Andrew Parkinson / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) three adults on a snow slope high in the Cairngorm Mountains, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, February. Finalist in the Mammals category of the Wildlife Photogra...

Alex Hyde / Silk moth (Automeris zugana) sequence 2 of 2, with wings open to reveal eyespots, a means of deterring predators, photographed on a white background in mobile field studio, Cordillera de Talamanca mou...

Guy Edwardes / View over Pednvounder Beach towards Logan Rock, Porthcurno, Cornwall, England, UK. April 2009.

Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male with scars photographed with side-lit spot light at night. Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa, April.

Wim van den Heever / Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) baby jumping between branches, photographed mid air. Okavango Delta Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) with the Milky Way at night, and light pollution from town in the distance, Keetmanshoop, Namibia. Colours accentuated digitally.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) flying, Jalasjarvi, Finland, April.

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) bathing at waterhole at night with moon, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa. Taken with infrared camera.

Ben Hall / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on rock with lava lizard sitting on its head, Galapagos Islands, May.

Melvin Grey / Pinocchio lizard (Anolis proboscis) male, Mindo, Ecuador. Controlled conditions.

Wim van den Heever / Bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising during annual sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa. June.

Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male in darkness, Okavango Delta, Botswana.