Ashley Cooper / Wind turbine with stacks of coal fired power station in Amsterdam, Netherlands. May 2013

Alex Hyde / Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) close up portrait, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May.

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), portrait of young male. Alps, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. September.

Nick Garbutt / Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) flying into roost sight at dusk, Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia, South America.

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / White-backed Vulture (Gyps Africanus) feeding, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Mark MacEwen / Broad snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) baby carried in mother's mouth from the nest, Sante Fe, Argentina, February

Barrie Britton / Wasp (Ropalidia species) which attacks tadpoles. Association Mitsinjo Reserve, Andasibe, Madagascar. Photograph taken on location for BBC 'Wild Madagascar' Series, February 2010

Klaus Echle / Little Owl (Athene noctua) young bird peering through boughs. Black Forest, Germany, June.

Juergen Freund / Men dancing in a Tatanua Masks, an image of the soul of the deceased. When a person dies, by Malagan tradition people dance in the shallow waters to try to drive evil spirits or taboos of the dead awa...

Edwin Giesbers / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) with its beak tucked under its wing. The Netherlands, June.

Edwin Giesbers / Asian giant forest scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus) with tail raised, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia