Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub defending its kill,a large Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) from another cub, North London, UK. August. Highly commended in the Behaviour : Mammals Category of the Wildlife Ph...

Markus Varesvuo / Jay (Garrulus glandarius), two fighting in mid-air with another observing. Norway. October.

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a Eucalyptus tree after recent bushfires, just before having a visual inspection for its health. If it is determined that a closer examination is required to determin...

Matthew Maran / Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes) a fox pauses from drinking distracted by a mosquito, North London, England, UK. Honour Award in MontPhoto competition 2020.

Pal Hermansen / Floating ice on Greenland Sea with snow covered mountains behind. Recherche fjord, Svalbard, Norway. April 2018. Commended in the BioPhotos Competition 2020.

Nick Upton / Screaming party of Common swifts (Apus apus) flying around a church bell tower at dusk, where a large colony breeds in nestboxes behind the window louvres, All Saints Church, Worlington, Suffolk, UK,...

Nick Upton / Common swift (Apus apus) flying from a nest box attached to the eaves of a cottageafter feeding its chicks, Hilperton, Wiltshire, UK, June. Winner of Conservation Documentary Award in Bird Photographe...

Nick Upton / Common swift (Apus apus) flying to its nest site under roof tiles on an old cottage, Hilperton, Wiltshire, UK, July. Winner of Conservation Documentary Award in Bird Photographer of the Year competiti...

Nick Upton / Simon Evans ringing a Common swift chick (Apus apus) removed briefly from a nest box in All Saints Church belfry with over 40 swift nestboxes, Worlington, Suffolk, UK, July. Model released. Winner of...

Nick Upton / Judith Wakelam hand-feeding an orphaned Common swift chick (Apus apus) with insect food in her home, Worlington, Suffolk, UK, July. Model released. Winner of Conservation Documentary Award in Bird Pho...

Espen Bergersen / Ptarmigans (Lagopus mutus) in white winter plumage, camouflaged against mountain scree with snow, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, April. Highly commended in the Animals in their Environment Category of...

Marie Read / Eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) adult with chick riding on its back, Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, USA. Commended in Bird Photographer of the Year competition 2020.

Andy Rouse / Common shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) with head under wing on nest, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK. Highly commended in Bird Photographer of the Year competition 2020.

Doug Perrine / Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas), Straits of Gibraltar, North Atlantic Ocean.

Dave Watts / Southern grasstree (Xanthorrhoea australis). Tasmania, Australia. November.

Dave Watts / Madonna sun orchid (Thelymitra silena). Tasmania, Australia. October.

Dave Watts / Gunn's tree orchid (Sarcochilus australis). Tasmania, Australia. November.

Dave Watts / Honeybush (Richea scoparia). Tasmania, Australia. December.

Dave Watts / Chamomile sunray (Rhodanthe anthemoides). Tasmania, Australia. January.

Dave Watts / Southern storksbill (Pelargonium australe). Tasmania, Australia. December.

Dave Watts / Brown beaks orchid (Lyperanthus suaveolens). Tasmania, Australia. November.

Dave Watts / Grassland paperdaisy (Leucochrysum albicans var. tricolor). Tasmania, Australia. November

Dave Watts / Mountain needlebush (Hakea lissosperma). Tasmania, Australia. November.

Dave Watts / Leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida). Tasmania, Australia. January.

Dave Watts / Tiger orchid (Diuris sulphurea). Tasmania, Australia. November.

Dave Watts / Purple beard orchid (Calochilus platychilus). Tasmania, Australia. November.

Dave Watts / Large duck orchid (Caleana major) flowers with appearance of flying mallard ducks. Tasmania, Australia. December.

Doug Perrine / Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) porpoising out of a boat wake, South Kona, Hawaii.

Doug Perrine / Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) jumping, South Kona, Hawaii ( the Big Island ), USA, Central Pacific Ocean

Doug Perrine / Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata), South Kona, Hawaii.

Doug Perrine / Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata), South Kona, Hawaii.

Guy Edwardes / Amethyst deceiver fungus (Laccaria amethystina) amongst moss. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Bonnet mycena fungus (Mycena galericulata) and Holly (Ilex aquifolium) seedling, New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Pinwheel mushroom (Marasmius rotula). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Trichia decipiens) sporangia. Perthshire, Scotland, UK. October. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Magpie inkcap fungus (Coprinopsis picacea). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Rosy bonnet fungus (Mycena rosea). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Violet webcap fungus (Cortinarius violaceus). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria) amongst moss, autumnal Silver birch (Betula pendula) leaf hanging from toadstool. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Amethyst deceiver fungus (Laccaria amethystina) growing amongst moss. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Elfin saddle fungus (Helvella lacunosa) with dog head appearance. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Comatricha nigra) sporangia. Dorset, England, UK. January. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Arcyria denudata) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Parrot waxcap fungus (Gliophorus psittacinus), close up of gills, Duncliffe Wood Woodland Trust Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Veined shield fungus (Pluteus thomsonii), close-up of cap. Dorset, England, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Conidial micro-fungi (Chromelosporium carneum), close-up of fruiting bodies. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Trichia decipiens), reflections in sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Guy Edwardes / Oak-stump bonnet cap fungus (Mycena inclinata) in broadleaved woodland. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Oak-stump bonnet cap fungus (Mycena inclinata). New Forest National Park, England, UK. November

Guy Edwardes / Amethyst deceiver fungus (Laccaria amethystina). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Fungus (Mycena sp) at night. New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.

