Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale {Balaenoptera brydei / edeni} with throat pleats expanded after feeding on baitball of Sardines {Sardinops sagax} off Baja California, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean. Veolia Environnement...

Igor Shpilenok / Domestic cat (Felis catus) scaring away a red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Kronotsky Nature Reserve,m Kamchatka, Russia. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Urban and Garden Wildlife...

Michel Poinsignon / Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) flying from nest-hole in tree, Vosges Mountains, France. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Nature in Black and White category: Runner-up...

Marc Slootmaekers / A bloody lion (Panthera leo) lying on its back after feeding on a buffalo, Masai Mara, Kenya. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Animal Portraits category: Runner-up

Marc Slootmaekers / Hen harrier male (Cirus cyaneus) flying, hunting for mice, Kalmthoutse Heide Nature Reserve, Flanders. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Birds Behaviour category: Highly Com...

Andy Rouse / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female fighting with her 18-month cub (females fight when it is time for the cubs to move on and find their own territory) Ranthambore NP, Rajasthan, India. Veoli...

Floris van Breugel / Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) in bloom amongst Giant Sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and two Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks, USA. June. Veolia Environn...

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'...

Floris van Breugel / Ice cave with melting ice and waterfall, The Bailey Range, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Highly Commended in the 'Wild Places' ca...

Michel Loup / Looking up at Pike (Esox lucius) hiding under water lily leaves, Jura mountain lake, France. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 - Highly commended in the 'Animals in their Env...

Michel Loup / Four Pike (Esox lucius) and their reflections under the water surface, amongst Potamogeton sp pondweed in a mountain lake, Jura, France. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 - W...

Morten Hilmer / Two Arctic hares (Lepus arcticus) fighting, Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Runner-up in the 'Mammal Behaviour' category

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bornean pygmy forest elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) in lowland rainforest, Rio Sungai Kinabatangan, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, April. Endangered species. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographe...