Stephane Granzotto / Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) standing alert outside burrow, takes fright and runs inside, Rhone-Alpes, France, July.

Stephane Granzotto / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) feeding in deep snow, digging to reach food, Rhone-Alpes, France, December.

Stephane Granzotto / Tracking shot of a pod of Euphrosyne dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) swimming, Mediterranean Sea, August.

Stephane Granzotto / Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) emerging from burrow, standing alert and looking around, Rhone-Alpes, France, July.

Stephane Granzotto / Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) perched in a tree and looking around, with puffed out feathers, Rhone-Alpes, France, September.

Stephane Granzotto / Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) preening, Rhone-Alpes, France, September.

Stephane Granzotto / Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) looking out from nest hole in a tree, Rhone-Alpes, France, September.

Stephane Granzotto / Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) perched in a tree, looking around, Rhone-Alpes, France, September.

Stephane Granzotto / Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) looking out from nest hole, eating prey, Rhone-Alpes, France, September.

Stephane Granzotto / Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) looking around, takes off from perch in a tree, Rhone-Alpes, France, September.

Stephane Granzotto / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) grazing on a mountain slope, Rhone-Alpes, France, December.

Stephane Granzotto / Wide-angle shot of an Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) silhouetted on a mountain, Rhone-Alpes, France, December.