Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Long-beaked Coralfish (Chelmon rostratus) eye, Inanuran Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April

Cyril Ruoso / Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) adult male, Pandrillus Drill Sanctuary, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) adult male close-up of face, Pandrillus Drill Sanctuary, Nigeria

Cyril Ruoso / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) close-up portrait of a silverback in the rain, Parc National Des Volcans, Rwanda

Cyril Ruoso / Banana (Musa sp) close up of leaf with water droplets, Rwanda

Cyril Ruoso / Banana (Musa sp) close up of leaf with water droplets, Rwanda

Sandesh Kadur / White-bellied Heron (Ardea insignis) in tree, Punasangtchu, Bhutan. Critically endangered species.

Daniel Heuclin,Daniel Heuclin / Solomon islands / large prehensile-tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata) Solomon islands

Bert Willaert / Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephanoides) nesting next to a hiking trail in Mocha Island National Reserve, Mocha Island, Chile, December

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese fireflies (Luciola cruciata) in flight at night, Japan endemic species, Nichinan-chou, Tottori, Japan, July

Yukihiro Fukuda / Ancient tree, Yakushima Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kagoshima Japan, June 2008

David Tipling / Detail of Malaysian Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) feathers, captive

David Tipling / Aftermath of a bush fire near Charter Towers, Queensland, Australia

Juan Carlos Munoz / Wood of a tree burnt in a volcanic eruption of Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy

Bence Mate / Close up portrait of Eastern white pelican head (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Danube Delta, Romania. Finalist in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2016.

Juergen Freund / Raja Ampat pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus sp.) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Andy Rouse / Indri (Indri indri) female with 2 month baby. Madagascar.

Andy Rouse,Andy Rouse / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) breeding herd led by matriarch. Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa, August.

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) hauled out on a beach at sunrise, Donna Nook Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Reserve, Lincolnshire, England, UK, January.

Juergen Freund / Fluorescent corals (Favia sp) Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Juergen Freund / Aerial of Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) breeding colonies on the islands of Lake Goyder, Coongie Lakes National Park, South Australia, June 2011

Juergen Freund / Aerial of Sturt Stoney Desert with gibber rocks. Gibber rocks are millions of years wind and water weathered chalcedonised sandstone with a hardened crust of soil cemented silica, iron and manganese,...

Igor Shpilenok / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) sitting on snow. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, February.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) flock in Lake Bogoria, Rift valley, Kenya

Juan Carlos Munoz / Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) on Lake Bogoria, Kenya

Mark MacEwen / Mopane moth (Imbrasia belina) eggs hatching, Tuli Block, Botswana

Niall Benvie / Cloud formations lit by low sun. Brechin, Angus, Scotland, December 2012.

Niall Benvie / Detail of small waves on the eastern Atlantic. Isle of Coll, Scotland, October 2012.

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Stratus and cirrus clouds above the Isle of Coll. Scotland, August 2012.

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Detail of small waves on the eastern Atlantic. Isle of Coll, Scotland, October 2012.

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Alto cumulus clouds. Angus, Scotland, August 2012.

Edwin Giesbers,Edwin Giesbers / Asiatic black / Moon bear (Ursus thibetanus) portrait, captive

Edwin Giesbers,Edwin Giesbers / Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) close-up head portrait, captive

Ernie Janes / Garden centre with potted Hyacinth bulbs, Edgefield, Norfolk, January

Denis-Huot / Olive baboon (Papio hamadryas anubis) close-up of a male, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Franco Banfi / Bulb tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) close up detail, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Franco Banfi / Close up detail of soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.) Maldives, Indian Ocean

Franco Banfi / Detail of sponge (Chalinula nematifera) Maldives, Indian Ocean

Franco Banfi / Shoaling glassfish (Parapriacanthus sp.) shoal, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Ice pattern, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, February. Did you know? Hot water freezes more quickly than cold, although it is not known why.

Gavin Hellier / Looking up at canopy of tropical rainforest, Malaysia, 2008

Gavin Hellier / Elevated city skyline of Pyongyang, capital city, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, 2012

Juan Carlos Munoz / Broken ice abstract, Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon. Southern Iceland, Iceland, Europe, March 2011.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Detail in frozen waterfall. Selijalandfoss waterfall, Southern Iceland, Europe, March 2011.

David Pattyn / Three Dalmatian Pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) portrait on lake. Lake Kerkini, Greece, March 2012.

