Juergen Freund / Moral eels, Urchins, Cuttlefish, Shrimp and other marine life living within a discarded tyre and fishing net under a ships' harbour, Maluku, Indonesia. November.

Ingo Arndt / Cape Gannet (Sula capensis) perched on a rock whilst calling, nesting colony, Lamberts Bay, South Africa.

Ingo Arndt / Two Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) males fighting for dominance, California, USA

Franco Banfi / Hard and soft corals and encrusting sponge on the structure of bio-rock, Karang Lestari Pemuteran project, Desa Pemuteran, Bali Island, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Franco Banfi / Corals attached to structure of bio-rock, a method of enhancing the growth of corals and aquatic organisms, Karang Lestari Pemuteran project, Desa Pemuteran, Bali Island, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Corals attached to structure of bio-rock, a method of enhancing the growth of corals and aquatic organisms, Karang Lestari Pemuteran project, Desa Pemuteran, Bali Island, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

Eric Medard / Barn owl (Tyto alba) flying in old chapel at night, taken with infra red remote camera trap, Mayenne, Pays de Loire, France, November.

Alex Mustard / Diver exploring the wreck of HMS Scylla, which is colonized by Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum). Whitsands Bay, Cornwall, England. UK, July.

Angelo Gandolfi / Gannets (Morus bassanus) courtship behavior on nest on abandoned boat, La Spezia Gulf, Italy. Mediterranean Sea. July.

Pal Hermansen / European moose (Alces alces) bulls near houses, Nordland, Norway. July.

Pal Hermansen / Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) breeding on house wall, Norway, March.

Doug Perrine / Barjacks (Caranx ruber), Yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus), and Sergeant major damselfish (Abudefduf saxatilis) swimming around wreck of bow gun on C-58 shipwreck off Puerto Morelos, near Cancun,...

Doug Perrine / Giant squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum) at cleaning station in the cockpit of wreck of Panorama Air Tour Beech H18S that crashed in 1983 after take-off from Keahole airport, Kona, Hawaii.

Georgette Douwma / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with two large remoras (Echeneis naucrates) attached to its carapace, at rest on artificial reef. Mabul, Malaysia.

Georgette Douwma / Crinoid (Crinoidea) on artificial reef. Mabul, Malaysia.

Georgette Douwma / Crinoid (Crinoidea) on artificial reef. Mabul, Malaysia.

Georgette Douwma / Granulated sea star (Choriaster granulatus) on artificial reef. Mabul, Malaysia.

Georgette Douwma / Cock's comb oyster (Lopha cristagalli) covered with encrusting sponge on artificial reef. Mabul, Malaysia.

Pascal Kobeh / Divers are setting up concrete reef balls to build an artificial reef, Philippines, Sulu Sea. August 2014.

Pascal Kobeh / Giant clam (Tridacna) on 'Lotus' artificial reef, built in 2001 with a steel frame using mild electric currents to encourage coral growth, with diver in the background. Vabbinfaru Island in North Male...

Pal Hermansen / Birch tree (Betula sp) growing up through old rusting car at night. Bastnas car graveyard, Sweden, July. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) with wings out stretched with a beak full of sand eels. Close-up portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.

Erlend Haarberg / Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) and Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) fighting. Vauldalen, Sor-trondelag. Norway, May.

Michael Pitts / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) calling and defending their eggs from Southern Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) hunting for unattended eggs or chicks, Sea Lion island, The Falklands, South Atlantic.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) feeding on Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) bait ball, Cape Point, South Africa.

Eric Baccega / Male Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) with a group of females hauled out at a rookery, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Ben Hall / Stunted oak woodland covered in moss, Wistman's Wood, Devon, UK. August. Highly Commended in the Wild Woods category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013.

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) group travelling out to sea, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Pal Hermansen / Young wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) in an old abandoned car in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) with grub prey on the dashboard of an abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks at nest in old abandoned car, in a 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Blackbird (Turdus merula) nest with eggs in motor of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, May

Pal Hermansen / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) feeding young on steering wheel of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pal Hermansen / Meadow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) and brambles (Rubus) growing on the dashboard of the abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Old abandoned car in 'car graveyard' surrounded by trees in winter, Bastnas, Sweden, December

Pal Hermansen / Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) growing in the boot of an old abandoned car in 'car graveyard', Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition...

Pal Hermansen / Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) feeding young on steering wheel of abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Varmland, Sweden, June

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) chasing away and Black tit (Periparus ater) in car graveyard, Varmland, Sweden, December

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Car covered in a tangle of lichen covered branches in a 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden. March

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Interior of old abandoned car, with nettles growing inside and a smashed windscreen, Varmland, Sweden

Pal Hermansen / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, January. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Natur...

Pal Hermansen / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) feeding chicks in a nest in an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Urban Wildlife Category at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) 2013. Winner...

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) with food in its beak at the entrance to its nest in the exhaust pipe of an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, June. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013...

Pal Hermansen / Wood ants (Formica rufa) around the edge of a broken window in an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in...

Laurent Geslin / Two male urban Red foxes, mouths open, one in submissive posture {Vulpes vulpes} London, UK

Laurent Geslin / Two dominant male urban Red foxes fighting on road, mouths open {Vulpes vulpes} London, UK

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) chick in a line of adults. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August.

