Alex Hyde / Yew berry (Taxus baccata), Nottinghamshire, UK. October.

Geoff Scott-Simpson / European larch tree {Larix decidua} cones on branch, UK

Rob Tilley / Yaku sugi (Cedar tree) trunk, Yaku-shima, Kagoshima, Japan

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Western red cedar tree (Thuja plicata) deemed Canada's 'Gnarliest tree' in the old growth forest. Avatar Grove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Alex Hyde / Yew berry (Taxus baccata), Nottinghamshire, UK. October.

Geoff Scott-Simpson / European larch tree {Larix decidua} cones on branch, UK

Rob Tilley / Yaku sugi (Cedar tree) trunk, Yaku-shima, Kagoshima, Japan

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Western red cedar tree (Thuja plicata) deemed Canada's 'Gnarliest tree' in the old growth forest. Avatar Grove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

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

Chien Lee / Minden / Bornean Smaller Flying Frog (Rhacophorus borneensis), Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Minden / Black-headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps) swallowing alive Harlequin Flying Tree Frog (Rhacophorus pardalis) prey, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia, sequence 1 of 4

Chien Lee / Minden / Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) female, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Chien Lee / Minden / White-footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) in cavity, Madagascar

Mark Raycroft / Minden / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck in snowfall, North America

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Minden / Leopard (Panthera pardus), Sabi-sands Game Reserve, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi), Masai Mara,Kenya

Duncan Usher / Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) pair on bird feeder, Bursfelde, Lower Saxony, Germany

Heike Odermatt / English Bluebell (Hyacinthoides nonscripta) carpet in the European Beech (Fagus sylvatica)forest, Halle, Brussels, Belgium

Jan Wegener / Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) male in display flight, Winnie, Texas

Guy Edwardes / Landscape of Thakgil canyon, with waterfall and jagged mountains, Iceland, September.

Guy Edwardes / Ammonite Graveyard at sunrise, Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, Dorset, England, UK

Guy Edwardes / Long exposure of stream in Glencoe, Highland Region, Scotland, February.

Guy Edwardes / Long exposure of stream in Glencoe, Highland Region, Scotland, February.

Guy Edwardes / Low angle view of Beech trees (Fagus sylvatica), Compton Down, Dorset, England, UK, March.

Guy Edwardes / Aurora Borealis over Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, September.

Guy Edwardes / Milky Way over Stair Hole, Lulworth, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, Dorset, England, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus), Lake Kerkini, Greece

David Pattyn / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in flight in front of a vertical rocky mountain side, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Italy, May

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) perched in tree sleeping, viewed through a fence, Estonia.

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), native to northern hemisphere

Suzi Eszterhas / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta), duplicate of 00649947

Suzi Eszterhas / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) mother nursing two-week-old pups, Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana

Chase Dekker / Car on road in driving through colorul autumn forest, Green Mountains, Vermont

Chase Dekker / Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa), Sierra Nevada, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) pups, Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Chase Dekker / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), Katmai National Park, Alaska

Chase Dekker / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) feeding on sedge grass, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Mark Raycroft / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) male running, North America

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) male hanging in vine, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Roland Seitre / Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri) displaying, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, Australia

ZSSD / Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) male yawning, captive

ZSSD / Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) and Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus), Kenya

ZSSD / Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas), captive

Roland Seitre / Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis) showing small tusks, United Arab Emirates

Suzi Eszterhas / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) two-week-old pups, Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana

Christian Ziegler / Kinkajou (Potos flavus) feeding on Balsa Tree (Ochroma lagopus) flower nectar at night, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Kinkajou (Potos flavus) feeding on Balsa Tree (Ochroma lagopus) flower nectar at night, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) hanging from branch, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis) eating egg clutch of Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) some tadpoles escaping through early hatching, Soberania National Park, Panama

Tim Fitzharris / Pine (Pinus sp), ancient tree at night, Mount Scott, Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, digital composite

Tim Fitzharris / Seastacks and moon, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington, digital composite

Paul Souders/ Worldfoto / Iceberg, Disko Bay, Ilulissat, Greenland

Tui De Roy / Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) parent and chick on nest, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tim Fitzharris / Twilight on Bridalveil Falls and Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California

Tim Fitzharris / Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) forest at sunrise, Merced Grove, Yosemite National Park, California