David Pike / Mute swan, (Cygnus olor) with cygnets, near Turf Locks, Exeter Canal, Devon, UK. May

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of solar panels on top of a coal ash pyramid in East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is stacked and compacted into large pyramids, which may eventually...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond in East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds. Th...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of coal ash pyramid in East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is stacked layer-by-layer and compacted into large pyramids, which may eventually be covered...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, called 'Turquoise Lake' near Konin, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons co...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near city of Lodz, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds....

Charlie Summers / Rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) bull bugling during rut. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. October.

Adrian Davies / Aloe (Aloe vera) sap dripping from cut leaf.

Nick Upton / Wood-carving leafcutter bee (Megachile ligniseca) female in flight, carrying leaf to line brood cell in insect hotel. Wiltshire, England, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Red mason bee (Osmia rufa) female emerging from nest burrow in insect hotel after provisioning brood cells with pollen, completed nests sealed with mud. Wiltshire, England, UK. May.

Andy Sands / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon). Buckinghamshire, England, UK. October. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Arcyria sp) under attack bfrom Fungus (Polycephalomyces tomentosus). Buckinghamshire, England, UK. September. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Wood ant (Formica rufa) on Waxcap fungus (Hygrocybe sp). Buckinghamshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Trichia botrytis) sporangia starting to split to release spores, on underside of rotting Oak (Quercus sp) log. Hertfordshire, England, UK. December. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Stemonitis sp) fruiting sporangia on leaf, exhibiting rapid colour change from yellow to orange after 20 minutes. Buckinghamshire, England, UK. September. Focus stacked image. Sequence 2/...

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Physarum sp), dew droplets on sporangium, close-up. Hertfordshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Physarum leucophaeum), two sporangia, close-up. Buckinghamshire, England, UK. October. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Physarum album), immature sporangia forming on rotten Beech (Fagus sylvatica) log, Hertfordshire, England, UK. October. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Physarum album), dew droplets on two sporangia, close-up. Hertfordshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Cribraria argillacea), mature sporangia with cages that contain the spores. Buckinghamshire, England, UK. September. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Comatricha nigra) sporangia, starting to loose gloss and develop spores. Hertfordshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Slime mould (Comatricha nigra) sporangia with a range of colours, at different stages of development. Buckinghamshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Morley Read / Dwarf rainfrog (Pristimantis minimus) a very small species 12-16mm in length. Distribution restricted to the southwest slopes of the Cordillera del Condor, southern Ecuador. Rio Nangaritza, Ecuador.

Morley Read / Sarayacu treefrog (Dendropsophus sarayacuensis) male, calling, with partially inflated vocal sac. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, August 2018.

Morley Read / Short-headed treefrog (Dendropsophus brevifrons) calling with inflated vocal sac. Above a rainforest pond at night, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.

Morley Read / Group of saddleback moth caterpillars (Acharia hyperoche) eating a leaf in the rainforest understory, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Morley Read / Nest of Crump's treefrog (Dendropsophus brevifrons). The eggs develop within the nest suspended over a rainforest pond. The tadpoles drop into the water fully formed, so avoiding aquatic predators...

Morley Read / Reventador Volcano erupting at night, red hot boulders ejected from crater rolling down slopes. Rio Quijos Valley, Amazonian Andes, Ecuador. November 2015. Digitally stitched image.

Magnus Lundgren / Tiger tail seahorse (Hippocampus comes) riding on plastic waste in Balayan Bay from Anilao, the municipality of Mabini, Batangas, the Philippines.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Plastic waste in the ocean along with Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis) Green Island, a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, Taiwan

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) female roosting amongst reeds. Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, England, UK. May.

Ross Hoddinott / Trevose Head lighthouse at dusk. Near Padstow, Cornwall, England, UK. October 2020.

Ross Hoddinott / Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene) roosting on Hard fern (Blechnum spicant) fiddlehead. Marsland Valley Wildlife Trusts Reserve, Cornwall, England, UK. June.

Ross Hoddinott / Neist Point coastline and lighthouse. Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. November 2017.

Ross Hoddinott / Holywell Bay at sunset, at low tide with Carters Rocks reflected in water. Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK. April 2017.

Ross Hoddinott / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) waiting for prey on Meadow thistle (Cirsium dissectum). Dunsdon Devon Wildlife Trust Reserve, England, UK. June.

Ross Hoddinott / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) resting on leaf. Cornwall, England, UK. May.

Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) resting on Devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis). Devon, England, UK. August.

George Sanker / Elk (Cervus canadensis) bull and cow sniffing noses, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. September.

George Sanker / Yellowstone River. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. September.

Olga Kamenskaya / Shavla River (named from the Altai word shaal - meaning young tree) Saylyugemsky National Park, Altai Mountains, Russia. July 2019.

Olga Kamenskaya / Belukha Mountain, Katun Mountains, Golden Mountains of Altai UNESCO World Heritage Site, June 2019

Olga Kamenskaya / The Katun river landscape, Altai Mountains, Russia. July 2019.

Olga Kamenskaya / Darashkol, a high-mountain lake in the Altai mountains. Altai Mountains, Golden Mountains of Altai UNESCO World Heritage Site, Russia.