Wild Wonders of Europe / Zacek / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) herd with snow covered noses from feeding, Alam-Pedja Nature reserve, Estonia, February 2006

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) attacking an Arctic Fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) protecting its nest site, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Highly commended, MAMMALS, GDT 2011 competition

Martin Dohrn / Group of lions (Panthera leo) at night, Masai Mara, Kenya. Photographed using 'Starlight Camera' technology without artificial lighting.

XI ZHINONG / Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei), wild animal in tree, Endangered species, Gaoligong Mountains of Yunnan Province, China.

John Cancalosi / Axolotl / Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum), white or leucistic form, critically endangered in the wild, captive, native to Mexico

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) flowering in, woodland, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) flowering in woodland, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small group of flowering Wild daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), with out of focus flowers in the background, Dunsdon Wood Devon Wildlife Trust Reserve, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK,...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) flowering in woodland, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) in flower, controlled conditions, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Ann & Steve Toon / Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) on savanna, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Pool Frog (Rana lessonae) sitting on White lily pad, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Aerial view over the Letea forest at dawn, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania, June 2012

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / White water lily (Nymphaea alba) Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Sunrise over North Velebit National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia June 2012

Ross Hoddinott / Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on grass, Dunsdon Nature Reserve, Devon, UK. July

David Tipling / Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) climbing on fence, St James Park, London, UK, October

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Wild boar piglet (Sus scrofa) with leaf stuck on its nose, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.

Tony Heald / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) pack passing infront of large African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe October 2012

Loic Poidevin / Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) feeding at hole bt water. Breton Marsh, West France, September.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile female 'Joya' aged 6 years sitting in the trees, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) cub amongst kelp on shoreline, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October.

XI ZHINONG / Wild yak (Bos mutus) running, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan plateau, China, December

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Corn buntings (Emberiza calandra) feeding on bird conservation crop, Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, England, UK, December.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Rays of sunlight penetrating forest in Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges County, Leota Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

XI ZHINONG / Grey wolf (Canis lupus) chasing a wounded tibetan wild ass (Equus kiang) Kekexili, Qinghai, China, December.

XI ZHINONG / Grey Wolves (Canis lupus) hunting a wounded Tibetan wild ass (Equus kiang) Kekexili, Qinghai, China, December.

XI ZHINONG / Wild yak (Bos mutus) herd walking across snowy grassland, Qinghai, Tibetan plateau, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Wild yak (Bos mutus) charging and kicking up dust, Kekexili, Qinghai, China, November.

Fabrice Cahez / Wild Cat (Felis silvestris) in mist. Vosges, France, August.

Fabrice Cahez / Wild Cat (Felis silvestris). Vosges, France, August.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Ganado bravo, fighting bull portrait, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca Region, Castilla y Leon, Spain

Mark Carwardine / Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) wild animal with ranger providing round-the-clock protection. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, 2009. Threatened species, Model released

Mark Carwardine / Kakapo (Strigops habroptila) wild male known as Sirocco walking along the ground, night parrot, Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand, Critically endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Kakapo (Strigops habroptila) wild male known as Sirocco, night parrot, Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand, Critically endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Kakapo (Strigops habroptila) wild male known as Sirocco perched in tree, night parrot, Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand, Critically endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Kakapo (Strigops habroptila) wild male known as Sirocco, night parrot, Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand, Critically endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Kakapo / Sirocco / Night parrot (Strigops habroptila) wild male. Codfish Island, southern New Zealand, January 2009.

Mark Carwardine / Amazon river dolphin, pink river dolphin or boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) - wild animal breaching Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon / pink river dolphin / boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) wild animal breaching, Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon river dolphin, pink river dolphin or boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) - two wild animals fighting over fish Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon / pink river dolphin / boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) wild animal underwater in tannin rich river, Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon / pink river dolphin / boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) wild animal underwater in tannin rich river, Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Mark Carwardine / Amazon / pink river dolphin / boto (Inia geoffrensis) Rio Negro, Brazil (Amazon) wild animal underwater in tannin rich river, Threatened species (IUCN Red List)

Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) crossing a fallen tree over a river, Kedrovaya, Pad Reserve, Far East Russia 1987

Christophe Courteau / Fighting between a pack of 21 African Wild Dogs {Lycaon pictus} and the dominant female of a clan of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) Northern Okavango Delta, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Fighting between a pack of 21 African Wild Dogs {Lycaon pictus} and the dominant female of a clan of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) Northern Okavango Delta, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in a fig tree, Kibale National Park, Uganda

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow and cub sliding on their backs over the pack ice, much like ice skating, 1002 coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA

Loic Poidevin / Salmon landing on head of Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) as it is leaping up rapids, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

Roland Seitre / Grand Cayman Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi), adult that has been reintroduced to the wild from captive breeding programme. Endangered species.

