Stephane Granzotto / Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) standing alert outside burrow, takes fright and runs inside, Rhone-Alpes, France, July.

Stephane Granzotto / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) feeding in deep snow, digging to reach food, Rhone-Alpes, France, December.

Stephane Granzotto / Tracking shot of a pod of Euphrosyne dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) swimming, Mediterranean Sea, August.

David Perpinan / Male Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) arriving at nest to incubate eggs, female leaves, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, June.

David Perpinan / Two Hyacinth macaws (Anodorynchus hyacinthus) in a tree, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

David Perpinan / Blue-fronted amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva) entering nest in tree, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

David Perpinan / Close-up of a Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) eating ants, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

David Perpinan / Rhea (Rhea americana) incubating eggs, gets up and turns one over, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

David Perpinan / Various Songbirds (Passerine) in cages, confiscated from illegal wildlife trade, Brazil.

David Perpinan / Blue fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva) chicks, confiscated from illegal wildlife trade, Brazil.

David Perpinan / Close-up of a carer feeding a Blue fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva), confiscated from illegal wildlife trade, Brazil.

David Perpinan / Slow motion clip of a Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) wrapping a grasshopper in silk, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain, August.