Wild Wonders of Europe / Zacek / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) herd with snow covered noses from feeding, Alam-Pedja Nature reserve, Estonia, February 2006

Nick Garbutt / Aggregation / bloom / swarm of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) in the clear waters of Loch Na Keal, off the Isle of Mull, north west Scotland, UK, June, Photographed through the surface.

Michele Westmorland / Snorkeler swimming with harmless Jellyfish (Mastigias papua etpisonii), Jellyfish Lake, Rock Islands, Palau, Micronesia.

Michele Westmorland / Schooling fish around healthy reef system, Castle Rock, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Richard Du Toit / Red billed Quelea (Quelea quelea) blurred motion flock in flight, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, March 2012

Alex Mustard / Synchronous spawning of a mountainous star coral (Montastraea faveolata) at night. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

George Sanker / American Buffalo / Bison (Bison bison) grazing in open plains. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, October.

David Tipling / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking across the sea ice of Weddell Sea, near Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, November

David Tipling / Emperor Penguins on sea ice with Kaptan Klebnikov ice breaker in background, Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, November

David Tipling / Person in purple coat photographing Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) at the Dawson-Lambton Glacier, Weddell Sea, Antarctica. No release available.

David Tipling / Emperor Penguins, (Aptenodytes forsteri), young huddling together to form a creche to keep warm, during storm, Dawson Lambton Glacier, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

David Tipling / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony with chicks, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / Tourist photographing King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, November 2006. No release available.

David Tipling / King Penguin, (Aptenodytes patagonicus), St Andrews Bay, South Georgia, January

David Tipling / Chinstrap Penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) on blue iceberg, Antarctica

David Tipling / Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) group walking, Sea Lion Island, Falklands, November

David Tipling / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group huddled together in blizzard, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

David Tipling / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group huddled together in storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

Gavin Hellier / Women in colourful Saris collecting water, across the Jumna (Yamuna) river from Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2011, model released

Gavin Hellier / Anakena beach, monolithic giant stone Moai statues of Ahu Nau Nau, four of which have topknots, Isla de Pascua / Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile 2008

Gavin Hellier / Buddhist monks relaxing at Ta Phrohm Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2010. Model released.

Ann & Steve Toon / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) large family group on migration, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) group up close, watching with curiosity, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) group watching with curiosity, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jabruson / Large-scale hardwood timber extraction with trucks carrying hardwood timber stop on the route from near the Lope National Park to Libreville, Gabon, 2009. No release available.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / School children carrying equipment to release salmon fry in the River Haddeo and to do invertebrate kick samples with Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) warden. Bury, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. M...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / School child releases salmon fry in the River Haddeo, with Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) warden. Bury, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012. Editorial use only

Michel Roggo / Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) on spawning ground. Lac de Fenetre, alpine lake, 2456 m above sea level, Canton of Valais, Switzerland, June.

Michel Roggo / Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) on spawning ground. Lac de Fenetre, alpine lake, 2456 m above sea level, Canton of Valais, Switzerland, June.

Michel Roggo / Sockeye / Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on spawning migration; males surrounding a female. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

Michel Roggo / Sockeye / Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on spawning migration. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

Michel Roggo / Sockeye / Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on spawning migration. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

Michel Roggo / Sockeye / Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on spawning migration. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

Michel Roggo / Sockeye / Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on spawning migration. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

Michel Roggo / Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in pool on upstream spawning migration. Quebec, Canada, August.

Tony Heald / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) pack passing infront of large African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe October 2012

Loic Poidevin / Sheep (Ovis aries) flock herded together with ear tags and paint markings. Ossoue valley, French Pyrenees, September.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzees female 'Jire' aged 52 and her daughter 'Joya' aged 6 years and son 'Jeje' aged 13 years feeding on palm oil fruits stored by villagers, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years acting aggressively towards alpha male 'Foaf' aged 30 years, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011. Sequence 4...

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Badger (Meles meles) family feeding in long grass near to their sett, Dorset, England, UK, July.

XI ZHINONG / Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) herd in the early morning with a low moon, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan plateau, China, January

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Two Water voles (Arvicola amphibius) eating, Kent, England, UK, July

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Corn buntings (Emberiza calandra) feeding on bird conservation crop, Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, England, UK, December.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth and teats in mouths ready for feeding in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Ben Hall / Northern gannets (Morus / Sula bassanus) portrait of individual with a courting pair in foreground, UK, Bass Rock, Scotland, Portrait category winner in the British Wildlife Photography Awards BWPA co...

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...

Danny Green / Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) in flight, silhouetted against colourful dusk sky. Bosque del Apache, New Mexico, USA, November.

Alex Hyde / Aposematism describes the use of bright colouration and bold patterns to advertise that an organism is unpalatable or dangerous. All three insects are foul-tasting or toxic if eaten: Wood Tiger moth...

