Solvin Zankl / Baby Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the beach where it hatched, Ostional, Costa Rica. October. Winner of the Underwater category of the G...

Edwin Giesbers / Female Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) sitting, holding two young. One is her own offspring, the other was rejected by its birth mother, and so this female has adopted it. Both young are 3 months old.Capt...

Gavin Hellier / Traffic lights and office buildings illuminated at dusk, part of new urban development, modern architecture skyscrapers in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 2007. As was the case in much of Berlin,...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / River Exe, near Winsford, showing river correctly fenced to stop cattle from polluting the river, or eroding the river banks. Healthy example of river habitat. Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May...

Loic Poidevin / Salmon landing on head of Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) as it is leaping up rapids, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

Paul D Stewart / Lithograph with contemporary colouring, continental version of the wallchart produced by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins for the Department of Science and Art 1862. It is entitled 'Enaliosauria, or marine...

Paul D Stewart / Lithograph with contemporary colouring, continental version of the last wallchart produced by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins for the Department of Science and Art 1862. It is entitled 'Pachydermata and C...

Paul D Stewart / Restoration of the Iguanodon by Alice B. Woodward from Lydekker's The Royal Natural History' Frederick Warne and co, 1896. This is one of the first reconstructions to correctly show the Iguanodon's th...

Paul D Stewart / Photomontage of living gecko feet showing a variety of forms. Gecko feet employ very small subdivided filaments to bond with their substrates at the molecular level using Van Der Waals' forces. Every...

Paul D Stewart / Male Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea eutryphon / arion) collected in 1865. It is here surrounded by other extant UK blue butterfly species. The large Blue was first recorded as a British species in 17...

Paul D Stewart / 'Martha' the last passenger pigeon, (Ectopistes migratorius), who died Cincinnati Zoo, September 1st, 1914. This portrait of her published in March 1915 as the Frontispiece to William Hornaday's 'The...

Paul D Stewart / Engraving of an ape-like cave man accompanying an article by Boitard in the French 'Magasin Universel' (April 1838). This is the earliest reconstruction of a pre-historic human. It is striking that it...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Giant Octopus (Octopus dofleini) attacking a ship, 1815 copperplate engraving from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur kinder' 16 plate 5. with contemporary colour. 'Colosal Polypus' (octopus) a...

Paul D Stewart / A rare British broadsheet illustration with contemporary hand colouring, drawn and engraved by John Emslie and published by James Reynolds in 1849. It shows reconstructions of extinct creatures in the...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) drying after a swim in the pool. Its feathers are still coated in oil and once the bird is strong enough it will be washed. Southern African Foundation for the Conservatio...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) being washed to remove the oil that coats it feathers. After it will be hand reared in rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal B...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) in defensive posture; male in garden where it emerged naturally. Kent, UK, June. Controlled situation.

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) beneath waterfall. Ambleside, Lake District, UK, November. Highly commended, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012. Did you know? I...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest lowland in mist at dawn. Vereley Hill, Burley, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Before the New Forest was made a roya...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) approaching another as it eats a nut, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, March 2012.

Ben Lascelles / The 'Perigree Super-moon'. A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbitis resulting in it appearing up to 14% larger and...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) alighting at pool to collect mud for nest building. Inverness-shire, Scotland, June .Did you know? Due to the distances that Swallows travel, it was traditional for sail...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) age 3-6 months being groomed by it's mother 'Gina'. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitate...

Martin Dohrn / Cardinal fish (Apogon sp) moments after it has mistakenly tried to eat an ostracod. The ostracod then releases glowing mucus that is so bright that it can be seen through the body of the fish. This gi...

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Phragmites reeds (Phragmites australis) at dawn in late autumn sun, Woodwalton Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, October. Did you know? Woodwalton Fen is an example of ancient fen, most of which disappeared...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult female perched in oilseed rape crop (Brassica napus) on arable farm, Hertfordshire, UK, April. Did you know? Although wagtails are almost constantly w...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Detail of Plumose anemone (Metridium senile) in its retracted state at slack water when it is not feeding. Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, UK, English Channel, July

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Toad (Bufo bufo) seen from below against a blue sky. Surrey, England, March. Did you know? It used to be believed that toads had a magical stone in their head; however 'toadstones' which have...

Erlend Haarberg / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) standing on hind legs with front paws on tree looking up it, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, June

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Red campion (Silene dioica) flowering in conservation margin next to a crop of Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), RSPB's Hope Farm reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April. 2020VISION Exhibition. Did y...

