Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) portrait in sea-ice landscape. Wide angle / fish-eye shot. Svalbard, Norway, September.

Ingo Arndt / American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) swimming in open ocean, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica

Claudio Contreras / Grey fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) licking nose, captive, Mexico City

Juergen Freund / Giant mottled fresh water eels (Anguilla marmorata) in shallows, split level view, Lissenung Island, Kavieng, New Guinea. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...

Fabrice Cahez / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub sitting, rear view, Vosges, France, May.

Fabrice Cahez / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait of juvenile, Vosges, France, July.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Three Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) pups waiting for their parents to return, Ethiopia.

Sven Zacek / Four Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) bucks with velvet antlers and the shadow of a fifth buck, Tartumaa, Estonia, March.

Pascal Pittorino / Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) resting on a Red rose (Rosa sp) in organic garden, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, May.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii exisa) displaying, Galapagos Islands.

Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) silhouetted against stormy sky, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway, July.

Frederique Olivier / Black-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale lateralis), Cape range National Park, Exmouth, Western Australia