Kevin Schafer / Bumblebee (Bombus sp) on flower, Juneau, Alaska

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod gulp feeding on Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / African Lion (Panthera leo) cub, Masai Mara, Kenya

Chase Dekker / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) wading, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Chase Dekker / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) pair fighting, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) orphan Larry playing in tree, Ape Action Africa, Mefou Primate Sanctuary, Cameroon

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) orphan Larry, Ape Action Africa, Mefou Primate Sanctuary, Cameroon

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) orphan Larry scratching, Ape Action Africa, Mefou Primate Sanctuary, Cameroon

Winfried Wisniewski / White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) on nest, Extremadura, Spain

Jami Tarris / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) cooling off, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Jami Tarris / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) hunting Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) pup, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Jami Tarris / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice floe, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Jami Tarris / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on shore, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Jami Tarris / Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) running in snow, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Lion (Panthera leo) male, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Lion (Panthera leo) juvenile male, Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pregnant female and juveniles on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pregnant female and juveniles on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pair on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pair on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pair on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pair on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) scratching itself, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra), Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) group attacking Cape Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus), Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Anup Shah / Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) male with three month old young, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Anup Shah / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) four year old infant male, named Gizmo, foraging for insects in log, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Richard Du Toit / Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Nectarinia afra) male on Pincushion (Leucospermum sp) flower, Western Cape, South Africa

Heike Odermatt / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) on ice floe, Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard, Norway

Heike Odermatt / Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) nesting colony on cliff, Alkefjellet, Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard, Norway

Heike Odermatt / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) on ice floe, Svalbard, Norway

Heike Odermatt / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) climbing on ice floe, Svalbard, Norway

Heike Odermatt / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) on ice floe, Magdalenefjorden, Svalbard, Norway

Martin Willis / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male in courtship display, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. Sequence 2 of 3

Martin Willis / Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens) female and male, Queensland, Australia

Martin Willis / Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) feeding on flower nectar, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia

Martin Willis / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) father with begging chick at nest cavity, Queensland, Australia

Suzi Eszterhas / Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia), Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) flock, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Spotted Wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus), Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Port Jackson Shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni), Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus), Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Surfer, Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) school in coral reef with feather stars, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Bigfin Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) at night, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Bigfin Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) at night, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus) hiding in bottle, Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Wonderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus), Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Wonderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus), Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Wonderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus), Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus) predating urchin, Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) group gathered for mating, Whyalla, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) male and female, Whyalla, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) males fighting over female, Whyalla, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) males fighting over female, Whyalla, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea), Hopkins Island, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea), Hopkins Island, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea), Hopkins Island, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) group, Hopkins Island, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) group, Hopkins Island, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Piling with sponges, tunicates, and ascidians, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sea Anemone (Corynactis australis) group, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Starfish (Uniophora granifera) on seagrass, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Candy Cane Sea Star (Fromia monilis), Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Yellow-banded Snapper (Lutjanus adetii) school, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Black-spot Goatfish (Parupeneus signatus) and Goldlined Seabream (Rhabdosargus sarba) school, Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Blacktip Bullseye (Pempheris affinis) school, Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Stripey (Microcanthus strigatus) school, Coffs Harbor, Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Eastern Pomfred (Schuettea scalaripinnis) school, Solitary Islands Marine Park, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) hunting Basslets (Pseudanthias sp), Christmas Island, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Blackfoot Firefish (Parapterois heterurus) at night, Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Zebra Lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra), Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) cleaning female Stocky Anthias (Pseudanthias hypselosoma), Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Fire Goby (Nemateleotris magnifica), Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum) in Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis) school, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum) in Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis) school near Double-headed Maori Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Whitemouth Moray (Gymnothorax meleagris) being cleaned by Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides sp) juvenile, Christmas Island, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) cleaning Honeycomb Moray Eel (Gymnothorax favagineus), Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Double-headed Maori Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum), and Slender Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis) school, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Leopard Flounder (Bothus pantherinus) camouflaged on ocean floor, Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Oriental Flying Gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis) with pectoral fins extended in defense posture, Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Sole (Zebrias sp) juvenile, Anilao, Philippines

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) cleaning mouth of Goldbelly Cardinalfish (Apogon apogonides), Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) mother and four month old cubs playing, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. Highly commended in the Animal Portraits Category of the Wildlife Photographer o...

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) hunting Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) male, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, sequence 3 of 12. Joint winner of the Mammal Behaviour Category of the Wildlife Ph...

Mark Raycroft / Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) mother nursing calf, Newfoundland, Canada

Mark Raycroft / Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) male, Newfoundland, Canada

Mark Raycroft / Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana) running in winter, North America

Mark Raycroft / Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana) running in winter, North America

Mark Raycroft / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) on road, North America