Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

Mark Payne-Gill / Three banded armadillo {Tolypeutes tricinctus} walking Captive, UK

Mark Payne-Gill / Three banded armadillo {Tolypeutes tricinctus} uncurling from defensive ball

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years acting aggressively towards alpha male 'Foaf' aged 30 years, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011. Sequence 4...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves being chased by his mot...

Doc White / Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus) throat inflated, filter feeding at sea surface. California, USA. Sequence 1 of 2.

Sumio Harada / Black Bear (Ursus americanus) mother and cub near tree den, Glacier National Park, Montana

Ingo Arndt / Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) emitting spores, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) emitting spores, Germany

Christophe Courteau / Female Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing Impala. Okavango Delta, Botswana, sequence 7/7

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad defensive behaviour {Bombina variegata} France sequence 5/7

Christophe Courteau / Red lechwe pair running & jumping in swamp {Kobus leche}. Khwai river, Moremi GR, Botswana

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Mopambi' sitting with her playful infant 'Sopo' aged 18 months, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republi...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Mopambi' sitting with her playful infant 'Sopo' aged 18 months, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republi...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Mopambi' sitting with her playful infant 'Sopo' aged 18 months, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republi...

Jean E. Roche / Rhone Glacier scarring in 2004, with buildings in foreground. Compare with image 1403312 showing signs of glacial retreat.

David Pattyn / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) jumping, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands, sequence 2/6

David Pattyn / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) jumping, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands, sequence 4/6

Anup Shah / Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) male standing in a lake surrounded by a pride of African lions (Panthera leo), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September sequence 8/11

Anup Shah / Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) male standing in a lake surrounded by a pride of African lions (Panthera leo), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September sequence 1/11

Anup Shah / Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) male charging at an African lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September sequence 11/11

Anup Shah / Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) male charging at an African lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September sequence 10/11

Anup Shah / Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) male standing in a lake surrounded by a pride of African lions (Panthera leo), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September sequence 7/11

Anup Shah / Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) male charging at an African lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September sequence 9/11

Anup Shah / Eastern White bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) being attacked by pride of African lions (Panthera leo) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September, sequence 9/12

Anup Shah / Eastern White bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) fighting back against attacking African lions (Panthera leo) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September, sequence 12/12

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Male Black faced blenny (Tripterygion delaisi), part of a sequence showing colour change, Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May. 2/4

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / European Hares (Lepus europaeus) boxing, female on right. Wales, UK, June. Sequence 2 of 2. Did you know? A group of hares is known as a drove.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / European Hares (Lepus europaeus) boxing, female on right. Wales, UK, June. Sequence 1 of 2.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) diving towards prey. Wales, UK, March. Sequence 2 of 2.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) diving towards prey. Wales, UK, March. Sequence 1 of 2.

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) foraging for tidal-flat worm. Norfolk, January. Sequence 2 of 2.

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) foraging for tidal-flat worm. Norfolk, January. Sequence 1 of 2.

Andy Sands / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) male passing fish to female spring during courtship behaviour, Hertfordshire, England, UK, March. Sequence 2 of 6.

Alex Hyde / Bullseye / Io moth (Automeris io) showing eye spot markings on wings during deimatic display to deter predators, photographed on a white background, originating from North and Central America, sequenc...

Alex Hyde / Bullseye / Io moth (Automeris io) showing eye spot markings on wings during deimatic display to deter predators, originating from North and Central America, sequence 2 of 2. Captive.

Alex Hyde / Bullseye / Io moth (Automeris io) resting on leaf with eye spot markings on wings hidden, originating from North and Central America, sequence 1 of 2. Captive.

Todd Mintz / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) diving sequence 1/4, Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, June

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) sky pointing during courtship dance, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Sequence 1 of 3

Alex Hyde / African moon moth (Argema mimosae) digital composite sequence, showing wings expanding after emerging from cocoon, photographed against a white background, orginating from Africa. Captive.

Chadden Hunter / Cameraman Jeff Turner and Producer Chadden Hunter exposed at -40 degrees in Arctic circle in Northern Canada while filming wolves and bison hunting sequence. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet se...

Kristel Richard / An Indian cowboy has lost his balance from a bronc or wild paint horse during the All Indian Rodeo, at the annual Indian Crow Fair, at Crow Agency, near Billings, Montana, USA, August 2011, Sequence 3...

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) male mating with female who has shown her willingness to mate by lying on the nest site in front of a fishing platform, Derbyshire, UK, March, sequence 2/5

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) doe jumping stock fence, Scotland, UK, November 2011 Sequence 5/6

Fabrice Cahez / Wild cat (Felis silvestris) pouncing in field, sequence 1/3, Vosges, France, May

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) using coordinated wave washing technique, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, Januar...

Kathryn Jeffs / Southern Type B Killer whales (Orcinus orca) hunting Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) using coordinated wave washing technique, Antarctica. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, Januar...

