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...

Peter Cairns / Flooded birch and alder woodland in autumn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, November, RUNNER UP: In Praise of Plants category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2010

Michel Roggo / Chub fish (Leuciscus cephalus) and Mute swan (Cygnus color) swimming over, Rhine river, Schaffhausen, Switzerland. RUNNER-UP - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010.

Sandra Bartocha / Gespensterwald (ghostly forest) - European Beech forest (Fagus sylvatica) in snow, Nienhagen, Germany. RUNNER-UP: Creative Visions of Nature - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Michel Poinsignon / Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) flying from nest-hole in tree, Vosges Mountains, France. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Nature in Black and White category: Runner-up...

Marc Slootmaekers / A bloody lion (Panthera leo) lying on its back after feeding on a buffalo, Masai Mara, Kenya. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Animal Portraits category: Runner-up

Floris van Breugel / Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) in bloom amongst Giant Sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and two Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks, USA. June. Veolia Environn...

Morten Hilmer / Two Arctic hares (Lepus arcticus) fighting, Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Runner-up in the 'Mammal Behaviour' category

Pete Oxford / Rainbow runner (Elegatis bipinnulata) off Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bornean pygmy forest elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) in lowland rainforest, Rio Sungai Kinabatangan, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, April. Endangered species. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographe...

Nigel Cattlin / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septem-punctata) larva predating Black bean aphids (Aphis fabae) on Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus). Bean with buds. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) infestation on Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus), stem twining up bamboo cane. Berkshire, England, UK. June.