David Gallan / Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) scent marking in Monga National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Remote camera, triggered by movement. Highly Commended 2018 Wildlife Photographer Of The Yea...

Andy Trowbridge / Moeraki Boulder / Kaihinaki, on Koekohe Beach. 60 Million year old mudstone concretions. Moeraki, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand. January, 2012. Taken with Blue-n-Gold Polar...

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus arctos maritimus) mother rolling in snow watched by new year cubs, 6 months old, Svalbard, Arctic

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Sunrise through deciduous woodland with beech trees casting long shadows. Bolderwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, October. Did you know? There are 20 million visitors to the New...

Carol Walker / Claro and Cremesso, two third year male cremello Wild horse / mustang colts that had been rounded up from the McCullough Peak herd, Wyoming, and put up for adoption, on their new ranch in Colorado, US...

Mateusz Piesiak / Young American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) snatching food from adult on the shoreline. Long Island, New York, USA, July 2010. Winner, Young Wildlife Photographer, 2011 Wildlife Photographer o...

Sandra Bartocha / Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) on lake shore in hazy sunset light. Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania, Germany. Winner, In Praise of Plants category, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMP...

Juergen Freund / A sing-sing performance, known as laklakau in the Tigak language, by Enuk villagers. Villagers sing and dance to show off their traditional rituals and identity. The sing-sing is performed as a celebr...

Andy Rouse / Two Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) new year cubs (6 months). Svalbard, Norway, Europe, February.

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) new year cub, 6 months, standing on hind legs, Svalbard, Norway (non-ex) July 2007

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother rolling in snow watched by new year cubs, 6 months, pink tint of fur caused by snow algae, Svalbard, Norway, July 2007

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) new year cub, 6 months, standing on hind legs, Svalbard, Norway (non-ex) July 2007

Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) new year cub, 6 months, standing on hind legs, Svalbard, Norway (non-ex) July 2007

Floris van Breugel / Ferns, mosses and blooming azaleas in marshes, Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, New York, USA. May. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 - Highly Commended in the 'In Praise of Plants'...

Shane Gross / Bahamas cave fish / cusk eel (Lucifuga spelaeotes) an almost blind fish species, at the bottom of a blue hole on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. Awarded in Underwater category, Wildlife Photographer of the...

Marie Read / Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) first year female perched with newly-emerged leaves in spring, New York, USA, May.

Ashley Cooper / Solar tiles on St Silas's church in Pentonville, London, UK. This new solar roof, produces aprox. 47% of the buildings energy needs and will reduce C02 emissions by 7,000 kg per year. October 2010

Ashley Cooper / Solar tiles on St Silas's church in Pentonville, London, UK. This new solar roof, produces aprox. 47% of the buildings energy needs and will reduce C02 emissions by 7,000 kg per year. October 2010

Neil Aldridge / Poultry farmer holds the carcasses of two hens, as well as the Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) that killed them. Although thousands of foxes are shot by farmers each year, this is the last fox this farmer sho...

Jeff Foott / Jaguar (Panthera onca) female and one year old cub on riverbank, Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Jeff Foott / Jaguar (Panthera onca) female and one year old cub on riverbank, Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Jeff Foott / Jaguar (Panthera onca) female and one year old cub. Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Andy Trowbridge / Long exposure of wave/surf breaking around Moeraki Boulders (60 Million year old mudstone concretions), on Koekohe Beach. Koekohe Beach, Moeraki, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zeal...

Ingo Arndt / Reticulated Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium valerioi) male guarding egg clutch on leaf, Costa Rica. Finalist, Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPOY) 2014 competition, Amphibians and Reptiles category.

Chris Mattison / Stone plant (Lithops pseudotruncatella) with new leaves forcing their way through the previous year's. Cultivated plant from Namibia.

Tony Wu / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) spermaceti in bottles, on display at the Nantucket Whaling Museum, Massachusetts, USA. This spermaceti was taken from a 46-foot male sperm whale that stranded on...

Nick Hawkins / Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) feeding on remains of a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), Costa Rica, November 2012. Finalist in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014.

Constantinos Petrinos / Meteora rock near to village of Kastraki. The scarves are hung at the entrance to the cave. Every year, on St. George's day, people climb the rock and hang new scarves that will stay there for a year...

Constantinos Petrinos / Meteora rock near to village of Kastraki. The scarves are hung at the entrance to the cave. Every year, on St. George's day, people climb the rock and hang new scarves that will stay there for a year...

Gerrit Vyn / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) juvenile in first year, Tompkins County, New York, USA. September.

Chris Mattison / Living stone plant (Lithops pseudotruncatella) with new leaves bursting through the dried up leaves of last year, and ripe seed capsule. Cultivated species, occurs in South Africa.

