Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick looking upwards to parents beak. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Sebastian Vogel / European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) female, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Aggressive Mute swan (Cygnus olor) Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Florian Möllers / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) adult portrait, captive, Vogelpark Marlow, Germany, May.

Robert Valentic / Vogel's pit viper (Trimeresurus vogeli) male in elevated rainforest habitat within the Bach Ma National Park in central Vietnam. Dry season.

Konrad Wothe / White-bellied antpitta (Grallaria hypoleuca) in cloudforest, North Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / Green jay (Cyanocorax yncas) rainforest, cloudforest, North-Ecuador.

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Long-eared Owl (Asio otus), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) male at nest cavity, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) butterfly, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sebastian Vogel/ BIA / Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Vosges, France

Sebastian Vogel / European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) male with insect prey, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany