Ben Hall / Fallow deer (Dama dama) in woodland clearing at dawn, Cheshire, UK November

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) portrait in sea-ice landscape. Wide angle / fish-eye shot. Svalbard, Norway, September.

Klaus Echle / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking along a fallen trunk, silhouetted in misty forest. Black Forest, Germany, November.

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

David Tipling / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking across the sea ice of Weddell Sea, near Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, November

David Tipling / Emperor Penguins, (Aptenodytes forsteri), Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Neil Aldridge / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) standing and keeping watch while another excavates a burrow in soft sand before disappearing underground for the night. Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana, April.

Staffan Widstrand / Coastal ice, Svalbard, Norway, July 2011

Ann & Steve Toon / Dust devil in Amboseli National Park in dry season, Kenya, October 2012

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

Ann & Steve Toon / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) large family group on migration, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) sub-adult male sitting on a beach, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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

Igor Shpilenok / Male Caucasian turs (Capra caucasica) rutting with Dykh-tau Mountain in the background, Kabardino-Balkarsky Zapovednik / Reserve, Russia, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / River Exe, near Winsford, showing river correctly fenced to stop cattle from polluting the river, or eroding the river banks. Healthy example of river habitat. Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile female 'Joya' aged 6 years feeding on fern leaves, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years walking through the forest, wide angle perspective, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011.

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

Kevin Schafer / Larch (Larix sp) trees in autumn below Mount Assiniboine with Sunburst Lake, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Ingo Arndt / Timber Wolf (Canis lupus) crossing river, Minnesota

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

Mark MacEwen / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) returning to sea after Egg laying, Raine Island, Australia. Raine Island is the largest and most important green sea turtle nesting area in the world, with over 14,00...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) in tree, Jozany Forest, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Highly endangered. Did you know? Zanzibar red colobuses are called 'Poison monkeys' by the local people on the is...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tropical forest at lower level slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro volcano, Tanzania

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

Christophe Courteau / Edible crab in tide pool split level {Cancer pagurus} Brittany France

Christophe Courteau / Red lechwe pair running & jumping in swamp {Kobus leche}. Khwai river, Moremi GR, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Aerial view of Okavango Delta, Botswana, Southern-Africa. End of rainy season, April.

Christophe Courteau / Solitary African elephant bull {Loxodonta africana} in swamp. Okavango delta, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Aerial view of African elephant herd {Loxodonta africana}. Okavango delta, Botswana

XI ZHINONG / Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) in tree, Vietnam. Critically endangered species.

Georgette Douwma / Yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus) swimming over coral reef with soft corals. Egypt, Red Sea.

David Woodfall / Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) tree with sunlight behind, ancient semi natural woodland in Gilfach Nature Reserve, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, Powys, Wales, UK May

Paul D Stewart / Photomontage of living gecko feet showing a variety of forms. Gecko feet employ very small subdivided filaments to bond with their substrates at the molecular level using Van Der Waals' forces. Every...

Paul D Stewart / Male Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea eutryphon / arion) collected in 1865. It is here surrounded by other extant UK blue butterfly species. The large Blue was first recorded as a British species in 17...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years feeding on sedge grasses in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Re...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Tembo' aged 4 years crossing a river in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years feeding on sedge grasses while juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years feeds on rotten wood in the background, Bai...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years feeding on rotting wood, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Decembe...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years sitting in a forest clearing, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Mopambi' carrying her infant 'Sopo' aged 18 months on her back walking through Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years sitting in a forest clearing, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years sitting on the forest floor feeding on fruit, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central Afri...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Mopambi' carrying her infant 'Sopo' aged 18 months on her back walking through Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Mopambi' with her infant 'Sopo' aged 18 months sitting in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Dec...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years feeding on rotting wood, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Decem...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years walking through the forest, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Re...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years drinking from a river while sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years crosses bi-pedally, Bai Hokou, Dza...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years drinking from a river watched by sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years and juvenile male 'Mobangi' a...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years approaching a river while sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years and juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 y...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Tembo' aged 4 years crossing a river bi-pedally while dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years and juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) infant 'Sopo' aged 18 months reaching out for a hanging plant stem while playing in a tree, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Cen...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years sitting on a fallen tree, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Decemb...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years sitting in a forest clearing, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years playing with sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years with juvenile male 'Tembo' aged 4 years watching in the backg...

Anup Shah / African Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) herd drinking and wallowing in a river, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile males 'Mobangi' aged 5 years and 'Tembo' aged 4 years walking in to a bai with dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years drinking in t...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years feeding on sedge grasses in a bai with the rest of his group, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reser...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Mopambi' carrying her infant 'Sopo' aged 18 months on her back emerging from the forest into Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Res...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult male 'Kunga' aged 13 years playing with juvenile male 'Tembo' aged 4 years, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central A...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years standing with sub-adult male 'Kunga' aged 13 years in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Cent...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years sitting by a river in forest interior, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years feeding on leaves, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years following juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years for his food, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Rese...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years walking bi-pedally across a river, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Repub...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years sitting on the forest floor feeding on fruit, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central Afri...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years playing with juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Centr...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years standing in a bai having just emerged from the forest, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years standing at the edge of the forest, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central Af...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years standing in a bai watched by son 'Tembo' aged 4 years, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years sitting at the edge of the forest, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central Afr...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years sitting at the edge of the forest, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central Afr...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years walking at the edge of the forest, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central Afr...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years standing at the edge of the forest, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central Af...

Anup Shah / Forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) standing and urinating in a river running through Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile female 'Bokata' aged 6 years approaching a river, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile female 'Bokata' aged 6 years feeding on sedge grasses beside a river, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile males 'Mobangi' aged 5 years and 'Tembo' aged 4 years sitting together in the forest, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve,...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years feeding on sedge grasses in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Re...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) rear view of dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years walking along a forest trail, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Cen...

Erlend Haarberg / Grasses moving in wind in front of acidic steam and solidified lava surface at Leirhnjukur, Iceland 2008

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) moving upstream to spawn, Japan, August

David Pattyn / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) carpet under Beech woodland (Gagus sylvatica) with dawn sunlight, Haller Forest, Halle, Belgium, April 2010

David Pattyn / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in a heather landscape in the snow, Kampina Nature reserve, The Netherlands, February

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view over subtropical mangrove wetlands of the Everglades National Park. Florida, USA, February 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view over subtropical mangrove wetlands of the Everglades National Park. Florida, USA, February 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view over subtropical mangrove wetlands of the Everglades National Park. Florida, USA, February 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view over subtropical mangrove wetlands of the Everglades National Park. Florida, USA, February 2012.

Roger Powell / Stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) approaching nest of two eggs, Guerreiro, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April

Steven Kazlowski / Moose (Alces alces) cow suckling her newborn calves. Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, south-central Alaska, May.

Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) males migrating to breeding areas at the onset of warm season. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.

Tui De Roy / Wolf-Volcano giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra becki) portrait with ground finch (Geospiza sp. ) sitting on foot, Isabela Island, Galapagos. Did you know? Galapagos tortoises have a mutualistic relati...

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) looking out to sea on sandy beach. Endangered. Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, June.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos penguins (Spheniscus mandiculus) standing on coastal volcanic rock. Endangered. Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, June.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Whale headed stork (Balaeniceps rex), Lake Albert, Uganda, East Africa