Alex Hyde / Regal Jumping Spider (Phidippus regius) male, close-up showing irridescent mandibles. Captive. Endemic to North America.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Close-up of the nose of a Highland cow (Bos taurus) Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, April.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Catch of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in fish separator on board Shetland pelagic trawler 'Charisma', Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October 2012.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Catch of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in fish separator on board Shetland pelagic trawler 'Charisma', Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October 2012.

Michel Roggo / Sockeye / Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on spawning migration. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

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

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Badger (Meles meles) cub, Dorset, England, UK, July. Did you know? The word Badger derives from the French 'Becheur', meaning digger.

Danny Green / Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) reflected on water. Svalbard, June.

Alex Mustard / A large colony of Mountainous star coral (Montastraea faveolata) spawning at night on a coral reef, showing the synchronous release of bundles of eggs and sperm, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands...

Fabrice Cahez / Wild Cat (Felis silvestris) in mist. Vosges, France, August.

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

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tropical forest at lower level slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro volcano, Tanzania

Floris van Breugel / Hoar frost coats the edges of ferns in a clearing in Washington's Olympic National Park, USA. December.

Jack Dykinga / Bark patterns of Aspen tree (Populus tremula) in front of a Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) trunk, Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, USA

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.

Oriol Alamany / Close up of skin on the ear and back of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Mopani, Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, September.

Jack Dykinga / Shore Acres State Park with sandstone bluffs being pounded by tidal shifting surf, creating waterfalls over concretions in the stone. Oregon

Paul D Stewart / Male peacock (Pavo cristatus) displaying his ocellated tail feathers.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) eggs, Japan, September

Juan Carlos Munoz / Double Breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) resting beak in plumage. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, February.

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus). Young animal caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique, November 2011. Wildl...

Tui De Roy / Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa / Nyctanassa violacea) portrait. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Tui De Roy / Magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) in low flight ovehead. Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, December.

Sandra Bartocha / Sea shells in sand, North sea, Germany, September

Sandra Bartocha / Ghost wood - European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), woodland Nienhagen, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Downy / European white birch (Betula pubescens) tree trunks in the mist, Waldstadt, Potsdam, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / Forest view of trunks of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Downy European white birch (Betula pubescens) and European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees, Muritz National Park, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / Forest view of trunks of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Downy European white birch (Betula pubescens) and European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees, Muritz National Park, Germany, November

Sandra Bartocha / Mixed woodland in spring, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Andy Sands / Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) drinking at water's surface from floating leaf. Captive, UK. 'Hidden Britain' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Merlin (Falco columbarius) female on perch with Meadow Pipit chick prey for its offspring. Sutherland, Scotland, June.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / European Hare (Lepus europaeus) running. Wales, UK, July.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Little Owl (Athene noctua) portrait on post. Wales, UK, June.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Flock of Knot (Calidris canuta) taking flight. Snettisham, UK, January. Did you know? The red knot has one of the longest migrations in the world, with some travelling 9000 miles from the Arctic to th...

Michael D. Kern / Python (Morelia amethistina) captive from Australasia

LYNN M. STONE / Pug dog portrait

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) fur and eye, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, July

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) traveling across newly formed pack ice during autumnal freeze up, off the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska,...

Nick Upton / Close up of Pygmy goat (Capra hircus) chewing hay, Wiltshire, UK, March.

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of rows of cultivated Roses, horitculture, Bellegarde, Camargue, Southern France, June 2009

Jean E. Roche / Arial view of coloured salt pans, colour is determined by the concentration of various elements, Salins de Giraud, Camargue, Southern France

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of old basins used for concentrating magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) in the salt pans at Salin de Giraud, Camargue, Southern France

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of vineyards and fruit trees edged with Italian poplar trees, introduced to the Camargue during the 19th century and planted for protection against the wind, near Arles, Camargue, Southern...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view saltmarshes of Bahia de Cadiz Natural Park, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, March 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of patterns created by agricultural work on land, Los Monegros, Zaragoza Province, Aragon, Spain, July 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of salt pans coloured red by cyanobacteria, Lake Natron, Rift Valley, Tanzania, August 2009

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of patterns created by agricultural work on land, Los Monegros, Zaragoza Province, Aragon, Spain, July 2011

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view dry river bed in the Namib desert, Sossusvlei, Sesriem, Namibia, August 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of sun reflected on the Odiel marshes, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, March 2008