LYNN M. STONE / Nine-year old girl with mixed-breed rabbit babies; Higganum, Connecticut, USA. Model released.

John Abbott / Decim Periodical Cicada (Magicicada septendecim) on white background, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, June.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of River Hongbao decorations and dancing display for Chinese New Year celebrations, Marina Bay, Singapore, 2011.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nadia Takui, girl aged 9 years from a Chukchi reindeer herding family, dressed up for the first day of the new school year at Amguema. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, September 2013.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nadia Takui, girl aged 9 years from a Chukchi reindeer herding family, dressed up for the first day of the new school year at Amguema. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, September 2013.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Young Hazel (Corylus avellana) leaves in spring, with a dead leaf from the previous year, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, April.

Brent Stephenson / Immature Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) second year bird in flight about to land on the water. At sea off Wanganui, New Zealand, August.

Brent Stephenson / Immature Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) in flight against a blue sky. This is a second year bird, moulting into adult plumage. At sea off Wanganui, New Zealand, August.

Brent Stephenson / Immature Red-billed gull (Larus scopulinus) in its second year, resting on the shore. Waikanae Estuary, Wellington, New Zealand, August.

Doug Wechsler / Periodical Cicada (Magicicada septendecim) recently metamorphosed, Bear Moutain, Orange County, New York, USA, June.

Peter Lewis / Fireworks over the London Eye on New Years Eve 2012. London, England, UK.

Peter Lewis / Fireworks over the London Eye on New Years Eve 2012. London, England, UK.

Marie Read / Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) first-year adult with no waxy tips to wings, feeding on Serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.) fruit in early summer, New York, USA, June

Andy Trowbridge / Moeraki Boulder / Kaihinaki on Koekohe Beach at sunrise. 60 Million year old mudstone concretions. Moeraki, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand. January, 2012.

Andy Trowbridge / Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki on Koekohe Beach at sunrise, crepuscular rays on the horizon. 60 Million year old mudstone concretions. Moeraki, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand....

Andy Trowbridge / A moeraki boulder/ Kaihinaki on Koekohe Beach at sunrise. Tide sweeping around boulder, slow shutter speed. 60 Million year old mudstone concretions. Moeraki, Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zeala...

Andy Trowbridge / Moeraki Boulder / Kaihinaki on Koekohe Beach at sunrise. 60 Million year old mudstone concretions. Moeraki, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand. January, 2012.

Andy Trowbridge / Moeraki Boulder / Kaihinaki on Koekohe Beach at sunrise. 60 Million year old mudstone concretions. Moeraki, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand. January, 2012.

Carol Walker / Two third year male cremello Wild horse / mustang colts Cremello and Claro that had been rounded up from a McCullough Peak herd, Wyoming, and put up for adoption, waiting to be transported to new home...

Carol Walker / Claro and Cremesso, third year male cremello Wild horse / mustang colts that had been rounded up from the McCullough Peak herd, Wyoming, and put up for adoption, on their new ranch in Colorado , USA,...

Carol Walker / Third year male cremello Wild horse / mustang colt Cremesso that had been rounded up from a McCullough Peak herd, Wyoming, and put up for adoption, at new home in Colorado, USA, July 2010

Carol Walker / Claro and Cremesso, two third year male cremello Wild horse / mustang colts that had been rounded up from the McCullough Peak herd, Wyoming, and put up for adoption, on their new ranch in Colorado, US...

Juergen Freund / People harvesting coral to make lime for betelnut chewing. These branching staghorn corals (Acropora) are amongst the fastest growing corals at about 10 cm/year. M'Buke Island, New Ireland, Papua New...

Juergen Freund / People drying coral to make lime for betelnut chewing. These branching staghorn corals (Acropora) are amongst the fastest growing corals at about 10 cm/year. New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, June 2010

Juergen Freund / A sing-sing performance, known as laklakau in the Tigak language, by Enuk villagers.The sing-sing is performed as a celebration on many occasions, including at the end of a school year, as thanksgivin...

Juergen Freund / Harvested coral used for making lime for betelnut chewing, ready for the drying and burning process. These branching stag-horn corals (Acropora) are amongst the fastest growing corals at about 10 cm/...

Adrian Davies / New growth of Birch, Bracken and coarse grass in year following extensive heathland fire, Thursley Common National Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, 2007

Adrian Davies / New growth of Bracken and Heather on ground burned in previous year. Thursley Common National Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, 2007

Tom Vezo / Tufted Titmouse {Baeolophus bicolor} portrait on branch, Long Island, New Year, USA.

