Steven Kazlowski / Two curious young Polar bears (Ursus maritimus), Barter Island, off the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, October 2011

Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) juvenile reaching out with curiosity, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult female Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on scaffolding, Bristol, England, UK, June.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Male Skylark (Alauda arvensis) in flight, singing, Denmark Farm, Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, March. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The word skylark used to be used by sailors for playing t...

Kevin Schafer / Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) Santa Cruz Is, Galapagos. Vulnerable species

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) male following a female, courtship, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) three sub adults approaching remote camera with curiosity, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) cubs aged 6-9 months approaching with curiosity watched by their mother, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) and Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) covered with flies - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara...

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group leaving a waterhole - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group drinking from waterhole - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) walking by a waterhole - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March 2010.

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male defending a kill from vultures after lions have finished - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Black-back jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya...

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) feeding on recent kill with vultures gathering in the background - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. October 2009.

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) male feeding on recent kill with vultures gathering in the background - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. October 2009.

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. October

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. October

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. October

Anup Shah / Common / Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) herd drinking from the Mara River - wide angle underbelly perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest herd (Connochaetes taurinus) and Common / Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) running away from the Mara River after crossing - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara N...

Anup Shah / Common / Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) adult leaping as herd runs away from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Common / Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) herd running away from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September 2009.

Anup Shah / Flock of White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding on a carcass, wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September 2009.

Anup Shah / Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) following a herd of Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) as they cross the Mara River, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Cape / African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) approaching with curiosity, herd in the background, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Cape / African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) approaching camera with curiosity, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running, rear view, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running after crossing Mara river, wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) and White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) feeding on the carcass of an elephant - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) emerging from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) emerging from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd running - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Common / Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) close up view of under belly - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River, close up of legs - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September 2009.

Anup Shah / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cub feeding on the carcass of a Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Mark Carwardine / Hawaiian goose / Nene (Branta sandvicensis) looking down, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK, Captive, native to Hawaii, USA, Vulnerable species, September

Ernie Janes / Border collie, head portrait, Norfolk, UK, May

Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) head portrait of juvenile male reaching out with his paw, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / African Lion pride male (Panthera leo) head portrait, low angle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) juvenile head portrait, low angle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) investigating with its trunk, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) spraying mud, low angle shot, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / African lioness (Panthera leo) portrait with male behind, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).head portrait of juvenile peering curiously, wide angle perspective Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) low angle shot, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) head portrait of juvenile male, relaxing playfully, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. April

Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) head portrait of juvenile male, showing teeth in aggressive display, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. April

Anup Shah / African Lioness (Panthera leo) and cubs curiously approaching, low angle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) portrait standing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) approaching with suspicion, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / African elephant herd (Loxodonta africana) spraying mud with trunk, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / African elephant herd (Loxodonta africana) walking, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) male head portrait, at low angle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. December

Anup Shah / African lion cubs (Panthera leo) drinking from a puddle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Anup Shah / Inquisitive African lion cubs (Panthera leo) wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) portrait of cub, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Savanna Baboon, Olive Race (Papio cynocephalus anubis) head portrait of male, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) portrait of cub walking, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Anup Shah / Savanna baboon, olive race (Papio cynocephalus anubis) head portrait of male, reaching out. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Alex Mustard / A Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus) head portrait in Three Sisters Spring. Crystal River, Florida, USA. February 2010

Andrew Walmsley / Silver eye / Grey backed white eye (Zosterops lateralis) in flowering Pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, December

Graham Eaton / A low angle view of Penmon lighthouse with waves crashing towards the camera, Anglesey, Wales, October 2009.

Nick Garbutt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with head inclined towards camera, on the beach at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic. January.

Bence Mate / Low angle view of grey heron feet (Ardea cinerea), leaping to attack gret white egret (Egretta alba), egret wings visible. Hungary. WINNER: Erik Hosking Award portfolio image 1/6 - Wildlife Photograph...

Stephen Dalton / Greater kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) perched on telegraph pole, South Africa

Dietmar Nill / Great Bustard (otis tarda) two chicks, Germany, vulnerable species

Mark Taylor / Ginger kitten leaping with legs outstretched

Donald M. Jones / Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) ram, western Alberta, Canada

Donald M. Jones / American Bison (Bison bison) bull, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) pair flying, central Montana

Kevin Schafer / Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) ram, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Konrad Wothe / Honduran White Bat (Ectophylla alba) roosting under Heliconia (Heliconia sp) leaf, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Norbert Wu / Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) camel group resting, Sahara Desert, Aswan, Egypt

Gerry Ellis / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) portrait, Lewa Wildlife Conservation Area, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) portrait, Madagascar

Konrad Wothe / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pair swimming over coral reef, Honduras

Gordon Court / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) gives a warning call when under threat, Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica

Hiroya Minakuchi / Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) portrait, white morph, Azores Islands, Portugal

Gerry Ellis / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) sitting on tree branch, Madagascar

Gerry Ellis / Black-faced Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) pair playing on camera and tripod, Barbados, Caribbean, native to East and southern Africa

Konrad Wothe / Bobcat (Lynx rufus) leaping from rocks, Colorado

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calling, Waikoloa Hyatt, Hawaii

Jim Brandenburg / Western Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) retracted in shell, South Dakota

Norbert Wu / Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezii) underwater, Caribbean, Bahamas

Michio Hoshino / Dall's Sheep (Ovis dalli) group on snowy hillside, Alaska