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...

XI ZHINONG / Wild White-Lipped Deer (Przewalskium albirostris) male, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan Plateau, China. Vulnerable species.

David Tipling / Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, November

David Tipling / Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, November

Colin Varndell / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in snow. Dorset, UK, January 2010.

Colin Varndell / Redwing (Turdus iliacus) in winter on windfall apples. Dorset, UK, December 2010.

Louis-Marie Preau / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) taking off over snow, Canada

Staffan Widstrand / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) stretching out in snow, Svalbard, Norway

Nick Garbutt / Male Coyote (Canis latrans) walking through deep snow. Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, February.

XI ZHINONG / Herd of yak (Bos mutus) walking alongside a motorway, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan Plateau, China, December

XI ZHINONG / Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata) on mountainside, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan plateau, China, January

Ben Hall / Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) perched in pine tree in snowfall, captive

Ben Hall / Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) in flight over mountain peaks, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile.

Danny Green / Wolves (Canis lupus) sitting on a hillside in snow. Yellowstone, USA, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Ural Owl (Stix uralensis) perched in snowy tree, Kuusamo Finland February

XI ZHINONG / Grey wolf (Canis lupus) at a Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsoni) carcass, Qinghai, China, December

XI ZHINONG / Tibetan pika (Ochotona thibetana) group in the snow, Sanjiangyuan, Qinghai, China, Decemeber

Andrew Parkinson / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) adult sitting and feeding in snowfall. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, March.

Floris van Breugel / Enchantment Lakes in early winter snow with Larch trees bearing autumn leaves, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Central Cascade range, Washington, USA, November 2011.

Floris van Breugel / Aspen leaves on an early snow, North Fork of Bishop Creek, near Bishop, Eastern Sierra, California, USA, October.

Floris van Breugel / Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae) on sand in White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, April.

Michel Poinsignon / Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), adults perched on branch in winter feeding on apple. Lorraine France. 3rd Prize in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2013.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) cliff colony, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, July. Commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2014.