David Noton / Autumn colours, Saco Valley, USA White mountains, New Hampshire. Landscape of colourful trees.

Pete Oxford / African elephant by the Zambezi River, Zimbabwe. Africa.

Pete Oxford / Ring tailed lemur. Madagascar, Berenty Private Reserve

Pete Oxford / Portrait of Ring tailed lemur (Lemur catta) Madagascar. Berenty Private Reserve.

David Noton / Autumn colours reflected in the Saco Valley, White Mountains, USA River scene with autumn trees.

David Noton / Rockie Mountains, Kootenay NP, British Columbia, Canada.

David Noton / Consolation Lake at Banff NP, Alberta, Canada.

David Noton / Sunrise at Scabbacombe, Devon, England.

Larry Michael / Autumn trees and snow abstract. Michigan USA

Larry Michael / Autumn tree leaves abstract. Michigan USA. North America

Larry Michael / Fallen leaf on water with autumn reflections, Michigan USA

Pete Oxford / Two striped forest pit viper with young {Bothriopis bilineatus} Ecuador Amazon, South America

Hermann Brehm / European / Brown hare grooming foot {Lepus europaeus} Germany

David Noton / Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) in Shaftesbury, Dorset England.

Francis Abbott / Blackspotted Sweetlips, Red Sea.

John Cancalosi / Alpine ibex, Switzerland

Pete Oxford / Chinstrap penguins on iceberg, South Sandwich Is. off Saunders Is.

John Cancalosi / Cape sugerbird {Promerops cafer} on Pincushion {Laucospermum spp}, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Verreaux's Sifaka with baby, Madagascar

David Noton / Patricia Lake, Jasper NP, Alberta, Canada. Mountains reflected in a lake.

Martha Holmes / Bowhead whale just under ice, Arctic

John Downer / Mute swan coming in to land, UK

Doug Wechsler / Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) NM, California, USA Granite Boulders.

LYNN M. STONE / Domestic Dog, Golden Retriever (Canis familiaris) among bluebells, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Ladrador dog puppy, USA

Tom Vezo / Lynx in Montana, USA. Captive animal

Bengt Lundberg / Liverwort (Hepatica nobilis) in April. Sweden.

Anup Shah / Head profile of male Impala {Aepyceros melampus}, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Two affectionate adult African elephants touching heads, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Young Olive baboons playing on branch, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Common zebras greeting {Equus quagga} Masai Mara, Kenya East Africa

Anup Shah / Tigress and cub portrait {Panthera tigris tigris} Ranthambhore NP Rajasthan India

Anup Shah / Leopard {Panthera pardus}, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Mother leopard {Panthera pardus} carrying cub, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Head portrait of male Lion (Panthera leo). Masai Mara NR, Kenya, East Africa

Larry Michael / Autumn colours reflected in river water, Ontonagon River, flows into Lake Superior. Michigan, USA.

Peter Blackwell / Young Leopard, Masai Mara, Kenya

Pete Oxford / Tree frog, Western Ecuador, S. America

David Noton / Mount Snowdon reflected in Llynnau Mymbyr, Snowdonia NP, UK

Neil Lucas / Pinnacle Desert landscape, Western Australia

Hermann Brehm / Leopard portrait, Namibia, captive

Pete Oxford / Southern Elephant Seal moulting, East Falkland Islands (Mirounga leonina)

Hans Christoph Kappel / Nathusius Pipistrelle flying, Germany

Dietmar Nill / Bechstein's bat hunting moth on underside of leaf, Germany

Todd Pusser / Killer whale surfacing {Orcinus orca}, Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska, USA

Richard Du Toit / Leopard females fighting - dominant animal on top, Mala Mala Reserve, S. Africa.

Dietmar Nill / Bechstein's Bat roosting in tree. Germany

Hermann Brehm / Oryx (Oyrx gazella) in the dunes. Namib Desert, Namibia, Southern Africa

Larry Michael / Sugar Maple leaves in water with autumn coloured reflections. USA

John Downer / Sumatran Tiger portrait. Captive animal

John Downer / Sumatran Tiger portrait.

