MYN / JP Lawrence / Strawberry poison frog (Oophaga pumilio) Escudo de Veraguas, Panama. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Aflo / High angle view of cat and its shadow, Hiroshima, Japan.

Tony Heald / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) walking, Bandhavgarh National Park, India.

Sven Zacek / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) herd in snowy field in Tartumaa, Estonia, March.

Jack Dykinga / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chicks nesting in saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), near Oracle, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA, May.

Espen Bergersen / Razorbills (Alca torda) in flight, with Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) behind, Hornoya, Norway. March

Espen Bergersen / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) close up portrait, Lapland, Finland. March.

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffe (Giraffa cameleopardalis tippelskirchi) herd walking across savanna in dry season, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) in flight, Svalbard, Norway, August.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Nazca booby (Sula granti) in flight with rainbow behind, Galapagos.

Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) cubs looking curiously, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway, July.

Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) cubs looking curiously, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway, July.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawks (Buteo galapagoensis) in flight, Galapagos, Ecuador. Vulnerable species.

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and Killer whale (Orcinus orca) feeding on a bait ball of Herring. Andfjorden close to Andoya, Nordland, Northern Norway. January.

David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) pair at night, performing their courtship dance during the mating season, with street lights reflected in the water. The Netherlands.April 2014

Pete Oxford / Guereza colobus monkeys (Colobus guereza) in tree, Lango Bai, Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Africa.

Markus Varesvuo / African Blue tit (Cyanistes teneriffae) Morocco, February

Markus Varesvuo / Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) in flight, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Pascal Kobeh / Group of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) swimming down into deep water, Costa Rica. Pacific ocean.

Ben Cranke / European Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) in flight at sunset Norway, May.

Mark Taylor / Bengal male cat stalking.

Ross Hoddinott / Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), resting on reed, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. June.

Sam Hobson / Rose-ringed / ring-necked parakeets (Psittacula krameri) in flight on way to roost in an urban cemetery, London, UK, January. Finalist in the Birds category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (...

Nick Garbutt / Golden-crowned Sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) leaping through forest canopy. Forests adjacent to the village of Andranotsimaty, near Daraina, northern Madagascar. Critically endangered species.

Michael Pitts / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) calling and defending their eggs from Southern Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) hunting for unattended eggs or chicks, Sea Lion island, The Falklands, South Atlantic.

Roger Powell / Five Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in flight, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

Chris & Monique Fallows / African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) diving underwater, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Kristel Richard / A group of Pure Arab, Shagya Arab and East Bulgarian fillies running in snow, Kabiuk National Stud, Shumen, Bulgaria.

Andy Rouse / Verreaux Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) jumping ('dancing') across ground, Madagascar

Andy Rouse / Verreaux Sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi) jumping ('dancing') across ground, Madagascar

Andy Rouse / African Lioness (Panthera leo) portrait, with aggressive expression because of cubs nearby Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

David Pattyn / Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) portrait, Lake Kerkini, Greece. February. Highly honoured in the Birds Category of Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards Competition...

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscatata) juvenile, reaching out to touch the camera, Jigokudani, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Andy Rouse,Andy Rouse / Ring tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) silhouetted. Madagascar.

Denis-Huot / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) hunting Lesser flamingoes (Phoenicopterus minor) Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Sven Zacek,Sven Zacek / House Martin (Delichon urbicum) in flight. Jogevamaa county, Estonia, July.

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / Sooty Terns (Onychoprion fuscata) flock in flight, Midway Island. Central Pacific.

Claudio Contreras / Black Rat (Rattus rattus) young. Introduced species on Maria Magdalena Island, Marias Islands Biosphere Reserve, Gulf of California, Mexico, September.

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) mobbed by common gull (Larus canus) Flatanger, Norway, July

Andy Rouse / African Lion (Panthera leo) adult looking from behind tree, half hidden. South Luangwa, Zambia, Africa.

Andy Rouse / Portrait of African Leopard (Panthera pardus) 'Bahati', 'Olive's' daughter. Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.

Andrew Parkinson / Puffins (Fratercula arctica) pair take off together to go fishing. Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, May.

Klaus Echle / Little Owl (Athene noctua) young bird peering through boughs. Black Forest, Germany, June.

Juergen Freund / Longfin Bannerfish (Heniochus acuminatus) head on portrait, Bali, Indonesia, Indo-pacific

Juergen Freund / School of Yellow line scads (Selaroides leptolepis) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), Delphinidae (Wildlife Art Company).

Markus Varesvuo / Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) male perched on branch, Finland May

Edwin Giesbers / Buffy fish owl (Ketupa ketupa) head portrait, captive

Guy Edwardes / Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) with wing raised as a threat to nearby rival. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa, February

Laurent Geslin / Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) caught on camera trap at night, France

Stephen Dalton / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) shoot growing through decomposed leaf, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Newly hatched Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) with its front flippers pressed tight to the marginal scutes of its carapace to avoid predation, Dalyan Delta, Turkey, August 2009

Rolf Nussbaumer / Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) perched on flowering blooming Huisache (Acacia farnesiana), Lake Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. April 2003

David Woodfall / Protestors holding 'Rebel for life' banner at Extinction Rebellion climate change demonstration.. Westminster Bridge with Houses of Parliament in background, London, England, UK. 17 November 2...

David Woodfall / Umbrella with Rebel for Life on it - Climate change protest at Extinction Rebellion action in Carmarthen Wales, December 2018.

Andy Rouse / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) with mange. Cardiff, Wales. May.

Brent Stephenson / Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) landing on sea, off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, November, Vulnerable species.

Franco Banfi / Shoal of Galapagos grunt (Orthopristis forbesi) Galapagos Islands, East Pacific Ocean.

Edwin Giesbers / Tiger striped leaf (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) captive, occurs in South America.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) school, False Bay, South Africa, May.

Loic Poidevin / Little egrets (Egretta garzetta) flock perched on sheep, Extremadura, Spain, April.

Loic Poidevin / Husky portrait, Hossa Finland.

Gabriel Rojo / Guanaco herd (Lama guanicoe) in front of mountain landscape. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Peter Cairns / Icelandic horse, herd in winter, Iceland, March.

Claudio Contreras / White-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) group of five flying silhouetted against clouds, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, February

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) taking off from water, near Chatham Islands, New Zealand, March.

Loic Poidevin / Long-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in grass, Breton Marsh, Vendee, France, December.

Russell Cooper / Male Long-horned fairy moths (Adela reaumerella) in courtship swarming behaviour, North Downs, UK, April.

Alex Mustard / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) adult female, bursting through a school of fish in the shallows. Los Isotes, La Paz, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean.

Tui De Roy / Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) walking, Prydz Bay, near Davis Station, Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, East Antarctica, November.

Theo Webb / Praying mantis (Mantodea) nymph, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Paul Williams / Red deer (Cervus elaphus), Ashton Court park, Bristol, UK, May.

Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) in flight, Sussex, England, UK. September.

Fabrice Cahez / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub, Vosges, France, May.

Markus Varesvuo / Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) flock in flight, Falsterbo, Sweden, October

Ben Cranke / European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) taking off, Norway, May.

Olga Kamenskaya / Young Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica) at breathing hole. Lake Baikal, Russia, April.

Loic Poidevin / Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus), Breton Marsh , France, February.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Feral domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) licking nose, Okunojima Island, also known as Rabbit Island, Hiroshima, Japan.

Fiona Rogers / Stulmann's blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) female portrait. Kakamega Forest South, Western Province, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) juveniles, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) dominant male 'Ustad T24' walking. Ranthambore National Park, India.

Roy Mangersnes / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) searching for food near water, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, July.

Andy Rouse / Little Owl (Athene noctua) peering out of nest in barn roof, UK, December.

Marten Dalfors / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) flying over sea, Iceland.

Zoltan Nagy / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) encircled by flock of Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) resting on the beach in Blackpool, England, October.

Wim van den Heever / Two African lion (Panthera leo) cubs walking on a path. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) group standing alert, Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.

Fabrice Cahez / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub hiding in grass, Vosges, France, May.

Paul Hobson / Shining honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) Costa Rica

Mark Taylor / Black-and-white rabbit, Bandit, with soft heart surround.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) group walking along snow, Cuverville Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Florian Möllers / Black-headed Gulls (Larus ridibundus) abstract of group in flight, Berlin Zoological Garden, Berlin Zoo, Germany. February.

Suzi Eszterhas / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) infant, aged one and a half playing in tree, in tropical forest, Western Uganda

Merryn Thomas / Plaque in the stern of Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel", Dorset, July 2008. It reads 'Lyme Regis Gig Club "Rebel" built by Gail McGarva of the the Boat Building Academy, Lyme Regis, June 29th...

Merryn Thomas / Oars, Lyme Regis Gig Club's first boat "Rebel", Dorset, July 2008

Jack Dykinga / Colorado River Delta, with watercourse sculpted patterns eroded into the salt / silt flats near the Sea of Cortez, La Reserva del Golfo, Baja, Mexico