Sue Flood / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick flapping wings, Snow Hill Island rookery, Weddell Sea, Antarctica. November.

Sue Flood / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking with young chick at Snow Hill Island rookery, Antarctica. October.

Sue Flood / Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) with young chick at Snow Hill Island rookery, Antarctica. October.

Sue Flood / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) feeding chick, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Emanuele Biggi / Predatory bush cricket (Saga pedo) waiting for prey on Eryngium, Italy. June. Vulnerable species.

Emanuele Biggi / Great Fen / Raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), adult female eating an invasive species of fish, Western mosquitofish, (Gambusia affinis), Alessandria, Italy, August.

Robert Thompson / Elephant hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor) portrait, Brackagh Moss National Nature Reserve, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. April.

Robert Thompson / Garden tiger moth (Arctia caja) Killard Point NNR, Ballyhornan, County Down, Northern Ireland.July.

Robert Thompson / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) Brackagh Moss NNR, Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland. May.

Robert Thompson / Hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna) Brackagh Moss NNR, Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Robert Thompson / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) flying to fuchsia flower, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Robert Thompson / Sawfly larvae (Nematus pavidus) defensive posture, Peatlands Park, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. September.

Mark Carwardine / Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) at water surface with mouth open showing baleen plates, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June. Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick under the wing of protective parent, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June.Finalist in the Portfolio Category...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) sleeping in the breeding colony, brooding egg, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terr...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) tending to newborn chick while another feed two day old chick, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in t...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick group walking around the breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Ter...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) preening chick in the breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) building up mud whilst brooding egg, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding three day old chick at breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of t...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) rolling egg to side in the nest, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvag...

Ingo Arndt / Compilation of various corals including many Fan corals (Gorgonacea sp) from collection at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Bark beetle (Scolytinae) galleries in dead spruce tree (Picea abies), Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany., June.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (fruit and beetle elytra ) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) detail of nest surface, Hessen, Germany, April.

Ingo Arndt / Buff tip moth (Phalera bucephala) protective web covering caterpillars and food plant, Hungary, June.

Ingo Arndt / Buff tip moth (Phalera bucephala) caterpillars feeding on leaf, Hungary, June.

Ingo Arndt / Caddisfly (Limnephilidae) case built out of sticks and bark fragments, Germany, November.

Ingo Arndt / Caddisfly (Limnephilus sp.) case built of sticks, wood fragments, seeds, snail shells and plant stems, Germany, November.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (fungus) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decoration material (blue rotten wood) collected in order to attract females to his bower, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Bower of Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with various types of leafs, beetle wing covers, black and brown fungi, red flowers and blue berries, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesi...

Ingo Arndt / Cathedral Termite mount, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Ingo Arndt / Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male at courting bower, Litchfield National Park, Australia.

Ingo Arndt / Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) nest in Senckenberg Natural Hystory Collection Dresden, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) web with dew drops, at sunrise, Germany, August.

Ingo Arndt / Magnetic Termite (Amitermes meridionalis) mounds in grassland, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ingo Arndt / Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) nest from Germany in collection at Uebersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Bower of Vogelkop bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) front entrance of bower decorated with red fruit and acorns, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / Male Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) constructing bower roof. Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Ingo Arndt / European Red Wood Ant (Formica polyctena) nests in pine forest, Hessen, Germany, July.

Ingo Arndt / Green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) group on entrance from nest, built from woven leaves, Northern Territory, Kakadu National Park, Australia.

Neil Aldridge / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) pups waiting at their den on Mashatu Game Reserve, Tuli, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Two adult African jacanas (Actophilornis africanus) flying over reedbeds, Selinda Spillway, northern Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) flying, Selinda Spillway, northern Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) standing on the banks of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Portrait of an African darter (Anhinga rufa) on the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) catching a young barbel or catfish in the shallows of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) perched on the back of an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) on the banks of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) calf keeping close to its mother on Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) female 'Thandi' silhouetted against the sunset, Kariega Game Reserve. South Africa. Thandi's horns were taken in a brutal attack by poachers.

Neil Aldridge / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feed on a wildebeest carcass, Chobe, Botswana, August.