B&S Draker / Cicada (Tibicen resh) adult emerging from nymph carapace. Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, June. Sequence 10 of 10.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 5/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 7/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April Sequence 6/7

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} nymph about to hatch, Cornwall, UK. April, Sequence 1/7

Juan Carlos Munoz / Flysch - a sequence of sedimentary rocks. Sakoneta beach, Deva, Gipuzkoa, The Bay of Biscay, Spain, June.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Rocks / pebbles and Flysch - a sequence of sedimentary rocks. Sakoneta beach, Deva, Gipuzkoa, The Bay of Biscay, Spain, June.

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) adult stretching on fringes of a field of rapeseed. Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire, UK, May, sequence 3/4

Christian Ziegler / Greater Bulldog Bat (Noctilio leporinus) sequence catching a fish from Lake Gatun, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Mark Bowler / Sequence of a Three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) unrolling from defensive ball posture to walking. Captive.

Mark Bowler / Three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) walking in profile. Captive. Endemic to Brazil. 6 of 6.

Mark Bowler / Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) rolled up in defensive posture. Captive. Endemic to Brazil.

Mark Bowler / Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) unrolling. Captive. Endemic to Brazil. 4 of 6.

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) two breaching in evening light, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August, sequence 1/2. 2020VISION Book Plate.

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) two breaching in evening light, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August, sequence 2/2. Photographer quote: 'A day of overcast cloud cleared in the la...

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) breaching in evening light, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August, sequence 1/7

Anup Shah / Male Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) jumping through the forest canopy, Sequence 3/5. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, March 2010.

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, ploughed fields in early winter, Shiga, Japan, November, sequence 7/8

Nature Production / Aerial view of rice paddy fields (Oryza sativa) fixed-point observation of seasonal changes, summer, Shiga, Japan, early August, sequence 4/8

Nature Production / Japanese tree frog (Hyla japonica) climbing up onto hydrangea leaf, Fukuoka, Japan, August, sequence 1/3

Troels Jacobsen/Arcticphoto / A Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) grabs a Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) from underwater. Antarctica. Sequence Three of six.

Donald M. Jones / Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), northwestern Montana. Sequence 1 of 2

Juergen Freund / Fluorescent coral viewed under normal light, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, sequence 1/2

Juergen Freund / Fluorescent coral viewed under UV light, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, sequence 2/2

Kim Taylor / Various Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) in flight at different points of the wingbeat, against a white background. Surrey, UK, October. Composite

Mark Taylor / English Oak (Quercus robur) standing solitary in a field. Surrey, UK, November. Year sequence, 1 of 4 (winter).

Mark Taylor / English Oak (Quercus robur) standing solitary in a field. Surrey, UK, October. Year sequence, 3 of 4 (autumn).

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) in water with Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare), its teeth around the back of the prey's neck. Piquiri River, The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, October....

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) struggling with a Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare) in the Piquiri River. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, October. Sequence 2/4

Daniel Heuclin / Mosquito (Anopheles gambiae) feeding on human in controlled conditions. The body is becoming engorged with blood. Malaria vector. Africa, June. Engorging sequence 2 of 3. Model released

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Common bottle-nosed / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Indo-Pacific dolphin (T. aduncus) breach and dive sequence in profile (Wildlife Art Company).

Alex Hyde / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) sequence showing protective nictitating membrane over eye. Captive bird, UK.

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, ruby coated, being showered / bathed, in a bathtub. Sequence 6/16. Model released

Nick Garbutt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) displaying on the beach front. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Antarctica. January, sequence 5/6

Nick Garbutt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) displaying on the beach front. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Antarctica. January, sequence 4/6

Nick Garbutt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) displaying on the beach front. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Antarctica. January, sequence 2/6

Laurent Geslin / Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) flying down river in Pairs, France. March.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Superb Green Cicada (Tibicen superba) adult emerging from nymph skin, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA (Sequence 19/25)

Rolf Nussbaumer / Superb Green Cicada (Tibicen superba) adult emerging from nymph skin, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA (Sequence 16/25)

Rolf Nussbaumer / Superb Green Cicada (Tibicen superba) adult emerging from nymph skin, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA (Sequence 7/25)

Rolf Nussbaumer / Superb Green Cicada (Tibicen superba) adult emerging from nymph skin, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA (Sequence 1/25)

Stephen Dalton / Shotgun discharge, multiflash sequence of eight images

Stephen Dalton / Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) shortly after taking off from Aster flowers, UK, sequence 1/4

Stephen Dalton / Common housefly (Musca domestica) multiflash sequence of two images showing fly landing on ceiling, touching down on front feet and cart-wheeling down on remaining two pairs of feet.

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) feeding on baitball of Sardines (Sardinops sagax) off Baja California, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean. 4 in sequence of 5

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) feeding on baitball of Sardines (Sardinops sagax) off Baja California, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean. 3 in sequence of 5