Markus Varesvuo / Bohemian waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) feeding on berries, Uto Finland October

Neil Aldridge / Zu/'hoasi Bushman hunters on the open grasslands of the Kalahari, Botswana. April 2012. No release available.

Gary K. Smith / Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) UK, July

Jeff Rotman / Northern Sea Stars (Asterias vulgaris) feeds on bed of mussels. Cathedral Rocks, Gloucester, Massachusetts, New England USA - North Atlantic Ocean.

Markus Varesvuo / Waxwing (Bombicilla garrulus) flock on snow covered pine tree, Kuusamo, Finland, February. Fascinating birds bookplate.

Mark Carwardine / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aerial view of juvenile with two people swimming alongside, La Paz Bay, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico, March 2009

Mark Carwardine / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aerial view of juvenile with two people swimming alongside, La Paz Bay, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico, March 2009

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on herring, showing palate and baleen plates, Frederick Sound, South East Alaska, USA, Endangered or threatened species (Vulnerable)

Mark Carwardine / A cloud of Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) with an immature African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) flying amongst them, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Mark Carwardine / School of Common / Koi Carp (Cyprinus carpio) feeding in pond, Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar)

Mark Carwardine / A cloud of Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) flying around daytime roost with others still hanging from branches, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Mark Carwardine / Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) flying over daytime roost Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Mark Carwardine / Tourists in dinghy watching Crabeater seals on iceberg, Antarctica.

Mark Carwardine / Common dolphins bow riding {Delphinus delphis} Gibraltar

Mark Carwardine / Large school of Common dolphins feed on Sardines, False Bay, W Cape, S Africa {Delphinus

Floris van Breugel / Two Bull Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) face off before fighting in the middle of the extensive Piedras Blancas rookery with over 150 seals just in this photo, mostly pregnant or nu...

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamanders (Andrias japonicus) males in a burrow at the time of spawning, Kurokawa River, Hyougo, Japan, September

Christophe Courteau / Wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in a fig tree, Kibale National Park, Uganda

Christophe Courteau / Aerial view of African elephant herd {Loxodonta africana}. Okavango delta, Botswana

Steven Kazlowski / Killer whale (Orcinus orca) large pod with one male approaching, in Kenai Fjords National Park, Chiswell Islands National Marine Sanctuary, South Central Alaska, USA

Steven Kazlowski / Crew bleeds a full deckload of Pacific cod fish (Gadidae family) before putting them in salt water tanks, on the fishing trawler Western Dawn, Gulf of Alaska, USA. No release available.

Claudio Contreras / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) hibernating, Mariposa Monarca Special Biosphere Reserve, central Mexico, January.

Claudio Contreras / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) hibernating, Mariposa Monarca Special Biosphere Reserve, central Mexico, January.

Claudio Contreras / American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles released from temporarty captivity, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August.

Claudio Contreras / American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August.

Ernie Janes / Long Horn cattle in meadow, Norfolk, UK July

Jeff Rotman / Whitetip reef sharks (Triaenodon obesus) pack silhouetted following scent trail in water column, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean

Alex Mustard / A school of lesser devil rays (Mobula hypostoma) flying through sunbeams as they feed. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.

Paul D Stewart / 1853 illustration of Gorilla, contemporary coloured copperplate engraving from 'Das Buch der Welt' John Weik, Stuttgart. The lowland Gorilla was first accurately described outside Africa by the missio...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years feeding on sedge grasses while juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years feeds on rotten wood in the background, Bai...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years feeding on rotten wood from a tree while female 'Malui' and their juvenile son 'Tembo' aged 4 years s...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years feeding on rotten wood from a tree while female 'Malui' and their juvenile son 'Tembo' aged 4 years s...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' walking through a cloud of butterflies she has disturbed in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Repu...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' walking through a cloud of butterflies she has disturbed in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Repu...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' walking through a cloud of butterflies she has disturbed in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Repu...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' walking through a cloud of butterflies she has disturbed in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Repu...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years drinking from a river watched by sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years and juvenile male 'Mobangi' a...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years approaching a river while sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years and juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 y...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Mopambi' carrying her infant 'Sopo' aged 18 months on her back walking through Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Tembo' aged 4 years crossing a river bi-pedally while dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years and juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged...

Anup Shah / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) herd drinking and wallowing in a river, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile males 'Mobangi' aged 5 years and 'Tembo' aged 4 years walking in to a bai with dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years drinking in t...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years feeding on sedge grasses in a bai with the rest of his group, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reser...

Nick Upton / Flock of Juvenile Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) recently released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels flying in to land on a marshy area surrounded by pastureland on a frosty, m...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Flock of young Common / Eurasian Cranes (Grus grus) walking and flying after two surrogate parents dressed in grey holding model adult crane heads. The Great Crane Project, Somerset, UK, September 201...

David Pattyn / Common cranes (Grus grus) flock flying against colourful sky at sunrise, Pruchten, Germany, October