Neil Aldridge / A young White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) leaves a secure enclosure known as a boma in the Okavango Delta, northern Botswana, after being translocated from South Africa as part of efforts to rebu...

Neil Aldridge / Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) stands in evening light on Chief's Island in Okavango Delta, Botswana,. This rhino was released in the Okavango Delta as part of efforts to rebuild the rhino popula...

Neil Aldridge / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) mother and calf, prepare to leave a boma - a secure enclosure - in the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana after being translocated from South Africa as part of...

Neil Aldridge / Blindfolded and tranquilised adult White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with a tracking tag lies and recovers in the Okavango Delta, northern Botswana, following a translocation operation that invol...

Neil Aldridge / Team of vets and conservation staff move a sedated White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) into a comfortable resting position in a secure enclosure known as a boma during a translocation operation to...

Neil Aldridge / Lion cub (Panthera leo) calling to its mother from the raised deck of a tourist lodge in the middle of the Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park, Zambia. Vulnerable species.

Wim van den Heever / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) juvenile with adults behind, on frozen Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan. February.

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling at sea surface, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Te...

Sergey Gorshkov / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) in sand dunes, Namibia. Finalist in the Mammals Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2015.

Colin Varndell / Badger (Meles meles) with face lit up at sunset. Dorset, UK July.

Cyril Ruoso / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub, Burgundy, France, May.

Richard Robinson / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) just below surface, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, June.

Richard Robinson / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) worked from below with rays of sun, off the coast of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, February.

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

Pete Oxford / Guanaco (Lama guanaco) with Cordiera del Paine in back. Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

David Tipling / Common frog (Rana temporaria) and spawn in pond. West Runton, North Norfolk, England, UK, March. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA Awards 2015.

Denis-Huot / Lioness (Panthera leo) playing with lost baby Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / Lioness (Panthera leo) playing with a lost baby Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Lioness (Panthera leo) playing with a lost baby Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) adult males resting on trail, in mountain landscape. Alps, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. September.

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), portrait of adult male though horns of another resting Ibex. Alps, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. September.

Claudio Contreras / American coot (Fulica americana americana) in mist, with Popocatepetl volcano behind, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, Mexico. November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) alone on blue ice, Antarctica, March.

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.

Klein & Hubert / Group of King penguinss (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in blizzard, South Georgia, Antarctica.

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) in sandstorm on beach, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands.

Floris van Breugel / Black-billed shrike-tyrant (Agriornis montanus) in the snow with Mount Fitz Roy visible beyond. Patagonia, Argentina, June 2014.

Floris van Breugel / Black-billed shrike-tyrant (Agriornis montanus) perched in snowy tree with Mount Fitz Roy visible beyond. Patagonia, Argentina, June 2014.

Andy Trowbridge / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on weathered branch. London, England, UK. December.

Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in dense fog. Vorumaa, Estonia, January. Winner of the Animal stories portfolio in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) flying to nest with star trails in sky above, Estonia, May. Winner of the Birds category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Sam Hobson / Fallow deer (Dama dama) buck crossing road under street lights. London, UK. January.

Alex Mustard / Reticulate stargazer (Uranoscopus sp.) emerging from the sand. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Taken with remote camera.

David Pattyn / Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) independent fledgling at 46 days, only identified as young by striped head, portrait on a misty morning. The Netherlands, July

Dong Lei / Blood pheasants (Ithaginis cruentus) foraging in habitat, one looking at the camera, Meli Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China, January. Endemic. Taken with remote camera.

Dong Lei / Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral) in forest, Tangjianhe National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China. April.

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

Eric Medard / Badger (Meles meles) in garden, taken at night with infra red remote camera trap, Mayenne, Pays de Loire, France, August.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) females in snowy mountain habitat. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

David Pattyn / Puffin (Fratercula arctica )through soft focus vegetation. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, June.

Peter Cairns / Bison (Bison bison) standing in geothermal run-off in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, February.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Indo Pacific Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) feeding on sardines (Sardina pilchardus), Isla Mujeres, Mexico, March.

David Pike / Two European polecat kittens (Mustela putorius) in grass, West Country Wildlife Photography Centre, captive, July.

Mark Taylor / Liver Flatcoated Retriever puppy, 6 weeks.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) in a cut forest. East coast, near Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Chris & Monique Fallows / King penguin chicks (Aptenodytes patagonicus) South Georgia Island, Antarctica