Martin Dohrn / Group of lions (Panthera leo) at night, Masai Mara, Kenya. Photographed using 'Starlight Camera' technology without artificial lighting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Alex Mustard / A shoal of cod (Gadus morhua) in kelp forest. These cod were gathered off the north coast of Iceland to spawn, photographed during a two week break in fishing season, to allow the fish to spawn. Thors...

Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei) Hirwa group led by the silverback dominant male Munyinya, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, elevation 2610 m

Claudio Contreras / French Angelfish (Pomacanthus paru) with a Smallmouth Grunt (Haemulon chrysargyreum) and Blade Fire Coral (Millepora complanata). Cancun National Park, Caribbean Sea, Mexico.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in lake, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Lika, Croatia, Europe, October 2011

Erlend Haarberg / Eight Rock ptarmigans (Lagopus muta) with snow blowing in wind, Norway, February

Todd Mintz / Bar Jack (Caranx ruber) predating dense school of Scad fish / Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean.

Florian Möllers / Quinling Golden snub nosed monkey (Rhinopitecus roxellana qinlingensis), family group resting and grooming in a stand of trees. Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China.

Fabrice Cahez / Common crane (Grus grus) standing in line on snow covered lake, Lake du Der, Champagne, France, February.

Ernie Janes / Greylag geese (Anser anser) in flight with paraglider behind, Cley bank, Norfolk, UK

Roy Mangersnes / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) in flight with others on water, Norway, July

Mike Read / Cranes (Grus grus), imprinted from hatching to fly with a microlight. Hampshire County Show near Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England, July 2008.

Paul Hobson / Birch Sawfly (Cimbex femoratus) feeding on a leaf. August, UK.

Paul Hobson / Knot (Calidris canutus) flock roosting on beach. Norfolk, August.

Laurie Campbell / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) newly hatched cygnets on pond, Yetholm Loch Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve, Roxburghshire, Scotland, May

Laurie Campbell / Row of Larch trees on flowering heather moorland, Lammermuir Hills, Berwickshire, Scotland, August

Laurie Campbell / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) flock at dusk engaging in pre-roost display, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, March

Inaki Relanzon / Trashumancia / seasonal migration, large herd of moving livestock, French Pryrenees, Spain, June 2011.

Brent Stephenson / Flock of Cape petrels (Daption capense capense) in flight against the sea. Against the sun. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, January.

Brent Stephenson / Flock of Cape Petrels (Daption capense capense) in flight, heading away against the sky. South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, December.

Brent Stephenson / Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) breeding colony above sea stacks. Muriwai, Auckland, New Zealand, November.

Todd Mintz / Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) split level view of annual spawning run, Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October

Todd Mintz / Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) split level view of annual spawning run, Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Family of Southern coatis (Nasua nasua) in Atlantic Rainforest, Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro City, Southeastern Brazil.

Markus Varesvuo / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) flock in flight, Finland July

Uri Golman / Asiatic lionesses and cubs (Panthera leo persica) drinking from pool, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India. Water is scarce in the Gir, so Forest staff keep a network of drinking pools topped up for the wild...

Solvin Zankl / Laboratory culture of Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Research scientist Dr. Anne von Philipsborn sorting a laboratory culture of Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austri...

Solvin Zankl / Sorting Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture embryos for DNA injection at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria.

Pedro Narra / Common dolphins ( Delphinus delphis) swimming below the surface, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, October

Pedro Narra / A pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) swimming into the Sado river, Portugal, July

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) 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

Simon Colmer / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) returning to hive and communicating nectar source to other workers, Sussex, UK

Simon Colmer / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers exchanging food - known as trophallaxis, Sussex, UK

Thomas Rabeil / Flock of Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) taking flight at seasonal waterhole, seen from above. Sahelo-Sudanese Biome, W National Park (UNESCO, IUCN & RAMSAR), Niger. Aerial census, May 2011.

John Abbott / Tourists watching large colony of Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) Punta Espinosa on Fernandina Island, Galapagos, August 2010

Loic Poidevin / Row of Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) perched on wire. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on leaves of Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on trunk of Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers flying to and resting on Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on leaves of Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Gary K. Smith / Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) being moved from pen at livestock market after auction, Hawes Mart, Yorkshire, UK, September 2011

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian / Gray's / Long-Snouted Spinner Dolphins (Stenella longirostris longirostris) with mother and young calf. Keauhou, Kona, Hawaii, Central Pacific Ocean.

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

Nick Garbutt / Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) gathering around burrows on cliff top, Isle of Lunga, Treshnish Isles, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK, June

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at end of the working day, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Sven Zacek / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) herd travelling through snow and fog. Virumaa, Estonia, Europe, March.

Sven Zacek / Geese on their spring migration above dawn lit clouds. Estonia, Europe, May.

Sven Zacek / Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) flying around the entrance to their (domestic) hive. Estonia, Europe, June.

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...

Sven Zacek / Small herd of Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) looking back at the photographer against forested background. Virumaa, Estonia, Europe, February.

Sven Zacek / Herd of Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) on the horizon with another out-of-focus in foreground. Virumaa, Estonia, Europe, February.

Sven Zacek / Large herd of Roe Deer (Caperolus capreolus) running across snow. Virumaa, Estonia, Europe, March.

Andy Rouse / Walrus (Odobenbus rosmarus) colony discharging gas on beach. Svalbard, Norway, August 2011.

Andy Rouse / Groups of Burchell's Zebra (Equus quagga) in grassland seen from balloon. Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. (non-ex).

Ernie Janes / Five newly hatched chicks in a row

Ernie Janes / Gulls on the beach at sunset, The Wash, Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK, September 2011

Ernie Janes / House sparrows (Passer domesticus) perched on building, Morocco, March

Nick Garbutt / Herd of White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus) with calves in Long Gully near Ndutu on their annual migration. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania. (Digit...

Ole Jorgen Liodden / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony in heavy snow. South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at sunrise on the coast of South Georgia Island. Southern Ocean, November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking back to colony on South Georgia Island. Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence, November.

Richard Du Toit / Low level view of domestic Ostrich (Struthio camelus), Overberg, Southern Cape, South Africa August

Ole Jorgen Liodden / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) emerging from the sea to get back to their colony. South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) parents calling and performing 'statue' display at colony. South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, November.

Nuno Sa / Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca) at the sea surface. Santa Maria, Azores, August.

Florian Möllers / Chinese fisherman on his raft with Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), silhouetted against the karst hills at the Li River. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.

Fabrice Cahez / Group of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) silhouetted, Vosges, France, June

Andrew Parkinson / Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) abstract view of flock in flight, Derbyshire, UK, December.

Andrew Parkinson / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) line of ducklings follow their mother through early morning mist, Derbyshire, UK, June.

Andrew Parkinson / Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) group roosting in the lagoons at Titchwell RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, UK, October.

Kristel Richard / Wild / feral Dulmen ponies (Equus caballus) close up of herd of mares and foals running on the Duke of Croy's estate, Meerfelder Bruch, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, May 2011

Sandesh Kadur / Termites (Isoptera) flying upwards towards a street lamp, India