Ingo Arndt / American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) swimming in open ocean, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) in snow, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. March.

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) backlit in snow, Vauldalen, Norway, May.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) close up of trunk, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Loic Poidevin / Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Breton Marsh, Vendee, France, May.

Bence Mate / Little egret (Egretta garzetta) and Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) reflected in lake at twilight, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. June. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images...

Pascal Pittorino / Corsican pig (Sus scrofa domestica) sow, suckling the piglets, Parc Naturel Regional de Corse / Natural Regional Park of Corsica, Corsica Island, France. September.

Cyril Ruoso / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) female holding hands with baby whilst hanging from liana. Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Edwin Giesbers / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) group of four on plant stems, River Leijgraaf, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, August 2013. Finalist in the Invertebrate category of the Wildlife Photographer of th...

Sven Zacek / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisea) sitting on its nest surrounded by various coastal colors. Harjumaa, Estonia. June.

Sven Zacek / Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) males reflected in a small pond, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. June.

Andy Rouse / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) with wings raised defensively at sunrise, Wales, UK, April.