Klein & Hubert / Herd of Rove goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) walking to feeding grounds, Provence, France.

Markus Varesvuo / Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) flock flying in snow, Suomussalmi, Finland, January.

Franco Banfi / Schooling Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica.

Jeff Vanuga / White horses of the Camargue galloping through marshes in the Camargue, France. April.

Georgette Douwma / Big-eye fish (Priacanthus hamrur). Egypt, Red Sea.

Wim van den Heever / Large pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising over waves during annual sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa. Runner up in the Animals in their Environment Category of the Wildl...

Sven Zacek / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) herd in snowy field in Tartumaa, Estonia, March.

Chris Mattison / Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) group of three in flight, Lago Amarga , Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

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

Gabriel Rojo / Bay-winged cowbird,(Agelaioides badius) chicks begging for food, La Pampa, Argentina

David Tipling / Northern gannet (Sula bassana) colony, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Scotland, UK, April.

Espen Bergersen / Common guillemot (Uria aalge) flock, circling outside the breeding colony at Hornoya birdcliff, Finnmark, Norway.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) school porpoising, False Bay, South Africa

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffe (Giraffa cameleopardalis tippelskirchi) herd walking across savanna in dry season, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd eating, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Juergen Freund / Blue and yellow fusiliers (Caesio teres) shoal, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

Chris & Monique Fallows / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony with storm approaching. Grytviken, South Georgia Island.

Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) cubs looking curiously, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway, July.

Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) cubs looking curiously, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway, July.

Kristel Richard / Band of wild Mongolian horses running on plains at the foot of Dungurukh Uul mountain, near the border with China and Kazakhstan, Bayan-Olgiy aymag, Mongolia. September.

Jussi Murtosaari / Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) with chicks swimming behind, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland, May.

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

Constantinos Petrinos / Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) schooling parallel to one another. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Marie Read / Flock of White ibis (Eudocimus albus) in breeding plumage, at rookery on water's edge of the mangrove-covered island, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, March

Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawks (Buteo galapagoensis) in flight, Galapagos, Ecuador. Vulnerable species.

Espen Bergersen / Male King eiders (Somateria spectabilis) three taking-off from water. Batsfjord, Norway, March.

Jack Dykinga / Snow geese (Anser caerulescens) flying toward their gathering pond, with moon in the background, Boque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. December.

Denis-Huot / Coalition of male Lions (Panthera leo) in grassland before storm, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Axel Gomille / Demoiselle cranes (Anthropoides virgo) flock, India.

Richard Robinson / Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) Akaroa Harbour, South Island, New Zealand, November. Editorial use only.

Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) herd moving through snow, Estonia, March. Winner of the Animal stories portfolio in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Pascal Kobeh / Group of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) swimming down into deep water, Costa Rica. Pacific ocean.

Ben Cranke / European Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) in flight at sunset Norway, May.

Alex Mustard / Vibrant Red Sea reef scene, with orange female Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swarming in front of Fire coral (Millepora dichotoma) feeding on plankton brought to the reef by currents. R...

Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) standing in water a dawn, Puszaszer, Hungary, July.

Ingo Arndt / Buff tip moth (Phalera bucephala) caterpillars feeding on leaf, Hungary, June.

Anup Shah / Topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Markus Varesvuo / Guillemots (Uria aalge) in flight in snow, Vardo, Norway, March. Winner of 2nd Prize in the Nature (Single images) category of the World Press Photo Competition 2014.

Michele Westmorland / Large school of scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini). Galapagos Islands.

Roger Powell / Five Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in flight, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) pod feeding on sardines (Sardinops oecllata) East London, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Three Common dolphins (Dephinus delphis) porpoising, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) 'mega pod', False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) diving underwater, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Kristel Richard / A group of Pure Arab, Shagya Arab and East Bulgarian fillies running in snow, Kabiuk National Stud, Shumen, Bulgaria.

Michael Pitts / Devil rays (Mobula japonica) viewed from below, South Ari atoll, Maldives.

Sandesh Kadur / Blood pheasants (Ithaginis cruentus) in high alpine scrubland gather by the edge of a cliff, Bhutan, Himalaya.

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / White naped cranes (Grus vipio) in flight, Kyushu, Japan