Neil Aldridge / Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) with a Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) on its back, nuzzling its mother at a waterhole, Chief's Island, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) yawning while sitting on a fallen tree in forests, Limpopo River, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) female standing framed by a fallen tree, Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) flying over reedbeds, Selinda Spillway, northern Botswana. August.

Neil Aldridge / Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) reassuring her tiny pup at the entrance to their den, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) exploring the skeleton of an elephant, Selinda Spillway, northern Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Portrait of an adult Spotted eagle owl (Bubo africanus) Table Mountain National Park, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) bull charging through the shallows of the Selinda Spillway, with another behind, northern Botswana, August.

Neil Aldridge / Red lechwe (Kobus leche) standing on an island, Zibadianja Lagoon, Selinda Reserve, northern Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Plain's zebra (Equus quagga) biting the neck of a rival during a fight Hluhluwe imfolozi Park. South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Plain's zebra (Equus quagga) close up of face, Kariega Game Reserve. South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) erupts from the water after an unsuccessful dive into the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) snatching a Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) in its jaws, Shingwedzi River, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) resting in the sun on a grassy island in the middle of the Chobe River, northern Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) preening itself after a summer rainstorm in the central district, Kruger National Park. South Africa. Vulnerable species.

Neil Aldridge / Lion cub (Panthera leo) calling to its mother from the raised deck of a tourist lodge in the middle of the Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park, Zambia. Vulnerable species.

Neil Aldridge / Lion cub (Panthera leo) playfully attacking its mother as she drags her puku antelope prey across burnt Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park, Zambia. Vulnerable

Neil Aldridge / African lion (Panthera leo) male lying in the middle of the Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park, Zambia. Vulnerable

Neil Aldridge / Lioness (Panthera leo) yawning in early morning light on Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / African lion (Panthera leo) male glancing over its shoulder on Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana. Vulnerable species. This lion was shot illegally by South African farmers shortly after the photogr...

Neil Aldridge / Lesser masked weaver (Ploceus intermedius) male hanging upside down from the entrance, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Leopard (Panthera pardus) charging down a dry riverbank during an evening hunt, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana. November.

Neil Aldridge / Leopard (Panthera pardus) male in vegetation, Chief's Island, Okavango Delta, Botswana. Vulnerable species.

Neil Aldridge / Portrait of a female Leopard (Panthera pardus) on Chief's Island, Okavango Delta, Botswana. Vulnerable species.

Neil Aldridge / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female resting on the branch of a tree in the heart of Chief's Island, Okavango Delta, Botswana. Vulnerable species. The leopard is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN and i...

Neil Aldridge / Leopard (Panthera pardus) cub peering out from thick vegetation in the heart of Chief's Island, Okavango Delta. Botswana

Neil Aldridge / Two Impalas (Aepyceros melampus) ewes grooming each other in evening light on South Africa's Kruger National Park.

Neil Aldridge / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) charging through the shallows, Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana. Vulnerable species.

Neil Aldridge / Southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) juvenile with an adult bird close by on the Selinda Reserve in northern Botswana. Vulnerable.

Neil Aldridge / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby and its mother are reflected in the waters of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana. Vulnerable.

Neil Aldridge / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) crosses the Selinda Spillway, northern Botswana. Vulnerable.

Neil Aldridge / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) walking in front of a setting sun on floodplains lining the Chobe River, northern Botswana. Vulnerable species.

Neil Aldridge / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) herd approaching a waterhole on Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana. Vulnerable species.

Neil Aldridge / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) drinking in low evening light at a waterhole, Chobe District, Botswana. Vulnerable species.

Neil Aldridge / Portrait of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on Selinda Reserve, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby looking out from the safety of beneath its mother's legs, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana. Vulnerable species. The African elephant is classified as vul...

Neil Aldridge / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing on floodplains, Chobe River, Botswana. Vulnerable species.

Neil Aldridge / Eland (Tragelaphus derbianus) male in evening light, Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa

Neil Aldridge / Dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) pushing ball of dung on Venetia Limpopo Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing in early morning light, Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Vulnerable.

Neil Aldridge / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) staring back over its shoulder, black and white. Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, August.

Neil Aldridge / Caracal (Caracal caracal) Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on Pincushion protea (Leucospermum sp) in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Cape Town, South Africa. Endemic.