Solvin Zankl / Baby Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the beach where it hatched, Ostional, Costa Rica. October. Winner of the Underwater category of the G...

Ben Hall / Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in flight over mountain peaks with glacier in the distance, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile. Winner of Landscape category, Nature's Best / Windland S...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Climber on Kala Pattar peak (5545m) with Buddhist prayer flags at sunset. Sagarmatha National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khumbu/Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya. October 2011. Winner of Mountain...

Jordi Chias / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) trapped in a drifting abandoned net, Mediterranean Sea. (Winner of the One Earth Award, WPY Competition 2010 )

Andrew Parkinson / Redwings (Turdus iliacus) squabbling over an apple in snow. Derbyshire, UK, February. British Wildlife Photographer of the Year (BWPA) competition 2012, 'Animal Behaviour' category. (Non-ex) Winner of...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Young Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) exploring an underwater cave, Lundy Island, Devon, UK, English Channel, June. Winner, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 20...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Young Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) exploring a seaweed garden in summer, Cairns Of Coll, Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, North Atlantic Ocean, June. Overall Winner of the Marine Catego...

Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) on rocky hillside, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species. Commended in Wildlife Photograp...

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) resting in woodland, sleeping, Black Forest, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize , GDT 2011 competition

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) running, Black Forest, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize , GDT 2011 competition

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) sniffing beech tree trunk, Black Forest, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2011 competition

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the mist, looking down from top of woodland slope, Black Forest, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize , GDT 2011 competition

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) at base of tree trunk in the Black Forest, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize , GDT 2011 competition

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) looking up into tree at sunset, backlit, Black Forest, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize , GDT 2011 competition

Carol Walker / Wild Horse / Mustang shaking head and mane, Adobe Town Herd Area, southwestern Wyoming, USA, WINNER OF WILD HORSE SECTION, EQUINE IDEAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST 2012

Sven Zacek / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) males with developing antlers in velvet, one in focus, one not. Virumaa, Estonia, Europe, March. Winner of the Animal stories portfolio in the Melvita Nature Images Awar...

Sven Zacek / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) from different angles, only one in focus. Virumaa, Estonia, Europe, March. Winner of the Mammals category in GDT competition 2013. 2nd Prize in the Mammals Category of M...

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) sitting on floe in vast thawing sea-ice landscape. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, August 2011. Second place, Mammals Category, GDT 2012 competion. Winner in ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIR...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Research scientists fitting satellite transmitter to Hen harrier chick (Circus cyaneus) for tracking movements after fledging. Glen Tanar Estate, Grampian, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Winner, documentary...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) adult female on rock taking food as part of supplementary feeding programme on Glen Tanar Estate, Grampian, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Winner, documentary series category,...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) adult female in flight approaching nest with food for chicks, Glen Tanar Estate, Grampian, Scotland, UK, June. Winner, documentary series category, British Wildlife Photog...

Jenny E. Ross / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) sub-adult male on cliff searching for eggs in Brunnich's Guillemot nests, as gulls look on from above. This unusual behaviour happens when when lack of sea-ice prevents t...

Kim Taylor / Brown Long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) drinking from a lily pond , Surrey, UK. Overall WINNER of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver Share the View competition 2011

George Sanker / Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis). Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, October 2010. Famous patriarch tree of the Grand Tetons just after fall snowstorm. Winner: World Landscapes category in the Outdo...

Radomir Jakubowski / Alpine / Trailing Azalea (Kalmia procumbens) growing on a scree slope. Rondane National Park, Norway, September. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Radomir Jakubowski / Mountains and a freezing lake in Rondane National Park, Norway, September 2010. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Radomir Jakubowski / Tree standing in snowy and misty landscape. Rondane National Park, Norway, September 2010. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Mateusz Piesiak / Young American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) snatching food from adult on the shoreline. Long Island, New York, USA, July 2010. Winner, Young Wildlife Photographer, 2011 Wildlife Photographer o...

Klaus Echle / After being trapped in an empty shed, Badger (Meles meles) passes wall decorated with graffiti on its way back to the forest. Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany, May 2010. Winner of the Man and Nature catego...

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) female worker ants carry pieces of fern leaves to nest, reflected in water, Costa Rica, December. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competit...

Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) drops a fish from its beak and a Black headed gull (Larus ridibundus) flies in to catch it. Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi NP, Hungary, January. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildli...

Bence Mate / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) low angle perspective of open bill, Lake Kerkini, Greece, February. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

Bence Mate / Great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) taking fish from water, Hungary, June. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

Bence Mate / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) in flight, Hungary. Multi flash, long exposure. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Bence Mate / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) male taking off to feed at feeder in garden, another waiting perched on lichen covered branch, Costa Rica, January. Winner, Eric Hosking award at...

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) vixen 'Sophie' became accustomed to the the photographer and would allow him to walk through forest beside her, Black Forest, Germany, July. Winner of the Fritz Polking portfol...

Graham Eaton / Split level image of Cwm Idwal and Llyn Idwal showing lake and mountain habitat and lacustrine algae, Snowdonia NP, North Wales, UK, January 2010. Winner of the Living Landscape: Connectivity categor...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Banded Demoiselle Damselfly (Calopteryx spendens) on grass stem, backlit in morning light Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK, May. Winner of Seasons category of the BWPA 2011 competition. 2020VISION Boo...

Ross Hoddinott / Marbled White Butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on grass stem, Devon, UK July. Winner of Seasons category of the BWPA 2011 competition

Benjam Pontinen / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) running past hay barn in snow storm, Lapua, Finland, March. WINNER, Animals in their Environment category, 2011 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR competition

Sandra Bartocha / Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) on lake shore in hazy sunset light. Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania, Germany. Winner, In Praise of Plants category, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMP...

