Sebastian Kennerknecht / Minden / American Bison (Bison bison) female in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Minden / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Latrabjarg, Westfjords, Iceland

Danny Green / European badger (Meles meles) in late evening light, Scotland, UK, August.

Oscar Dewhurst / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) swimming through ice. Richmond Park, London, England, UK. December

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June. Bookplate.

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) fighting in snow at night, Vauldalen, Norway, April.

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) fighting in snow at night, Vauldalen, Norway, April.

Andy Rouse / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in snowy garden, Wales, UK, January.

Andy Rouse / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in frosty garden, Wales, UK, January.

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...

Andy Murch / Little gulper shark (Centrophorus uyato). Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas.

David Fleetham / Close up at the dental plates of Three color parrotfish (Scarus tricolor) as it comes in for a bite of hard coral, Fiji.

David Tipling / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) male in flight. Grinton Moor, above Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, UK. July.

Sergey Gorshkov / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) at night, taken with remote camera in Land of the Leopard National Park, Far East Russia, November.Highly Commended in the Animal Portraits Category of the Wil...

Edwin Giesbers / Small pearl bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene), two resting on Scabious. The Netherlands. July.

Pal Hermansen / Wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) male silhouetted at dawn. Forollhogna National Park, Innlandet, Norway.

Guy Edwardes / Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) taking off along shoreline. Fort De Soto Park, Florida, USA. April.

Carol Walker / RF - Knabstrupper stallion with leopard spotting colouration, running in pasture. Germany. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Tui De Roy / Black rhino (Diceros bicornis) with very long horn, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya. October.

Tui De Roy / Black rhino (Diceros bicornis) and White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum) bulls facing off. Solio Game Reserve, Laikipia, Kenya. September.

Tui De Roy / Three White rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) walking together, Solio Game Reserve, Laikipia, Kenya. September.

Danny Green / North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) on snow covered bank, reflected in icy water. Yellowstone National Park, USA, January.

Danny Green / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) profile walking, looking for prey. Bandhavgarh National Park, India, December.

Ross Hoddinott / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in snow, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. March.

Marie Lochman / Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) Wheatbelt Region, Western Australia

Sven Zacek / Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) two males facing off on a lekking site, Varumaa county, Southern Estonia. April.

Nick Upton / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queen about to land at her nest burrow in a garden lawn with loaded pollen sacs to provision grubs that will become future workers for her colony, Wiltshire,...

Nick Upton / White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) crawling over an oak sleeper retaining a garden lawn with a greenhouse in the background, Wiltshire, UK, April.

George Sanker / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in spring breeding plumage at dawn in a light fog. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. April.

Claudio Contreras / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), Jardines de la Reina / Gardens of the Queen National Park, Caribbean Sea, Ciego de Avila, Cuba.

Klein & Hubert / Long eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) jumping, Gobi desert at dusk, Mongolia

Klein & Hubert / Long eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) jumping, Gobi desert, Mongolia

Shane Gross / Dolphin fish / Mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) off Cat Island, Bahamas.Non-ex

Erlend Haarberg / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris), Vauldalen, Norway, May.

Guy Edwardes / Shore lark (Eremophila alptstris), Ontario, Canada

Markus Varesvuo / Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) portrait, Iceland, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia), Kuusamo, Finland, December.

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

Markus Varesvuo / Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in flight, Kuusamo, Finland, March.

Andres M. Dominguez / Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) perched on thistle, Andalusia. Spain. April

Ann & Steve Toon / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) walking, silhouetted at dusk. Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) silhouetted in dust storm. Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Fabio Pupin / Ruwenzori side-striped chameleon, (Trioceros rudis), hanging from fern, Nyungwe Forest NP, Rwanda, December . Non-ex.

Oliver Wright / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) resting on stem, covered in early morning dew. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.

Alex Mustard / RF - Basking shark (Ceterhinus maximus) feeding on plankton in Senen Cove, Cornwall, UK. June. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)