Bence Mate / European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) fighting each other, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. June. Winner, 2019 Cadiz Photo Nature Competition.

Claudio Contreras / Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus) swimming in Southern sea palm (Eisenia arborea) and Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphe...

Nick Garbutt / RF - Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) foraging in snow covered valley. Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, USA. February 2019. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Oliver Wright / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) resting on stem, covered in early morning dew. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.

Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) on the move, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January. Second place in the Mammals Category of the GDT European Nature Photographer of the Year...

Cyril Ruoso / Ringed-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) amongst granite rocks in cave. Lemurs lick minerals from the rocks. Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar.

Staffan Widstrand / African bush elephant, (Loxodonta africana) two head to head playing, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / RF - Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) group of three perched on branch, squabbling, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Southern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) two, with one in foreground, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) preening, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) in flight, about to land, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

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

Francisco Marquez / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles and a few adults kept temporarily in an enclosure for ringing, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Francisco Marquez / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles and a few adults kept temporarily in an enclosure for ringing, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Francisco Marquez / Volunteers rounding up Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles for ringing, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Francisco Marquez / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock silhouetted in wetland, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Marie Lochman / Salmon Gum (Eucalyptus salmonophloia), Western Australian endemic plant, Dunn Rock Nature Reserve, March 2015

Marie Lochman / Honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus) on Lemann's Banksia (Banksia lemanniana) Mount Gibbs Nature Reserve, Wheat-belt Region of Western Australia.

Marie Lochman / Biodiversity of flora in heath / Kwongan habitat, Wheatbelt, Frank Hann National Park, November 2013

Marie Lochman / Woolly-orange banksia (Banksia victoriae), Western Australian endemic plant, Western Australia, Bindoo Hill Nature Reserve, September 2014

Marie Lochman / Holly-leaved banksia (Banksia ilicifolia), Western Australian endemic plant, Yeal Nature Reserve, Western Australia.

Yashpal Rathore / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) walking at night, with monsoon clouds and lightning. Kanha National Park, Central India. Dominant male (T29)

Terry Whittaker / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus). Blue colour morph. Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland. March

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sitting with Bamboo in background. Shenshuping Panda Base, Wolong Nature Reserve, Wenchuan, Sichuan Province, China. Captive.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with freshly caught fish. Tench (Tinca tinca) to feed to its young chick, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, June

David Pattyn / Great white egret (Egretta Alba) preening its feathers, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, July

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on its back and in the water, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, June

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on its back, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, June

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adults courting and greeting each other to confirm their bond. Even with the young chicks already out they often show courtship behavior to each other, Valkenh...

David Pattyn / Mute swan (cygnus olor) family, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, June

Matthew Maran / Red shanked douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus) Son Tra Nature Reserve, Vietnam

Matthew Maran / Delacour's langurs (Trachypithecus delacouri) resting, Van Long Nature Reserve,Ninh Binh, Vietnam. Critically endangered

Lorraine Bennery / Black lemur (Eulemur macaco macaco) female sitting in tree. Lokobe Reserve, Nosy Be, Madagascar.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Mrs Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae) perched on branch, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) feeding on leaves, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China, April.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China. April.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Injured Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) swimming in a small creek after unsuccessfully attempting to jump across it. This muntjac was unable to get out of the creek himself, and was later rescued by the p...

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) carrying young baby, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pere David's deer / Milu (Elaphurus davidianus) male walking in the morning,Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Shishou, Hubei, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pere David's deer / Milu (Elaphurus davidianus) stag, walking in the morning in Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Shishou, Hubei, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pere David's deer / Milu (Elaphurus davidianus), two stags testing their strength in Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Shishou, Hubei, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pere David's deer / Milu (Elaphurus davidianus), walking through water of Yangtze river, Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Shishou, Hubei, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pere David's deer / Milu (Elaphurus davidianus) stag wading through the water of the Yangtze river, Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Hubei, China

Sven Zacek / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) swimming with head above water in Suur Emajogi River. Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. November.

Sven Zacek / Bog surrounding river in morning light. Emajoe Suursoo Nature Reserve, Tartumaa, Estonia. October 2015.

