Ingo Arndt / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) picture taken with a remote camera car, Alaska, July.

Ingo Arndt / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) close- up of eye half open, the golden webbed semi-transparent eyelid allows to see its surrounding even while resting, Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Aerial view of Hardy Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, December 2010.

Ingo Arndt / Aerial view of Hardy Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, December 2010.

Ingo Arndt / Magnetic termite (Amitermes meridionalis) aerial view of mounds in grassland, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ingo Arndt / Magnetic termite (Amitermes meridionalis) aerial view of mounds in grassland, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Edwin Giesbers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days resting on mother's chest, one suckling. captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga tattooed Ang or Chief. Only someone who has killed and taken a human head can be tattooed in this manner. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Eric Baccega / Portrait of woman from the Mursi tribe, traditionally decorated and painted, wearing a large clay lip plate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Portrait of woman from the Mursi tribe, traditionally decorated and painted, wearing a large clay lip plate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Toposa tribe man with elaborate facial skin scarifications, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dassanech baby with her headdress made from bottlecaps, Lower Omo Valley. Ethiopia, November 2014

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman with lip plate, which signifies she is a married woman, Mursi tribe, Mago National Park. Ethiopia, November 20144

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Naro San Bushman with leather headdress made of duiker skin, Kalahari, Ghanzi region, Botswana, Africa. October 2014.

Andy Trowbridge / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) at rest on submerged rock, head and one flipper above water. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. July.

Dong Lei / Blood pheasants (Ithaginis cruentus) foraging in habitat, one looking at the camera, Meli Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China, January. Endemic. Taken with remote camera.

Andy Trowbridge / Female goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) hiding Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey from passing crows. Southern Norway, February.

Andy Trowbridge / Arctic Fox (Alopex / Vulpes lagopus) yawning, during moult from grey summer fur to winter white. Dovrefjell National Park, Norway, September.

Jabruson / African Crake (Crecopsis egregia) portrait in long grass ,Mboko savannah-forest mozaic, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Angelo Gandolfi / Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) buck in velvet standing by flowering tree, Pantanal, Brazil

Peter Cairns / American Bison (Bison bison) lying in snow field, Hayden Valley,Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, January.

David Pike / Two European polecat kittens (Mustela putorius) in grass, West Country Wildlife Photography Centre, captive, July.

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) old male with one eye standing next to a kill. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) juveniles watching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Andy Rouse / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub climbing tree. Chengdu, China. Captive.

Jussi Murtosaari / European hare (Lepus europaeus) portrait, central Finland, April.

Jussi Murtosaari / Timberman beetle (Acanthocinus aedili) showing antennae which are four times the length of its body, central Finland, May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Pallas Fritillary (Argynnis laodice) portrait of female head on, southern Finland, August.

Jussi Murtosaari / Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) portrait of female in snow, southern Finland, March.

Eric Medard / European genet (Genetta genetta) taken at night with infra red remote camera trap, Ariege, France, May.

Shattil & Rozinski,Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), with the Denver skyline and Rocky Mountains in the background, Denver, Colorado, USA, November.

Shattil & Rozinski,Shattil & Rozinski / Black bear (Ursus americanus) cub climbing a fence, Minnesota, USA, May.

Michel Roggo / Anavilhanas Archipelago in the Rio Negro, and flooded forest or 'Varzea forest' Amazonas, Brazil. February 2011

Will Watson / Three Hereford bullocks feeding on hay, Herefordshire Plateau, England, April.

Loic Poidevin / Female Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) standing up, with two cubs nearby, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) silhouetted at dawn, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.

Erlend Haarberg / Stoat (Mustela erminea) in white winter coat. Vauldalen, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, May.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) captive portrait, Apenheul Park, Netherlands.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) male and two females calling from tree, captive, Apenheul Park, Netherlands.

Tim Laman / Aerial view of morning mist above the Tiputini River in Yasuni National Park, Francisco de Orellana Province, Ecuador, July.

Christophe Courteau / Aerial View of Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Norway, June 2012.

Fiona Rogers / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) female 'Sandra' aged 22 years portrait. Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. Apr 2012. Rehabilitated and released (or descended from those which were rele...

Edwin Giesbers / Jaguar (Panthera onca) cub looking over its mother's back, captive, occurs in Southern and Central America.

Edwin Giesbers / Artic fox (Vulpes lagopus) portrait, captive, Norway, February.

Bert Willaert / Marbled poison dart frog (Epipedobates boulengeri) on leaf, Ecuador.

Peter Lewis / Fireworks over the London Eye on New Years Eve 2012. London, England, UK.

Roger Powell / Little owl (Athene noctua) perched on a fence post, ruffling its feathers, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

Kirkendall-Spring / Lower Yellowstone Falls with rainbow, on the Yellowstone River viewed from Lookout Point Trail, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, June 2013.