Pete Oxford / Masks for New Year celebrations, Quito, Ecuador

Martin Gabriel / Common reed {Phragmites australis} with previous year's and new growth, Germany

Tui De Roy / North Island Kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni) threatened endemic species, plant eater, forest floor to canopy, lives in close-bonded pair year-round, Otorohanga Breeding Center, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) gamming group courting as part of multi-year mate selection, Moubrey Ridge, Campbell Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) gamming group courting as part of multi-year mate selection, Enderby Island, Auckland Group, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) gamming group courting as part of multi-year mate selection, Moubrey Ridge, Campbell Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) 70 year old male portrait, the only surviving species of an order that flourished 200 million years ago, Otorohanga Zoological Facility, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) 70 year old male portrait, the only surviving species of an order that flourished 200 million years ago, Otorohanga Zoological Facility, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) biologist climbing tree to count unripe seeds which will be an indicator whether the kakapo will breed this year, Codfish Island, Southland, New Zealand

Paul D Stewart / Illustrated portraits of Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892) and Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 - 29 June 1895). Linley Sambourne's illustration for the new 1885 Macmillan edition of Kings...

Paul D Stewart / Portrait of Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892); 1883 portrait in his home study for The Graphic magazine, in the year he retired from the BMNH. Owen was a comparative anatomist and palaeon...

Onne van der Wal / A wild dolphin surfaces under the bow of 88ft sloop "Shaman" in Fjordland, a World Heritage Site in South Island, New Zealand. Model Released and Property Released.^^^ Only a handful of yachts reach t...

Onne van der Wal / Driftwood and 60 million year old moeraki boulders, Oamarua, South Island, New Zealand.

Matt Roseveare / Remains of bank making up medieval park pale, a deer park boundary, surrounded by woodland, Lyndhurst, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, December, 2023. Park pale dates back to year 1291.

Matt Roseveare / Remains of bank making up medieval park pale, a deer park boundary, covered in moss and surrounded by woodland, Lyndhurst, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, December, 2023. Park pale dates back...

Matt Roseveare / Remains of bank making up medieval park pale, a deer park boundary, covered in moss and surrounded by woodland, Lyndhurst, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, December, 2023. Park pale dates back...

Matt Roseveare / Remains of bank making up medieval park pale, a deer park boundary, surrounded by woodland, Lyndhurst, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, December, 2023. Park pale dates back to year 1291.

Shane Gross / Plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus) fry, newly hatched and attached to yolk sacs in nest hidden under a rock in the intertidal zone, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean. Und...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) on city sidewalk at night, Pearl Street, New York City, USA. May. Winner of the Urban Wildlife category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019.

Magnus Lundgren / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) with Pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) swimming in front, Triton bay, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean. European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2017 - Th...

Doug Wechsler / Periodical cicadas (Magicicada septendecim) over leaves and branches, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. June 2021

Doug Wechsler / Periodical cicada (Magicicada septendecim) on tree bark at Princeton University campus, New Jersey, USA. June 2021

Nayan Khanolkar / Large mixed flock of Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) and Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) in the Talawe wetland in Navi Mumbai (New Bombay), India, a small pocket of wilderness surroun...

Marie Read / Front view of an adult Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) in flight carrying a fish, Long Island, New York, USA. August. Bird Photographer of the Year Competition 2023 - Highly commended - Birds in flight...

David Noton / Dog walker on Vartenham Hill on a frosty New Year's Day, Milborne Port, Somerset, England. January 2021.

David Noton / Footpath style on a frosty New Year's Day near Milborne Port, Somerset, England, UK. January 2021.

Tim Laman / Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda) displaying on canopy lek display site, Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia. (Winner, Special Award Portfolio, Wildlife Photographer...

Tim Laman / Twelve wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) male displaying to a female at his display pole in the swamp rain forest at Nimbokrang, Papau, Indonesia, Island of New Guinea. Winner, Special A...

Tim Laman / Twelve wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) male at display perch in the swamp rain forest at Nimbokrang, Papua, Indonesia, Island of New Guinea. Winner, Special Award Portfolio, Wildlife P...

Tim Laman / King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) male showing detail of green central tail feathers, red body, and blue feet, Papua New Guinea. Specially Commended in the Creative Visions of Nature category,...

Tim Laman / Magnificent Riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) male displaying to female from his display vine, Papua New Guinea. Winner, Special Award Portfolio, Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPOY) 2014 competitio...

Marie Read / Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) in flight carrying an acorn, photographed through red autumn foliage, October, Ithaca, New York, USA.Commended in the Inspirational Encounters category of the Bird Photo...

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / The Human Dragon, a traditional dance performance festival event for the New Year celebrations, Sheng Tang village, Guangdong province, China