) standing on hind legs, Lake Clarke National Park, Alaska, September.

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

Danny Green / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag in the snow, Scotland, March

Danny Green / European brown bear (Ursus arctos) male standing in snow, Finland, April

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

Lynn M Stone / Free-range New Hampshire rooster, by corn pile in snow-covered field. Higganum, Connecticut, USA.

Cyril Ruoso / Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) in habitat with boat, Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Non-ex

Cyril Ruoso / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) orphan babies, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Non-ex

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

Cyril Ruoso / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female suckling baby, captive at Monkey Valley Zoo. Non-ex

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Light-mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) in flight, Auckland Island, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand. February.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida) in flight, silhouetted at sunset, near Campbell Islands, Sub-Antarctic New Zealand. February.

Chris & Monique Fallows / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony at sunrise. Grytviken, South Georgia Island.

Theo Webb / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) baby, Max Planck research site LuiKotale in Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna Paradisaea) flying, Svalbard, Norway, July.

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female 'T19 Krishna' carrying 2 month cub, Ranthambhore National Park, India.

Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) female portrait, Rwanda.

Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) portrait of blackback male, Virunga Mountains, Rwanda

Tui De Roy / Erect-crested penguins (Eudyptes sclateri) portrait, Proclamation Island, Bounty Islands, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic to Antipodes and Bounty Islands. Endangered species.

Tui De Roy / Little blue / fairy penguin (Eudyptula minor) walking on pathway to nesting burrows, Neck Game Reserve, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, December.

David Pattyn / Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Hornoya, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway, April.

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

Marie Read / American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) male in breeding plumage, perched in Eastern redbud flowers in spring, New York, USA May.

Hugh Pearson / Leopard (Panthera pardus) resting, Erindi Game Reserve, Namibia.

Terry Whittaker / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) feeding at edge of water, Kent, UK, December.

Gabriel Rojo / Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosus) perched on capibara??Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Ibera Marshes, Corrientes Province, Argentina