Anup Shah / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) mature male 'Halik' aged 26 years sitting in a forest clearing watched from a tree by female 'Juni' aged 12 years. Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. Re...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of the River Kinabatangan and riverine tropical rainforest, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo, Asia.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) aerial view of flock and geyser, Bogoria Game Reserve, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Verreaux Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) mother carrying baby. Madagascar

Andy Rouse / Verreaux Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) jumping ('dancing') across ground, Madagascar

Andy Rouse / Verreaux Sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi) jumping ('dancing') across ground, Madagascar

John Cancalosi / White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in snow, New York, USA, winter

Suzi Eszterhas / White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus imitator) mother and baby. Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Nick Garbutt / Golden-crowned Sifaka or Tattersall's Sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) in forest near Andranotsimaty, Daraina, north east Madagascar. Critically Endangered.

Nick Garbutt / The view at night from 'At the Top', 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building at 829.8m at night. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. April 2013

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A portrait of a Mediterranean anthias (Anthias anthias) against open water. Secca Del Papa, Tavolara Marine Protected Area, Sardinia, Italy. Mediterranean Sea.

David Pattyn / Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) group of pelicans with dark storm clouds approaching, Lake Kerkini, Greece, February

Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) adult with wet snowy head in the hot springs of Jigokudani, Japan.

Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile riding on its mother's back, along snow trail in Jigokudani, Japan.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Yellow moray eel (Gymnothorax prasinus) - endemic to SE Australia. Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

Tony Phelps / Chacma baboon (Papio hamadryas ursinus) portrait of adult male. deHoop Nature reserve. Western Cape, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Pearlspotted Owl (Glaucidium perlatum) on branch, Kgalagadi, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Western Cape Province, Cape Agulhas, Indian Ocean, South Africa, August 2010

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of breaking waves, Cape Agulhas, South Africa, Western Cape Province, Indian Ocean, August 2009

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, Traditional Fish Traps, June 2010

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of container ship near Cape Town Harbour, Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Western Cape Province, March 2010

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / DC-3 Aircraft wreck. Drug running aircraft that crashed in shallow water. Normans Cay, Exhumas, Bahamas. May 2005

Daniel Heuclin / Unau / two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) portrait, French Guiana

Konrad Wothe / Black kitten in garden, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Foureyed fish (Anableps anableps) split level view, South America, captive

Florian Möllers / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) adult portrait, captive, Vogelpark Marlow, Germany, May.

Florian Möllers / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) adult portrait, captive, Vogelpark Marlow, Germany, May.

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) abstract, Upper Lusatia Heath and Pond Landscape, Upper Lusatia UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Germany

Claudio Contreras / Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), IUCN Near Threatened, captive.

Markus Varesvuo,Markus Varesvuo / Two Guillemots (Uria aalge), Vardo, Norway, March.

Sven Zacek / Moose (Alces alces) herd on a cold -18 C morning amongst frozen willow bushes, with snow, in Tartumaa, Estonia. January. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the GDT competition 2013.

Andy Rouse,Andy Rouse / Waterfall from ice cliffs and polar ice cap. Austfonna Polar Ice Cap, Svalbard, Arctic. August 2011. Highly commended in the GDT competition 2013

Richard Du Toit / Aerial Photograph of Lake Sibaya / Sibhayi, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean, June 2010

Loic Poidevin,Loic Poidevin / Northern Goshawk(Accipiter gentilis) on a branch, Bulgaria, February

Petra Wegner,Petra Wegner / Welsh Terrier, bitch with puppies aged 8 weeks in snowy scene.

Ernie Janes / Yellow Labrador portrait in wild flowers.

Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Walkers on footpath in farmland from Wiveton Downs, North Norfolk, UK, March

Neil Aldridge / Portrait of an African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) wearing a radio collar in dense mopane bushveld, Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa, February 2010.

Ernie Janes / Spring lambs in meadow, UK, April

Tim Laman / Logging road and forest destruction in pristine area of Waigeo Island, West Papua, New Guinea

Bruno DAmicis,Bruno D'Amicis / Wolf (Canis lupus) approaches a small herd of Red deer (Cervus elephas) in snow, Abruzzo, Italy. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the GDT Competition 2013

Mark MacEwen / Broad snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) baby carried in mother's mouth from the nest, Sante Fe, Argentina, February

Sven Zacek,Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) bucks on snowy field in SOuthern Estonia, March.

Sven Zacek,Sven Zacek / Two Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) on a snowy field, Southern Estonia, March.

Sven Zacek / Female Long-eared owl (Asio otus) peeking from behind a spruce tree, Southern Estonia, June.

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Green frog (Rana esculente) hiding in reeds Hondeven fen, east Holland, August

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipis), Meinerswijk, The Netherlands, June 2005. Highly commended, Animal portraits category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2006.

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Wolverine (Gulo gulo) portrait. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, February.