Sven Zacek / Sunrise over bog with trees reflected in pool. Endla Nature Reserve, Jogevamaa, Central Estonia. October 2015.

Sven Zacek / Mist over bog with conifers in pre-dawn light. Endla Nature Reserve, Jogevamaa, Central Estonia. June 2016.

Sven Zacek / Frozen bog pool system, aerial view. Endla Nature Reserve, Jogevamaa, Central Estonia. December 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ancient Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) amongst flowering Common heather / Ling (Calluna vulgaris). Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) blackback, juvenile male demonstrating power. Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) blackback, juvenile male demonstrating power. Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

Richard Du Toit / Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii), Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Terry Whittaker / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) feeding in snow, blue colour morph, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland, March.

Terry Whittaker / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) feeding and digging in snow whilst hunting, blue colour morph, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland, March.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) juvenile climbing in a tree in Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Central Yunnan black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis), mother and baby hanging in canopy. Wuliangshan Nature Reserve, Jingdong, Yunnan Province, China.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Sichuan / Tibetan takin (Budorcas taxicolor tibetana) walking through a forest in Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve,Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Portrait of a Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) full frame of the face, Foping Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China. Endangered species

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) jumping from branch to branch, Foping Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China. Endangered species

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) male displaying in grass in Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China, September.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) flying, Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China, September.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Tree frog (Amolops afghanus) female sitting on moss Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China, May.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, April.

Theo Bosboom / Landscape in Fjallabak Nature Reserve, with circular patterns on the ground, Iceland, September 2017. Highly commended in the Landscape category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year A...

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

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Black-footed Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) pair on beach, Betty's Bay, Stony Point Nature Reserve, South Africa

Sergey Gorshkov / Moonrise at twilight, Putoransky State Nature Reserve, Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia

Sergey Gorshkov / Sunset over Putoransky State Nature Reserve, Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia, October.

Theo Bosboom / Small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) close up portrait, warming up in the early morning. De Hatertse Vennen Nature Reserve, near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, July.

Theo Bosboom / Small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum), warming up in the early morning, De Hatertse Vennen Nature Reserve, near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, July

Robert Thompson / Elephant hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor) portrait, Brackagh Moss National Nature Reserve, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. April.

Michel Roggo / Meltwater channel through icefield in the Temnik River, Baikal Nature Reserve, Buryatia, Siberia, Russia, May 2015.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red panda or Lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the humid montane mixed forest, Laba He National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June. Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...

Claudio Contreras / Aerial view of Espiritu Santo Island National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, June, Honorary Mention in the third national contest 'Visions of our Nature' organised by Mexico...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick under the wing of protective parent, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June.Finalist in the Portfolio Category...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick age three days, standing in nest, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category o...

Claudio Contreras / Californian Sealion (Zalophus californianus) in kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benito del Este Island, Baja California Peninsula Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, Ma...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick creche in front of attentive adult flamingo group, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Por...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick age 5 days, walking around nest, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) sleeping in the breeding colony, brooding egg, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terr...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) tending to newborn chick while another feed two day old chick, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in t...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick group walking around the breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Ter...

Claudio Contreras / Aerial view of Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, May, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage Nature...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) preening chick in the breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) building up mud whilst brooding egg, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding three day old chick at breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of t...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) rolling egg to side in the nest, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvag...

John Waters / Mixed flock of Wigeon (Anas penelope) and Northern lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) disturbed by hunting Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus), Greylake RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, December.

Espen Bergersen / Ljotipollur crater lake, Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland, October 2017

Espen Bergersen / Aerial panoramic shot of the Ljotipollur crater lake, Fjallabakka Nature Reserve, Iceland, October 2017

Nigel Cattlin / Knapweed broomrape (Orobanche elatior) flower spike in grassland. Disused chalk pit nature reserve, Berkshire, England, UK. June

Matthew Maran / Red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) feeding on leaves, Son Tra Nature Reserve, Vietnam, 2018.

Matthew Maran / Red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) feeding on leaves, Son Tra Nature Reserve, Vietnam, 2018.