Klaus Echle / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) vixen on a misty day in woodland, Black Forest, Germany, July. Runner-up in Animal Portraits category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 2011. Winner of Fritz Polki...

Paul Hobson / Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) successfully nesting on amber traffic light in city centre, Yorkshire. Winner of the Man and Nature category of the German GDT 2010 competition

Poinsignon and Hackel / Sillhouette of Black woodpecker {Dryocopus martius} flying from nest hole in tree trunk in mist / rain, ancient forest, Vosges mountains, Lorraine, France. Overall winner and winner of the Birds categ...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) fishing, Kangasala, Finland, August 2009. Winner of 2010 Nature's Best Competition. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION. Wild Wonders kids book.

Igor Shpilenok / Domestic cat (Felis catus) scaring away a red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Kronotsky Nature Reserve,m Kamchatka, Russia. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Urban and Garden Wildlife...

David Tipling / Eagle hunters with golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) on route to the Eagle Hunters festival near Ulgii Western Mongolia, October 2009. Winner of the Indigenous Cultures Award in Nature's Best Competit...

Michel Loup / Four Pike (Esox lucius) and their reflections under the water surface, amongst Potamogeton sp pondweed in a mountain lake, Jura, France. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 - W...

Bernard Castelein / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) yawning on beach, Helgoland, Germany. Second Place in the Comedy Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards 2016.

Edwin Giesbers / Two Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on iceberg, Antarctica. COP26 Countdown Photo Competition 2021 Finalist.

Ross Hoddinott / Common darter dragonfly {Sympetrum striolatum} recently emerged from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. June. Winner, British Seasons category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2011

Ross Hoddinott / Thick-legged flower beetle {Oedemera nobilis} on Corn marigold {Chrysanthemum segetum}, Cornwall. UK. Winner of Seasons category of the BWPA 2011 competition

Nick Garbutt / Rear view of male Bengal tiger walking {Panthera tigris tigris} Kanha NP, India - Winner in Wildlife Photographer of Year competition

Mark Payne-Gill / African bullfrog / Giant bullfrog /Pixie frog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) male digs canal to rescue tadpoles from drying puddle, South-Africa. Second prize winner in this Wildlife Photographer of the Ye...

Jose B. Ruiz / White storks {Ciconia ciconia} at nest at night. Los Berruecos NP, Extremadura. Spain. Nesting on granite boulders to keep themselves safe from mammal predators. Winner of Innovation Award in Wildlife...

Sue Daly / Giant scallop (Pecten maximus) close up detail, Channel Islands, UK June Highly commended in the category of Close to Nature Category of the BWPA Competition 2014.

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) running through woodland in the rain, Black Forest, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize , GDT 2011 competition

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) licking the nose of a woman, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize , GDT 2011 competition, model released

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) drinking from standing water in the Black Forest, Germany, Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize , GDT 2011 competition

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant (Loxodonta africana) anaethetised in the bush, the Elephant Population Management Program surgical team finish work after performing vasectomy keyhole surgery, private game reserve, Limp...

Ann & Steve Toon / Wild elephant bull (Loxodonta africana) being prepared for vasectomy operation in bush by the Elephant Population Management Program team, private game reserve, Limpopo, South Africa, April 2011. Winn...

Radomir Jakubowski / Wetland and peaks in Rondane National Park, Norway, September 2010. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Radomir Jakubowski / Upland wet grass habitat in Litledalen, Norway, September 2010. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Radomir Jakubowski / Snowfall on trees in Rondane National Park, Norway, September 2010. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Radomir Jakubowski / Spider against tree bark. Dovrefjell National Park, Norway, September. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Radomir Jakubowski / Grass and shrubs on the mountain foothills in Rondane National Park, Norway, September 2010. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Radomir Jakubowski / Two peaks and an icy lake in Rondane National Park, Norway, September 2010. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Radomir Jakubowski / Wetlands and mountains in Rondane National Park, Norway, September 2010. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Radomir Jakubowski / Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) feeding young. Norway. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition. 3rd Prize in the Story of Species category, Melvita Natures images Awards competiti...

Radomir Jakubowski / Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) mating, Dovrefjell national park, Norway, September. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition. 3rd Prize in the Story of Species category, Melvita...

Radomir Jakubowski / Young muskox (Ovibos moschatus) silhouetted agains hills, Dovrefjell national park, Norway, October. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition.

Radomir Jakubowski / Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) with young. Norway. Winner, Fritz Polking Junior Award portfolio, GDT 2011 Competition

Edwin Giesbers / Termite colony (Hospitalitermes sp) on the move. Large termites stand guard at the sides while a constant flow of worker termites move along between them, Sarawak, Borneo, June, Winner in Other anima...

Alexander Badyaev / Young boy (13 months) at bedtime watches Long-legged bat (Myotis volans) flying to window attracted by the Satin moths (Leucoma salicis), North Blackfoot Valley, Montana, USA. Winner of Urban Wildlife...

Klaus Echle / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) sitting on a fallen tree in misty woodland, Black Forest, Germany. Highly commended in Animals in their Environment category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 competition...

Diane McAllister / Canadian river otter (Lutra canadensis) on a log enjoying its evening meal of a Cutthroat trout, starting at the tail. Trout Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, June. Winner of the Amateur...

Kristel Richard / The winner of the endurance race and his Tibetan horse are covered with scarves, during the horse festival, near Huangyan, in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the Sichuan Province, China, Ju...

Nick Upton / Shire horse (Equus caballus), winner of heavy horse competition at North Somerset show, Wraxall, Nr Bristol, UK. May 2009

Andrew Parkinson / Adult Brown / European hare (Lepus europaeus) partially concealed in a field of corn stubble, Derbyshire, UK. Winner of British Seasons category of BWPA competition 2014.