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) with pollen sacs flying towards a Scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum) flower in order to feed, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, July. 2020VISION Exhibition. Did...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Sign for a birdwatching hide, with a birdwatcher walking towards it in the background, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Pair of mating soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. Did you know? In some areas this insect is called the “bloodsuck...

Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris arenaria) emerging from burrow where it stores insects, paralysed to feed the wasp's larvae. London, England, UK, July.

Roy Mangersnes / Person stretching after waking up on the Pulpit Rock, 604 meters above the Lysefjorden, Rogaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Model released

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) on a Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The large blue's life cycle is dependent on the...

Carol Walker / Trainer Rich Scott with Cremosso, a young male cremello Wild horse / mustang that had been rounded up from a McCullough Peak herd and put up for adoption, trainer teaching it to be led in paddock, Jul...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Sanderling (Calidris alba) in winter plumage feeding on tideline, The Wash, Norfolk, March. Did you know? The Sanderling is the only British wading bird that has no back toe; this gives it a distincti...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), growing on rock faces below the kelp, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011. Did you know? Soft co...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) swimming in harbour, viewed from underwater, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011. Did you know? In Scotland and Ir...

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) spy-hopping to observe Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Free...

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) approaching Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Freeze Frame bo...

Sven Zacek / Tail of a Pine Marten (Martes martes) sticking out from a black woodpecker hole as it forages for eggs and chicks. Estonia, Europe, May.

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / An adult Coot (Fulica atra) running across the surface of a lake, Derbyshire, England, UK, March 2010. Did you know? It is a current theory that dinosaurs such as Archaeopteryx developed wings to help...

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Wheatear, (Oenanthe oenanthe) perched on gritstone rock amongst flowering heather (Ericaceae sp), Peak District NP, August 2011. Did you know? The wheatear is only in the UK during summer months - the...

Anup Shah / Caracal (Caracal caracal) six month kitten carrying an African hare that its mother has killed for it, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August

Andy Rouse / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) young male 'Einion' in flight. The bird is wearing a radio tracker. Dyfi Estuary, Wales, August. It is the first time ospreys have bred at this location for 400 years.

Andy Rouse / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) newly fledged young on perch. Dyfi Estuary, Wales, August. It is the first time ospreys have bred at this location for 400 years.

Andy Rouse / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) youngster landing in grass. Dyfi Estuary, Wales, August. It is the first time ospreys have bred at this location for 400 years.

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult in profile with a fish that it has just caught, Derbyshire, UK, June

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) about to cross busy road, Richmond Park, London, UK, September. Did you know? Richmond Park is famous for its red deer, but it also has a thriving population of fallow deer.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Rear view of Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) feeding on plankton in the surface waters around the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? The basking shark is the world's...

Kathryn Jeffs / 'Golden Fleece' (base ship of the BBC film crew) as it passes through floe ice off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) chick at its nest site, defiant as it is approached by a licenced bird ringer, Sculthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk, UK, July 2010

Andrew Parkinson / Coot (Fulica atra) silhouetted as it descends a grass bank, Derbyshire, UK, March. Highly commended in the Portfolio category of the BWPA Competition 2016.

Stephen Dalton / Caddisfly (Trichoptera) larva with a carapace it has constructed from bits of vegetation. Sussex, UK, March.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Neighbouring farmland to Denmark Farm Conservation Centre which is grazed and farmed intensively and where wildlife cannot thrive as it can at Denmark Farm. Lampeter, Wales, UK. June 2011. Did you kno...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) perched on fencepost, RSPB Balranald nature reserve, North Uist, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May. Did you know? The tip of a snipe's beak contains nerve e...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010. Photographer quote: 'Driving home for the dentist I saw the most amazing display of wood anemones. It w...

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Pool and Stac Pollaidh, Coigach / Assynt SWT, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The peak of Stac Polliadh is very severely weathered and it is thought that during the last...

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Warden using chain saw to cut birch and clear it from area for heather regeneration, Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Sandlings heath, Suffolk, UK, February 2011, model released

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi) close-up of flower, Montiagh's Moss, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, June. Did you know? Ragged robin gets it's name from it's thin tattered looking petals.

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight with a fish it has just caught. Norway, July.

Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) drops a fish from its beak and a Black headed gull (Larus ridibundus) flies in to catch it. Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi NP, Hungary, January. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildli...

