Andy Rouse / Maasai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) silhouetted by beams of light from setting sun, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Winner of the African section of the Natures Best Windland Smith Rice...

Solvin Zankl / Baby Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the beach where it hatched, Ostional, Costa Rica. October. Winner of the Underwater category of the G...

Bence Mate / European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) fighting each other, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. June. Winner, 2019 Cadiz Photo Nature Competition.

Sven Zacek / Aerial view of a small forest lake in Karula National Park, Valgamaa county, Southern Estonia. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Sylvain Cordier / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) wintering in Oyamel pine forests (Abies religiosa) Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve / Reserva de Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca UNESCO World Heritage Site, An...

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) two adults brooding chicks age 5 weeks, Antarctica. Highly commended in the Polar Passion Category of the Nature's Best Photography Awards 2019.

Alex Mustard / Yellowtail tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) male and female turn belly to belly during spawning to ensure fertilization. Temple, Ras Umm Sid, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea. This action is very fast...

Pal Hermansen / Close up of Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) feathers, with one foot held up, Trondelag, Norway. Winner of the Attention to Detail Category of the Bird Photographer Competition 2019.

Claudio Contreras / Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus) swimming in Southern sea palm (Eisenia arborea) and Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphe...

Michel Roggo / Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) with some stems supporting clusters of Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. Highly commended in the Plants category of the Wildlife Pho...

Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) on the move, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January. Second place in the Mammals Category of the GDT European Nature Photographer of the Year...

Doug Gimesy / Little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor), two standing on rocks at night, silhouetted against Melbourne city lights. St Kilda breakwater, Victoria, Australia. December 2016. COP26 Countdown Photo Competi...

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite (Macrotermes mossambicus) winged individual on pile of wings shed by other termites, with winged male Carpenter ants (Camponotus). Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Highly commended in the...

Joris van Alphen / Aerial view of clearing with felled logs in Bialowieza Forest UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awa...

Bence Mate / Dying Common frogs (Rana temporaria) with their legs removed for food, left to die in their breeding pool surrounded by frogspawn. Covasna, Romania. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism Ca...

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) hunting Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) male, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, sequence 3 of 12. Joint winner of the Mammal Behaviour Category of the Wildlife Ph...

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) egg hatching on father's feet. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick looking upwards to parents beak. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony, males huddling whilst incubating eggs. Atka Bay, Antarctica. July. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019.

Andy Rouse / Little bittern, (Ixobrychus minutus), hunting in reeds, Bulgaria, June. This is a crop of 1637244. Highly honoured in the Bird Category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.

Markus Varesvuo / Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) male perched on tree trunk, trees covered in hoar frost. Kuusamo, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. February. Commended in the Birds in the Environment Category of t...

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) pair practising incubating with a snowball. Atka Bay, Antarctica. May. Winner of the Polar Passion Category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.

Robin Chittenden / Common swift (Apus apus) flying low to water while hunting, Norfolk, England, UK, July. Winner of Animal Behaviour Category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2019.

David Allemand / Birch tree (Betula sp) next to waterfall, Iceland. Runner-Up in the Plants category of the International OasisPhotoContest 2018

Remi Masson / Water lilies (Nymphaea alba) lit by the sun's rays, seen under water. Alps, Ain, France. June. Highly commended in the the Underwater World category, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 201...

Remi Masson / Common toads (Bufo bufo) mating surrounded by strings of toadspawn. Ain, Alps, France. First prize in the category "The Underwater World, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 competiti...

Terry Whittaker / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) adult with train in background, Kent, UK. March. Highly commended in the Nature Photographer of the Year Awards 2018. Taken with remote camera.

Bence Mate / Great white egret (Ardea alba) group of three in winter, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. Winner of the Bird Category of Nature Photographer of the Year Awards 2018.

Theo Bosboom / Seaweed in tide pool, Mangurstadh Beach, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, October. Highly commended in the Creative Visions category of Wildlife photographer of the year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2018.

Theo Bosboom / Landscape in Fjallabak Nature Reserve, with circular patterns on the ground, Iceland, September 2017. Highly commended in the Landscape category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year A...

Will Burrard-Lucas / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) female with very large tusks, Tsavo National Park, Kenya. Highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2018. Editorial use only

David Fleetham / Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida, USA. National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest Grand Prize WINNER 2010.

Sven Zacek / Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) feeding chicks at nest in tree trunk viewed from above, Valga County, Estonia. May. Highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June. Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...

Claudio Contreras / Young girl face to face with Peninsular Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana peninsularis) fawn at Peninsular Pronghorn recovery project, El Vizcaino Desert Biosphere Reserve, Baja California Pen...

Claudio Contreras / Aerial view of Espiritu Santo Island National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, June, Honorary Mention in the third national contest 'Visions of our Nature' organised by Mexico...

Claudio Contreras / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) trapped in fishing net, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, May, Third Place in the third National Contest 'Visions of our nature' organised by Mexico'...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick under the wing of protective parent, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June.Finalist in the Portfolio Category...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick age three days, standing in nest, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category o...

Claudio Contreras / Californian Sealion (Zalophus californianus) in kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benito del Este Island, Baja California Peninsula Pacific Islands Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, Ma...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick creche in front of attentive adult flamingo group, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Por...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick age 5 days, walking around nest, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) sleeping in the breeding colony, brooding egg, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terr...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) tending to newborn chick while another feed two day old chick, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in t...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick group walking around the breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Ter...

Claudio Contreras / Aerial view of Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, May, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage Nature...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) preening chick in the breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage...

Alex Hyde / Colony of Common Mussels (Mytilus edulis) growing on striated rock formation exposed at low tide. Cornwall, England, UK. Highly commended in the Coast and Marine Category of the British Wildlife Photo...

Danny Green / Pine marten (Martes martes) reflected in water, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, west coast of Scotland, UK. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competiti...

Theo Bosboom / Giants Causeway at night, lit by full moon. County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Winner of the Landscapes Category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017.

Theo Bosboom / Limpets (Patellidae) exposed at low tide on the coast of Playa de Ursa, Portugal. Finalist in the Animals in their Environment Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competiti...

Theo Bosboom / Eyelash shaped tufts of grass in snow on beach, Saudarkrokur, Iceland. March. Winner of the Plants category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2017.

Theo Bosboom / Floating sweet-grass (Glyceria fluitans) in lake, Bjornlandet National Park, North Sweden. Finalist in the Plants and Fungi category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition...

Claudio Contreras / Prickly pear (Opuntia sp.) growing on coastline, Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago National Park (Socorro Islands), Pacific Ocean, Western Mexico, November, Honorary Mention in the third natio...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) building up mud whilst brooding egg, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding three day old chick at breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of t...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) rolling egg to side in the nest, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, June, Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvag...

Jordi Chias / European barracuda (Sphyraena sphyraena) and Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) circling baitball of Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) Formigas Islets, Azores. Finalist in the Underwater Categ...

Michel Roggo / Water hyacinth (Eichhornia sp.) in a clear stream of the Pantanal, Brazil. Photographed for The Freshwater Project. Finalist in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2017.

Andrew Parkinson / Badger (Meles meles) adult, backlit at sunset, scratching its ears, Derbyshire, UK, May. Winner of the Animal Behaviour category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competition 2017.

Bence Mate / African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Bence Mate / Fallow deer (Dama dama) at night, Gyulaj, Hungary Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Bence Mate / Fallow deer (Dama dama) at night, Gyulaj, Hungary Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Bence Mate / Eurasian blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) caught on limed stick, Cyprus. Finalist in The Wildlife Photojournalist Award: Single Image Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Com...

Bence Mate / African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) at night with full moon, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Bence Mate / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Bence Mate / African lion (Panthera leo) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Bence Mate / Zebra at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Bence Mate / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and Zebra (Equus quagga) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Bence Mate / African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Wim van den Heever / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at sunrise, Falklands. Highly honoured in the Ocean View Category of the Nature's Best Windland Smith Rice Ocean View Competition 2017

Bence Mate / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Erlend Haarberg / Crustose lichens (Lecanorales) on rocks in Swedish Padjelanta National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Sweden. August. Highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year com...

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) fighting in snow at night, Vauldalen, Norway. Joint overall winner of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photo...

Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) in winter coat, at sunset, Vauldalen, Norway. April. Third place of the Harmony of Life Category of the Golden Turtle Photography Awards 2017.

Erlend Haarberg / Stoat (Mustela erminea) in snow tunnel, Laponia UNESCO World Heritage Site, Swedish Lapland, Sweden. January. Third place in Golden Turtle Photography Awards 2017 competition.

Ingo Arndt / Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) adult resting, close up portrait, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. January. Finalist in the Birds Category of the GDT Awards 2015.

Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) opening brood cell before hatching, Germany. Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2012 competition.

Ingo Arndt / Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) giving birth (viviparous during the summer month), Germany. Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2012 competition.

Ingo Arndt / Adult Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) emerging from nymphal skin, captive, Africa. Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2012 competition.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) silhouetted against autumnal woodland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, October. Winner of the Seasons Category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 20...

Laurent Geslin / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) at night in snow, camera trap image, Jura Mountains, Switzerland, August. Commended in the Mammals category of the Asferico Competition 2016.

David Pattyn / Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in deep snow, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. November. Commended in the Asferico Photography Competition 2016.

Willem Kolvoort / Water filled ditch with shadow of a tree on water with Fringed waterlily (Nymphoides peltata) Star duckweed (Lemna trisulca) Netherlands. July 2015. Commended in the Underwater World Category of the G...

Luke Massey / Black kites (Milvus migrans) flying above man as he throws food skyward from a rooftop. Old Delhi, India. February 2016. Finalist in the Urban category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards...

Jordi Chias / Two male Dusky groupers (Epinephelus marginatus) fighting for territory during mating season at 'baixa do meros', a small pinnacle at Formigas islets Protected area, near Santa Maria Island, Azores. F...

Andrew Parkinson / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) three adults on a snow slope high in the Cairngorm Mountains, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, February. Finalist in the Mammals category of the Wildlife Photogra...

Alex Mustard / Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), beneath an oil rig. Eureka Rig, Los Angeles, California, United States of Ame...

Mark Hamblin / Raven (Corvus corax) adult calling from rock in mountain habitat, Scotland, UK. November. Third place in British Birds Bird Photograph of the Year competition 2016.

Andy Rouse / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) swimming, backlit with morning light forming a bokeh affect on the water, Wales, UK, February. Highly commended in the Habitat Category of the BWPA (British W...

Danny Green / Pine marten (Martes martes) portrait, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scotland, August. Highly commended in the Portrait category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Competition 2016.

Danny Green / Pine marten (Martes martes) leaping, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scotland, August. Highly commended in the Animal Behaviour category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Competition 2016.

Phil Savoie / Radnor lily (Gagea bohemica) the rarest flower in the UK at sunset, Stanner Rocks National Nature Reserve, Powys, Wales, UK, February. Commended in the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Compe...

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf 'Tahafa' male with injured pectoral fin and scarred body, with mother. Vava'u, Tonga, Pacific Ocean. COP26 Countdown Photo Competition 2021 Finalist.

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding at