Anup Shah / Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) following a herd of Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) as they cross the Mara River, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Cape / African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) approaching with curiosity, herd in the background, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Cape / African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) approaching camera with curiosity, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running, rear view, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running after crossing Mara river, wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) and White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) feeding on the carcass of an elephant - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) emerging from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) emerging from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Common / Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) close up view of under belly - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River, close up of legs - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September 2009.

Anup Shah / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cub feeding on the carcass of a Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Jim Brandenburg / Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flowering on tallgrass prairie, Crow-Hassan Park Reserve, Minnesota

Tui De Roy / Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) mother and calves, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya

Tui De Roy / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) trio, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya

Charlie Summers / African lion (Panthero leo) male giving flehmen grimace, Tanzania, East Africa

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) male head portrait, at low angle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / Lioness (Panthera leo) hunting a wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2009

Anup Shah / Lion males (Panthera leo) lying on a grass mound. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Anup Shah / Lion males (Panthera leo) lying on a grass mound. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal pup (Canis mesomelas) 6-9 months peering out from the entrance to the den. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal pups (Canis mesomelas), 6-9 months playing together. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Charlie Summers / American bison (Bison bison) herd roaming the plains, Custer State Park, South Dakota, USA, September

Charlie Summers / Cowboy working with herd of American Bison (Bison Bison) during the 2010 buffalo roundup in Custer State Park; South Dakota, September 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of the trench of the Great Rift valley, Tanzania, Africa, August 2009

Roger Powell / Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax) male perched on a favourite stone, and calling at lek, Castro Verde, Portugal, April

Roger Powell / Great Bustard (Otis tarda) male in partial display as he walks through the communal lek, Castro Verde, Portugal, April

Guy Edwardes / Grey-breasted Spurfowl (Pternistis rufopictus) calling, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa February

Guy Edwardes / African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) close-up in flgiht, coming in to land on carcass, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa, February

Guy Edwardes / Ruppell's Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) flying against storm clouds, coming in to land on carcass Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa, February

Tim Fitzharris / Grassland and cumulus clouds, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota

Nick Garbutt / African Lion (Panthera leo) male in Ngorongoro Crater. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. March 2010. (digitally stitched image)

Anup Shah / Southern / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) feeding on tree while Plains / Common zebra passes by (Equus quagga burchellii). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / Rainstorm clouds over Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March 2009.

Anup Shah / Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) female walking with one chick, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) chasing African lions (Panthera leo) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Jouan & Rius / Baobab / Gourd trees (Adansonia gregorii) in grassland / savanna habitat, Kimberley, Western Australia

Charlie Summers / African lion (Panthera leo) male roaring to locate the rest of his pride, Botswana, Southern Africa

Charlie Summers / Two Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) use their necks in fight for dominance, Etosha Pan, Namibia, Southern Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga) head portrait of adult with foal, Etosha national park, Namibia

Wild Wonders of Europe / Shpilenok / Male Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) in the steppe of Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia, Russia, April 2009

Martin Dohrn / Lions (Panthera leo) approaching rhinoceros, Masai Mara, Kenya. Photographed at night using 'Starlight Camera' technology without artificial lighting.

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

Stephen Dalton / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) sitting on mound in savanna, Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Anup Shah / Male Savanna / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) sitting in Mara landscape, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / Female Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) walking through savanna, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Male Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) running - panned effect. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Male Impala running (Aepyceros melampus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Two African elephant infants (Loxodonta africana)playing. Masai Mara Nationa Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Male Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) displaying rear view. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Male Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) displaying. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / African elephant infants (Loxodonta africana)playing. Masai Mara Nationa Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Portrait of African Elephant infant (Loxodonta africana) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Southern / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)silhouetted at sunrise. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Common Eland herd (Taurotragus oryx) running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Common Eland group standing (Taurotragus oryx). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Grey-crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) fighting. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / Grey-crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum)displaying. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Jim Brandenburg / Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flowers with eagle-shaped cloud, Touch the Sky Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota

Inaki Relanzon / Migrating wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) observed from a hot-air balloon, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa. August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniew / Male Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) hunting over burning steppe fields, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Steppe landscape at sunset, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Tawny pipit (Anthus campestris) on ground, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Female Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) hunting over burning steppe, Kerch, Ukraine, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) nests in breeding colony, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Little owl (Athene noctua) taking off, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Little owl (Athene noctua) standing on rock, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Two Migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria) feeding on vegetation, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Steppe landscape, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) by nest, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Male Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) hunting over burning steppe fields, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Flock of Demoiselle cranes (Anthropoides virgo) in flight at sunrise, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Steppe fields on fire, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Little owl (Athene noctua) standing on rock, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Female Red footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) hunting over burning steppe fields, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / European glass lizard (Ophisaurus apodus) Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) perched on branch with prey in beak, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniew / Steppe landscape, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009. WWE BOOK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Shpilen / Two newborn Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) calves lying on ground, Cherniye Zemli (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia, Russia, May 2009 WWE BOOK.

Nick Upton / Cherhill white horse, first cut into chalk downland in 1780, Wiltshire, UK, spring 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Shpilenok / Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) portrait, Cherniye Zemli (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia, Russia, May 2009 WWE BOOK PLATE.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Shpilenok / Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) herd silhouetted, Cherniye Zemli (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia, Russia, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Shpilenok / Four Dwarf irises (Iris pumila) in flower, Rostovsky Nature Reserve Rostov Region, Russia, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Shpilenok / Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) portrait, Cherniye Zemli (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia, Russia, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Shpilenok / Wild tulip (Tulipa schrenkii) flower in frost, Rostovsky Nature Reserve, Rostov Region, Russia, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Shpilenok / Newborn Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) being held for weighing and measuring by staff of the Cherniye Zemli (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia, Russia, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Shpilenok / Four rare yellow Bieberstein tulips (Tulipa biebersteiniana) in flower, Rostovsky Nature Reserve, Rostov Region, Russia, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Shpilenok / Wild tulips (Tulipa schrenkii) in flower, one white, the rest red, Rostovsky Nature Reserve, Rostov Region, Russia, April 2009