Solvin Zankl / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 3/6

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), adult attacking chick. Genovesa Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), adult attacking chick. Genovesa Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti), adult attacking chick. Genovesa Island, Galapagos.

Ashley Cooper / Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast. This section of coast is the fastest eroding point in the UK and speeding up due to global warming induced sea level rise and increased stormy weather. August 2006

Ashley Cooper / Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast. This section of coast is the fastest eroding point in the UK and speeding up due to global warming induced sea level rise and increased stormy weather. August 2006

Ashley Cooper / Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast. This section of coast is the fastest eroding point in the UK and speeding up to to global warming induced sea level rise and increased stormy weather. August 2006

Ashley Cooper / Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) chicks killed by the fire caused by discarded cigarette, Littleborough, England, UK. May.

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on Herring (Clupea harengus) Kvaloya, Troms, Northern Norway. November. Sequence 3 of 6.

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub aged around one year about to bring down a Thomson's gazelle fawn (Eudorcas thomsonii /Gazella thomsonii). Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

David Tipling / Dunnock (Prunella modularis) fledgling. Norfolk, England, UK. June.