Anup Shah / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) baby aged 3 months sucking it's mother's finger, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. October.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Swarm of Greenfly (winged aphids), Rutland Water, Rutland, UK, April. Photographer quote: 'It's quite difficult to take photographs with greenfly in your eyes, nose and ears!' Did you know? Although s...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) on ice, feeding on fish fed to it by visitors, River Tame, Reddish Vale Country Park, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK, December 2010

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) amongst visitors in Regent's Park, London, UK, April 2011. Photographer quote: 'It was fascinating to watch public reaction to the large numbers of herons in London's parks...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Osprey (Pandion haliaeetus) in flight, fishing at dawn, Rothiemurchus forest, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, July. Photographer quote: ""This female, caught at first light, has two hungry chicks waiting...

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian house. The houses are made by constructing a frame from cut logs and covering it with palm leaves. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) standing on ice feeding on fish bought by visitors from supermarket, Reddish Vale Country Park, Greater Manchester, UK. Photographer quote: "It's great to see herons in loca...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in winter coat, running across snow, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, January 2010. Photographer quote: "After 4 hours of trudging through deep snow I was completely exhausted an...

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Beech leaves (Fagus sylvatica) backlit at dawn with forest in background, The National Forest, Midlands, UK, April 2011. Did you know? Not only has the National Forest been important in conservation,...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Rowan tree silhouetted above Loch Lurgainn with Cul Mor (left) and Ben More Coigach beyond, Coigach, Highland, Scotland, UK, November. Photographer quote: "Let's face it walking uphill is a drag – I g...

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Eroded rock on summit of Cul Mor with Suilven mountain in the background, Assynt mountains, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The mountains of north-west Scotland chart nearly 3 billion...

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) female in woodland undergrowth smelling air for scent of human, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Photographer quote: 'I am not sure if it was my lack of smelly shower...

Juergen Freund / Island children playing in the sea after school. They spend the whole time there until it gets dark and are called home for dinner. M'buke Island, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, June 2010.

Juergen Freund / Elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta) with a Triplefin blenny resting on it, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Blue sea star on massive Boulder coral (Gardineroseris planulata) North Sulawesi, Indonesia. This coral species is normally found from the Red Sea to Central America, and is relatively uncommon in the...

Diane McAllister / Female Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep ewe (Ovis canadensis canadensis) warning her newborn lamb that a rocky ledge is too close and dangerous. She places her front hoof on the baby's back, stopping it f...

Matthew Maran / A man sitting in the cable car of a chair bridge as it crosses a river. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Model released

Juergen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station with diver swimming behind it. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Erik Koti holds some of his coral pieces. Cultured corals are propagated by cutting fragments of corals from mother colonies or brood stock. These coral pieces are attached to concrete mounts until it...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Close-up of group of toadstools (Mycena sp) autumn. Leicestershire, UK. November. Photographer quote: 'It is all too easy to overlook the fascinating miniture world underneath our feet - mosses,...

Alex Mustard / A parasitic isopod attached to a Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques). This species of isopod has an ornately shaped carapace to disguise it on the seadragon. Wool Bay Jetty, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Silhouette of Razorbill (Alca torda) against sunset, flapping wings. June 2010. Photographer quote: 'A cacophonous seabird colony on a summers evening is just spell-binding. Throw in a decent sunset a...

Juergen Freund / Oceanic sunfish (Mola mola) with bannerfish and angelfish cleaning it. Taken at 42 meters. Nusa Penida, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia,

Juergen Freund / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station with diver looking up at it. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) two adults fighting in the surf, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, October. Photographer quote: "Sex and violence – grey seals are good at both! These two adolesce...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Sunset over Loch Laggan, Creag Meagaidh NNR, Highland, Scotland, UK, December 2010. Photographer quote: "I've got to admit I wasn't happy after a fruitless flat grey day in the hills. And then, as if...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying in pine forest in snow, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, January. Photographer quote: 'The capercaillie is Britain's fastest declining bird and r...

Daniel Heuclin / Brown-banded Southern Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata) head in profile as it tastes the air with tongue. Controlled conditions. Lake Fausse-Pointe State Park, Louisiana, USA, November.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in late evening light, Fife, Scotland, UK, November. Photographer quote: 'The last rays of winter sunshine caught this mute swan as it emerged from a reedbed. The light was as...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Northern shoveler drake (Anas clypeata) reflected in calm water as it swims among reeds and rushes in flooded marshland on a sunny winter afternoon. Greylake RSPB reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, January

Nick Upton / Single Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) running on water surface as it lands in a lagoon, The Camargue, France, May.

Anup Shah / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) attacking a Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) as it crosses the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, October 2009