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

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

Gerry Ellis / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback, Limbe Wildlife Centre, Cameroon

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

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) six week old cubs, 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) 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

Anup Shah / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) forty-three year old female, named Gremlin, scratching face, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Anup Shah / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) twenty-five year old female, named Nasa, 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

Fiona Rogers / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) four year old infant male, named Gizmo, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Fiona Rogers / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) four year old infant male, named Gizmo, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

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

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

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

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

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

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

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) looking for food on ice. Svalbard, Norway, April.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) male female pair looking upwards, snow covered hills in background. Svalbard, Norway, April 2018.

David Tipling / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) female in surf, Horsey, Norfolk, England, UK, February.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus) hiding in glass jar, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

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 / Variegated Jawfish (Opistognathus solorensis) male brooding eggs in mouth, Anilao, Philippines

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) mother and four month old cubs playing, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. Siena International Photo Awards 2022 - Remarkable Artwork Award.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick looking upwards to parents beak. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Jordi Chias / Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Ingo Arndt / Aerial shot looking over Torres del Paine National Park, showing Torres del Paine peaks in the background, Patagonia, Chile, April, 2018.

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

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

Mark Raycroft / Welsh Corgi (Canis familiaris) jumping, North America

Mark Raycroft / Moose (Alces alces) bull browsing, North America

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) one-year-old cub in tree, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) one-year-old cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) mother and eight-month-old cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) four-month-old cub in tree, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) four-month-old cub in tree, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus), Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) six-week-old cub nursing, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) six-week-old cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) five-week-old cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) five-week-old cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) mother and five-week-old cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) five-week-old cub playing with mother, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Winfried Wisniewski / African Lion (Panthera leo) male, Masai Mara, Kenya

Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) head and neck, looking up through reeds. Suffolk, UK. November.

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), orphaned baby in arms of research assistant. Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2015. Captive. Model released.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) flying with rodent prey, Texas

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), Texas

Martin Grimm/ BIA / Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male flying, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Willi Rolfes/ BIA / European Wolf (Canis lupus), Lower Saxony, Germany

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Leopard (Panthera pardus) cub, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus), Svalbard, Norway

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus), Svalbard, Norway

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Leopard (Panthera pardus) male stalking, Sabi-sands Game Reserve, South Africa

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fishing, Alaska

Ralph Pace / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), San Diego, California

Cyril Ruoso / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) basking, Anja Park, Madagascar

Cyril Ruoso / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta), Anja Park, Madagascar

Cyril Ruoso / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) in tree, Anja Park, Madagascar

Cyril Ruoso / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) mother with young drinking, Anja Park, Madagascar

Jiri Lochman / Burrowing Bettong / Boodie (Bettongia lesueur) looking around at night. Dorre Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Intermediate Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus intermedius) male incubating eggs in mouth, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Intermediate Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus intermedius) male incubating eggs in mouth, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Markus Varesvuo / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) perched on tree trunk, looking at camera with wing stretched. Haukipudas, Finland. January.

Lorraine Bennery / White-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur albifrons) climbing tree, looking at camera. Rainforests of the Atsinanana, Marojejy National Park, Madagascar.

Lorraine Bennery / Blue-eyed lemur (Eulemur flavifrons) male looking down from branch. Sahamalaza, Madagascar.

Lorraine Bennery / Ankarana sportive lemur (Lepilemur ankaranensis) looking out from hole in tree. Analamera National Park, Madagascar.

Doug Gimesy / Member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) looking at a screen which is displaying an image sent via a drone of a koala (Phascolarct...

Doug Gimesy / Triage coordinator and Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby Smith - sitting in a Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) C-27J Spartan - holding a young koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in th...

Doug Gimesy / Member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) looking at a screen which is displaying an infra red image, sent via a drone, of a Koala...

Morley Read / Drone shot looking down on waves breaking on a beach, Cornwall, England, UK, May 2018.

Morley Read / Drone shot looking down on waves breaking on a beach, Cornwall, England, UK, May 2018.

Morley Read / Aerial shot panning over the Amazon rainforest at dawn, looking towards Sumaco Volcano concealed in mist, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2018.

Morley Read / Aerial shot looking over the lower slopes of Sumaco Volcano at dawn, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2018.

Morley Read / Aerial panning shot looking over the Amazon rainforest at dawn, near Rio Shiripuno in Pastaza Province, Ecuador, 2017.

Morley Read / Slow motion tilt shot looking down to Cascada Magica (Magic Waterfall), Rio Malo Valley, Sucumbios Province, Ecuador Amazon, 2017.

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43C, in a desperate search for somewhere cooler a...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43°C, in a desperate search for somewhere cooler a...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43°C, Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocepha...

Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43°in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and...

Bernard Castelein / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) doe amongst vegetation. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.

Doug Gimesy / Tourist on Yarra River riverbank looking at Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) mural painted on wall by artist Jimmy Beattie, part of 'Communities for Platypus program'. Warburton, Victoria,...

Nigel Cattlin / View from Golden Cap, looking east across National Trust land to Seatown, West Bay and Chesil Beach. Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Southwest coast path through National Trust's Golden Cap Estate, looking west towards Charmouth. Lyme Bay, Dorset, England, UK. May 2017.

Morley Read / Aerial shot looking down on waves breaking on a beach, Tonchigue, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, 2018.

Morley Read / Aerial tracking shot looking over rainforest canopy, Amazonian slopes of the Andes, Morona Santiago Province, Ecuador, 2018.

Morley Read / Aerial shot looking down over the rainforest canopy in the early morning, Amazon rainforest, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2017.