Larry Michael / Kakabicka Falls in autumn. Michigan, USA

Larry Michael / Kakabicka Falls in autumn. Michigan, USA

Larry Michael / Early snow in autumn. Michigan, USA

Pete Oxford / Panther chameleon,Madagascar, Montagne D'Ambre NP

Tim Edwards / Ruby Beach in stormy conditions, July 1995. Olympic NP, Washington, USA

Pete Oxford / Flap necked chameleon catching fly with tongue, Africa

David Noton / The beach at Durdle Dor, Dorset, England.

David Noton / The beach at Durdle Dor, Dorset, England.

David Noton / Dawn, Old Harry and his wife. The Foreland, Studland, Dorset. English coastal scene.

David Noton / Dawn at the Pinnacles, Studland, Dorset, England.

Hans Christoph Kappel / Marsh Tit in flight, Germany

Doug Wechsler / Sub tropical montane forest at 1,500m. Western. Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Milne Edward's Sportive Lemur {Lepilemur edwardsi} mother & young, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Milne Edward's Sportive Lemur, mother and young, Madagascar

Juergen Freund / Coconut Crab on beach, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.

Jabruson / Lava flow from the Kimanura volcano, Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Kimanura eruption. Virunga NP active volcanic region, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Kimanura eruption. Virunga NP active volcanic region, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Kimanura eruption. Virunga NP, Rep of Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Tony Heald / Elephant walking, Etosha NP, Namibia

Tony Heald / Elephant drinking, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Oryx in background.

Bernard Castelein / Lioness (Panthera leo) with cubs, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

David Noton / Painswick village in autumn. The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK, Europe

Pete Oxford / Local Indian woman with llama near Cusco, Peru, South America. Woman spinning in a traditional fashion.

Tony Heald / Two male Ostriches running during dispute, Etosha NP, Namibia. Ostrich can run at speeds of 43mph - they are the fastest terrestrial birds.

David Noton / Avenue of Beech trees in Clifton, Bristol, England. Autumn

David Noton / Avenue of Beech trees near Wimborne, Dorset, England

Pete Oxford / Kicker Rock, Galapagos

Pete Oxford / Ocelot, Ecuadorian Amazon, South America.

Pete Oxford / Two Striped Forest Pit Viper mother with day old young. Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest.

Tony Heald / Two male Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) sparring (also known as 'necking'). Namibia, Southern Africa

Doug Allan / Emperor penguins diving {Aptenodytes forsteri} Antarctica

Tony Heald / Impala with Oxpeckers. Kruger National Park, South Africa

TOM MANGELSEN / Polar Bear resting on snow, Canada

Pete Oxford / Lioness and cub sleeping (Panthea leo) Botswana, Africa

Dietmar Nill / Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentoni) flying over water. Germany, Europe

Pete Oxford / Masdevallia orchid flower {Masdevallia veitchiana} Machu Picchu, Peru, Sth America

David Noton / The Old Man of Storr in dramatic light, Trotternish Isle of Skye, Scotland

Martin Dohrn / Wildebeest {Connochaetes taurinus} under stars at night, Masai Mara, Kenya. Starlight image intensifier camera image taken with no artificial light

Tom Vezo / Northern shoveler duck {Anas clypeata} female landing on water Arizona, USA

Tom Vezo / Northern shoveler duck pair landing {Anas clypeata} Tucson, Arizona, USA

Pete Oxford / Milne Edward's sportive lemurs (Lepilemur edwardsi), Ampijora forest station, Madagascar

Richard Du Toit / Gemsbok at dawn in Kruger NP. (Oryx gazella gazella) Africa. South Africa.

David Noton / Frosty autumn morning. Near Dorchester, Dorset, England

Pete Oxford / Emerald tree boa (Corallus canina). Ecuador, Amazon, South America