Sylvain Cordier / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), wintering from November to March in Oyamel pine forests (Abies religiosa) Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) orphan met by children, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, Australia

Pal Hermansen / European moose (Alces alces) bulls near houses, Nordland, Norway. July.

Krijn Trimbos / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair in courtship display, The Netherlands. March.

Denis-Huot / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd at sunset, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. January.

Denis-Huot / Lioness (Panthera leo) and Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) silhouetted at sunset, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck with does, Vesneri, Estonia, March. Winner of the Animal stories portfolio in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) at sunset, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Sven Zacek / River meeting the sea on the Baltic coast of Estonia. Europe, May 2011.

Alex Hyde / Tropical rainforest meeting the sea. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar, October 2009

Kristel Richard / A Sika deer stag rests among a band of wild Misaki-uma horses (Equus ferus caballus) in the Cape Toi Reserve, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan.

Mark Raycroft / Australian Shepherd (Canis familiaris) puppy meeting sheep