Denis-Huot / Grant's zebra (Equus burchelli boehmi) in a migration herd of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Lions (Panthera leo) watching herd of zebra, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Lion (Panthera leo) mating, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Anup Shah / Topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) two males sparring, with another approaching, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) adult male chasing two young males away, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, July

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Great frigate birds (Fregata minor) sitting in tree, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Marie Read / Two Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) in mid-air fight by a sunflower, New York, USA, February

Mark Carwardine / Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) standing on ice. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, January. Book plate from Mark Carwardine's Ultimate Wildlife Experiences.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Two White Tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) fighting in acrobatic flight as Raven (Corvus corax) looks on. Scandinavia, April. 5th, 2010 Euronatur Wildlife photographer competition.

Juan Carlos Munoz / White Tailed Sea Eagles (Aliaeetus albicilla) flying above snow with a Raven (Corvus corax) landed. Scandinavia, Europe, April.

Nature Production / Snail (Euhadra herklotsi) adult and larvae on plants stem, Japan

Juergen Freund / Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) chasing shoal of Oxeye Scads (Selar boops) in the house reef of Miniloc Island Resort, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines

Juergen Freund / Umbrella and other human waste thrown out into the coastal waters, settling on the ground becoming marine life habitat, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, December 2009

Juergen Freund / Yellow-ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) surrounded by dense shoal of glassy sweepers (Pempheris schomburgki). North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Florian Möllers / Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana qinlingensis) females, subadults and infants socialising in tree, Zhouzi Nature Reserve, Qinling mountains, Shaanxi, China. April 2006

Fergus Gill / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus), portrait of a cock bird displaying to rival males. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, April

Pete Oxford / Finch specimens at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, L to R Top: Large Ground Finch (Geospiza magnirostris), Woodpecker Finch (Cactospiza pallidu...

Bernard Castelein / Cinereous / European Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) in dispute with an Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus), alongside a Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis) and Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicu...

Charlie Summers / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult surrounded by huddled chicks, riding out a snowstorm at Gold Harbor, South Georgia.

Charlie Summers / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult standing amongst colony of chicks, Gold Harbor, South Georgia, South Atlantic Islands

Alex Hyde / Boabab trees {Adansonia grandidieri} in evening light. Morondava, Madagascar, October 2009

Solvin Zankl / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) feeding on Olive ridley sea turtle hatchling (Lepidochelys olivacea) Playa Ostional, Costa Rica, Pacific coast. November.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) small flock of juveniles taking flight over the frozen, snow covered pastureland on a foggy winter morning. These Cranes were released by the Great Crane Project...

Jane Burton / Siamese fighting fish {Betta splendens} two males in lateral display, captive, freshwater, from Malaysia and Thailand

Carol Walker / Wild horses, mustangs, in Pryor Mountains, Montana, USA - two stallions face off, one rearing

Rolf Nussbaumer / Lesser Prairie-Chicken {Tympanuchus pallidicinctus} males fighting, Panhandle, Texas, USA, February

Terry Andrewartha / Male great snipe fighting at lek {Gallinago / Capella media} Poland Europe

Anup Shah / Chimpanzees gather round alpha male 'Frodo' in tree feeding on dead Bushbuck fawn {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

David Kjaer / Red deer stag calling in rut {Cervus elaphus} with hinds nearby, Richmond Park, London, UK

John Shaw / Sand dunes in house. Kolmanskop, a ghost town in the Namib desert near Luderitz, Namibia, May 2017. The town was founded in the early 1900s for diamond mining, and completely abandoned in 1954. It is...

Juergen Freund / Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) swimming out of discarded bottle home, surrounded by rubbish, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Shortfin Lionfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus) and two Golden coral goby (Paragobiodon xanthosoma) using rubbish as their home, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Black banded damselfish (Amblypomacentrus breviceps) and Yellow clown goby (Gobiodon okinawae) hiding in a discarded bottle, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) using a discarded oil container as its home, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Black Banded Damselfish (Amblypomacentrus breviceps) using a discarded pot as its home, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Snowflake moray eel (Echidna nebulosa) peeping from inside a discarded ghost net on a coral reef, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) in its discarded aluminum can home, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) in its discarded aluminum can home, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) makes its home in an aluminium can, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) in its discarded bottle home, surrounded by rubbish, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Striped poison-fang blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes) swimming above its discarded bottle home, surrounded by rubbish, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Marine sponges growing on discarded metal garbage, Sulawesi, Indonesia. November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Moral eels, Urchins, Cuttlefish, Shrimp and other marine life living within a discarded tyre and fishing net under a ships' harbour, Maluku, Indonesia. November.

Juergen Freund / Rubbish under a ships' harbour where some species are able to survive, Maluku, Indonesia, November 2018.

Juergen Freund / Rubbish under a ships' harbour where some species are able to survive, Maluku, Indonesia, November 2018.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Regenerating birch (Betula pendua) and Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) trees on Creag Meagaidh NNR, Lochaber, Scotland, UK, May.

Derek Galon / Flowerpot parasol (Leucocoprinus birnbaumii) growing inside hurricane damaged wooden house, Dominica, West Indies. November 2018

David Woodfall / Hedges and trees in fields, part of the Pontbren Project, Banwy Valley, Wales, UK. September 2017.

David Woodfall / Regeneration of a Birch (Betula pendula, B. pubescens) Forest in autumn, Alladale Wilderness Reserve, Scotland, thanks to rewilding efforts. October 2016.