David Perpinan / Group of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) fighting to feed on a dead lamb. Cuenca, Spain, August.

David Perpinan / Group of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) arriving and feeding on a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver tree forest (Aloe dichotoma) at night with stars and the Milky Way, Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Bence Mate / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) at night with the milky way in the background, Gyulaj, Tolna, Hungary. August. Taken using long exposure with flash at night. Winner of the Mammals Category of the GDT Awards 20...

Alex Mustard / Spaghetti garden eels (Gorgasia maculata) stretching up out of their burrows on a rubble slope, with Mysiid shrimp swimming around their bodies near the seabed. Dumaguete, Dauin, Negros, Philippines....

Charlie Summers / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother standing grieving over stillborn baby. Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.

Juergen Freund / Coral trout / Leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus) mating behaviour. Males approach the females and display with their bodies and fins. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia,

Stephen Dalton / Two Water Fleas (Daphnia sp.), showing transparency of bodies and internal organs. UK, September.

Chris O'Reilly / Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) mature, fruiting bodies on a fallen tree with person walking, Mixed woodland, Autumn, Derbyshire, UK, October

Nigel Cattlin / Lawyers' wig fungus (Coprinus comatus) fruiting caps in grassland. Berkshire, England, UK.

Heather Angel / Red bowled anemone (Anemone bucharica) with dark stamens and patterns on petal bases to attract Scarab beetle (Eulasia sp) pollinators. Beetles pick up pollen on hairy bodies but can damage petals, Ta...

David Perpinan / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) feeding on a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.