Paul D Stewart / 'Martha' the last passenger pigeon, (Ectopistes migratorius), who died Cincinnati Zoo, September 1st, 1914. This portrait of her published in March 1915 as the Frontispiece to William Hornaday's 'The...

David Pattyn / Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) two fighting, probably over territory, The Netherlands, August

Vladimir Medvedev / Camera trap image of wild Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) walking through woodland, Lazovsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, November 1994

Vladimir Medvedev / Camera trap image of wild female Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) scent marking the trunk of a Cedar (Cedrus) tree, Lazovsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, April...

Kristel Richard / Wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) habituated to humans standing alert on local guide, Makgadikgadi Pans, Kalahari desert, Botswana.

Kristel Richard / Wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) habituated to humans acting as sentry and standing alert on local guide's head for height, Makgadikgadi Pans, Kalahari desert, Botswana. No release available.

Kristel Richard / Wild Chincoteague (Equus caballus) two breeding stallions greeting one another, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague Island, Virginia, USA, June

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguin (Spheniscus demsersus) chick hatching inside a small incubator at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) which collects abandoned eggs fro...

Ross Hoddinott / Fungus (Mycena sp.) gills backlit, seen from low angle. Dartmoor, Devon, UK. 'Wild Woods' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Exmoor Ponies (Equus caballus) grazing at Seven Sisters Country Park, South Downs, England, November. Did you know? Some people believe that Exmoor ponies are related to the now extinct Tarpan horse o...

Paul Williams / Tourists watching two wild Jaguar cubs fight on riverbank whilst third looks on from above (Panthera onca) from boat on river, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil. No release available.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) in flower in pine woodland, Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK

Andy Sands / Clouded yellow butterfly (Colias crocea) On Wild sweet pea flower, Captive, UK, July

Kristel Richard / A herd of Retuerta mares trotting, Guadiamar scientific reserve, Donana National Park, Andalusia, Spain. This breed of horse was close to extinction in the 1990s with only 5 individuals left, but now...

Juergen Freund / Crate of Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies just arrived by plane from Brisbane after months of care, ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to the wild, A...

Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorilla silverback, male called Munyinya, (Gorilla beringei) with tourist taking photo, part of Hirwa Group, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Carol Walker / Cowboy galloping through snow, wearing thick sheepskin coat, Wyoming, USA, February 2012, model released

Carol Walker / Wild horse / Mustang, foal, portrait, Pryor mountains, Montana, USA

Carol Walker / Wild horses / Mustangs, two stallions play fighting, Pryor Mountains, Montana, USA, July 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hodalic / Olm (Proteus anguinus) swimming in cave, Divje Jezero, Idrija, Slovenia, Vulnerable species

Wild Wonders of Europe / O. Haar / Litlanesfoss waterfall, Hengifossá river, basalt lava solidified in hexagonal columns, Iceland, August 2008.

Wild Wonders of Europe / O. Haarberg / Litlanesfoss waterfall, Hengifoss river, Basalt lava solidified in hexagonal columns, Iceland, August 2008 - EMBARGOED UNTIL AUGUST 2012

Danny Green / Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in woodlands. Holland, Europe, November.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Corn buntings (Emberiza calandra) in flight, Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, England, UK, December.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) perched on post at edge of conservation margin and arable crop, Wallasea Island Wild Coast project, Essex, England, UK, January.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Corn buntings (Emberiza calandra) feeding on bird conservation crop. Wallasea Wild Coast Project, Essex.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Common frog (Rana temporaria) male calling, in garden pond in spring, Warwickshire, UK

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Otters (Lutra lutra) resting amongst the seaweed, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Young Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in urban park, Bristol, UK, January. Did you know? Red foxes in the wild usually have very short lives, with most reaching around 2 years old.

Merryn Thomas / Cardiff Bay in the evening, with meadow flowers on the Barrage. Cardiff, Wales, July 2011.

Erlend Haarberg / Wild Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) herd, Forollhogna National Park, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, August

Erlend Haarberg / Wild Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) silhouetted, Forollhogna National Park, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, September

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) seen in its burrow. The species is endangered on account of prey depletion and vulnerability to foreign infection. Declared extinct in the wild in 1987, a succes...

Roland Seitre / Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes). The species is endangered on account of prey depletion and vulnerability to foreign infection. Declared extinct in the wild in 1987, a successful breeding progr...

Roland Seitre / Mauricio dos Santos with a captive bred Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), critically endangered species, site of the first attempts to breed Spix's macaw after their extinction in the wild, Recife, P...

Roland Seitre / Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) in fish cage of fish farm, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Critically Endangered species. Wild caught fish are reared in large fish cages for maximum growth bef...

Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species

Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) looking up, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species

Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) on rocky hillside, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species

Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) on rocky hillside, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species. Commended in Wildlife Photograp...

Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) on rocky hillside, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species