Francois Savigny / Snow leopard. Wild {Panthera uncia} Ladakh, India

David Shale / Female Anglerfish fanfin seadevil (Caulophryne jordani) - Deep sea species from Atlantic Ocean, found at 700-3000m.

David Shale / Deep sea Anglerfish {Himantolophus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey, Atlantic ocean. Anglerfish have small poorly developed eyes but detect movement and prey through a well de...

David Shale / Deep sea Anglerfish {Melanocoetus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey. Atlantic ocean

Huw Cordey / Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) emerging from Bracken Cave, Texas. Over 15 million bats are thought to live in this cave, making it the greatest concentration of mammals on the planet...

Jordi Chias / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) and Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) chasing small fish offshore. Santa Maria Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Third Place in the Underwater Category of the Por El...

Jabruson / Mummified infant Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) a relic from research from 1959, amongst old laboratory paraphernalia and assorted zoological specimens. CRSN (Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles...

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus) young animal caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique, November 2011. Specia...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) about to take off to roosting site, Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula Mexico, January. Best image taken in Mexico and specially commended in...

Staffan Widstrand / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) bull emerging from water to charge, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal National Park. South Africa. Specially commended in the Animal Portraits category of...

Pal Hermansen / Composite of flying butterflies (Lepidoptera) on sphere.

Dong Lei / Kawakarpo Mountain, view to summit with drifts of snow and the moon setting, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. May 2010.

Radomir Jakubowski / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) male on mountainside at sunrise, Bernese Alps, Switzerland, July. Received honourable mention in the Big Picture Competition awards 2014. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Image...

Charlie Summers,Charlie Summers / Jupiter and the Moon in conjunction, on the night of 21 January 2013.

Barrie Britton / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony, with mountains reflected in the ocean, St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia. Photograph taken on location for the BBC Frozen Planet series, October 2009.

Barrie Britton / Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus), St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia. Photograph taken on location for the BBC Frozen Planet series, October 2009.

Barrie Britton / Conifer tree bent under the weight of snow, Kuntivaara, Finland. Photograph taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, March 2010

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) grazing on urban pasture, Mudchute Farm, Isle of Dogs, London, England, UK, August. Did you know? The domestication of sheep is hugely important to humans - more than a bil...

Chadden Hunter / Brinicles (brine icicles or ice stalactites) forming under the ice, growing towards the sea floor, Ross Sea, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Taken on location for 'Winter' episode of the BBC Frozen Planet...

Charlie Summers / The transit of Venus across the face of the sun, with visible sunspots, as seen from Aurora, Colorado, USA, 19.51 local time, 5 June 2012.

Chadden Hunter / Entering the ice caves of Mount Erebus, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009

Chadden Hunter / Person standing infront of long icicles, outside volcanic ice cave, Mount Erebus, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009

Chadden Hunter / Cameraman Jeff Turner and Producer Chadden Hunter exposed at -40 degrees in Arctic circle in Northern Canada while filming wolves and bison hunting sequence. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet se...

Chadden Hunter / Aerial view of Timber wolves (Canis lupus) attacking a Bison calf (Bison bison) on the Arctic circle in Northern Canada. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009

Chadden Hunter / Husky dog (Canis familiaris) Northern Canada, taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009

Chadden Hunter / Close up of Husky dog eyes (Canis familiaris), note the different eye colour, Northern Canada. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009

Chadden Hunter / Aerial view of hunting pack of Timber wolves (Canis lupus) in Arctic circle in Northern Canada, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009

Chadden Hunter / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick creche enduring harsh weather, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Chadden Hunter / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walk along beach, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Chadden Hunter / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chicks in mass breeding colony, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Chadden Hunter / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on beach, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Chadden Hunter / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) heading out to sea, crossing tidal surf to feed in the open seas, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Chadden Hunter / Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) explode out of the water, returning to breed at Cape Washington, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009

Chadden Hunter / Frozen Planet team, training on snow mobiles, Svalbard. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Chadden Hunter / Filming on the Antarctic sea-ice at the edge of a small hole. A cameraman gets a shock when a Killer whale (Orcinus orca) mother and calf explode out of the water in front of his face. Taken on locat...

Chadden Hunter / Snow goose with gosling (Chen caerulescens) at sunset. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Chadden Hunter / Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) males dive through openings in the sea ice to take their first swim in over 4 months as they have spent the bleak winter incubating their eggs. Cape Washington,...

Chadden Hunter / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) crossing water to reach breeding site, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Chadden Hunter / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) crossing water to reach breeding site, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Chadden Hunter / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) crossing water to reach breeding site, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Chadden Hunter / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) close up of sleeping individual, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) spy-hopping to observe Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Free...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana)moving through wetland in the Okavango delta, Northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) find shade under trees to avoid midday sun, during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) bulls crowd into an emptying waterhole to drink, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) splashes mud with his foot. Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern elephant seal pup (Mirounga leonina), Antarctica, February, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Rainbow off Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Tracks in snow of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) walking from coast to colony, Fish Island, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Cliff at edge of tabular iceberg, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Camera lens view of the 'Golden Fleece' in the centre of a horseshoe shaped iceberg off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Iceberg off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Icebergs off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Floe ice off the Antarctic peninsula at dawn, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Sun low in the sky over floe ice near the Antarctic peninsula, Antactica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / 'Golden Fleece' (base ship of the BBC film crew) as it passes through floe ice off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Coastal landscape off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / The 'Golden Fleece' (base ship for BBC film crew) passing up the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / The 'Golden Fleece' (base ship for BBC film crew) passing up the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) spyhopping to assess where seal is on ice floe and to intimidate, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Froz...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) using coordinated wave washing technique, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, Januar...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whale (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) spyhopping to assess where seal is on ice, whilst Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfaces nearby, Ant...

Kathryn Jeffs / Dr Robert (Bob) Pitman and Dr John Durban, scientific advisors, watching for Killer whales (Orcinus orca) on board the 'Golden Fleece', off Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on loca...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whale (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli), Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) using coordinated wave washing technique, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, Januar...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whale (Orcinus orca) spyhops to see if Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus) are potential prey, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January 2009

Kathryn Jeffs / Filming Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January 2009

Kathryn Jeffs / Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on ice floe, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January 2009

Kathryn Jeffs / Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on ice floe, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, January 2009

Frederique Olivier / Killer whale (Orcinus orca) amongst thick pack ice, Antarctica. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Frederique Olivier / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) pup on ice beside mother, Antarctica, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Adult Arctic wolf (Canis lupus) Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2008. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Summer

Jeff Wilson / Arctic wolf (Canis lupus) on tundra, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2008. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Summer

Jeff Wilson / Royal Navy ship, HMS Endurance, crashing through the waves in the south atlantic ocean, Antarctica, November 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Pyramid of sea ice catching the first rays of the returning sun in the high Arctic, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, February 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Silhouette of Arctic wolf (Canis lupus) on sea ice, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2008. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Summer

Jeff Wilson / Pyramid of sea ice catching the first rays of the returning sun in the high Arctic, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, February 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Frozen Planet team tent at Lake Hoare Camp, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Royal Navy helicopter from HMS Endurance flying over sea and antarctic landscape, November 2008, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Pyramid of sea ice catching the first rays of the returning sun in the high Arctic, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, February 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / View through the porthole of science teams and Frozen Planet film crew working on the sea ice in the Bering Sea, Alaska, USA, March 2008. The film crew were in search of Spectacled eider ducks, temper...

Jeff Wilson / Mountain landscape, Antarctica, November 2008. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) adults and chicks in colony beside ice cliff, Cape Crozier, Antarctica, November 2009. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Spring.

Jeff Wilson / Sun Dog, or Parhelion, caused by refraction of the sun's rays, more commonly seen in Antarctica, above glacier, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Pla...

Jeff Wilson / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) two adults in colony, Cape Crozier, Antarctica, November 2009. Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Spring.

Jeff Wilson / Two Arctic wolves (Canis lupus) in tundra landscape, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut , Canada, June 2008, Taken on location for BBC series, Frozen Planet, Summer

Jeff Wilson / Crew member of the US coastguard ship 'Healy' standing on the sea ice in front of the ship's hull after the ship became stuck in the ice, Bering Sea, Alaska, USA, March 2008. Taken on location for the...

Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, a wind shaped rock, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Frozen planet team clothes and equipment ready for Antarctica expedition to Ross Sea, in National Science Foundation hanger, Christchurch, New Zealand, October 2009. Taken on location for BBC series,...

Jeff Wilson / Director, Chadden Hunter, standing on wind eroded rock talking on radio to base camp, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Aerial view of the River Onyx, the only running river in Antarctica, Dry Valleys, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Jeff Wilson / Field Assistant, Jason Roberts, standing on top of rock pinnacle, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Norway, July 2009, Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Philippe Clement / Lightning during thunderstorm above petrochemical industry seen through magnifying glass held against illuminated globe of the earth Digital composite

Jeff Wilson / Film crew walking out of mountains down into Chitral valley after filming Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) Hindu Kush, Pakistan. For BBC Planet Earth series, Mountains episode, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Two Markhor (Capra falconeri) males fighting during the rut, Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Two Markhor (Capra falconeri) males fighting during the rut, Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005