Danny Green / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) head portrait, Alaska, USA, February

Danny Green / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in flight, Alaska, USA, February

Jussi Murtosaari / Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) female and two males huddling together for warmth while sleeping, Finland, May.

Bence Mate / Eurasian blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) caught on limed stick, Cyprus. Finalist in The Wildlife Photojournalist Award: Single Image Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Com...

Philippe Clement / Juvenile European brown bear cub (Ursus arctos arctos) walking in deep snow in winter, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, January. Captive.

Steve Downer / Newly hatched slug (Gastropoda) approaching a water droplet on a leaf before bursting it and retracting its eyestalks, Birmingham, England, UK. Controlled conditions.

Steve Downer / Banded snail (Cepaea nemoralis) on rear of a backlit rose leaf, controlled conditions.

Sue Daly / Close up of a Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), swims away, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, June.

Ingo Arndt / Yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) Australia, December

Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) adult hatching out of brood cell, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria), Rhodes, Greece

Ingo Arndt / Coypu (Myocastor coypus) in river, Germany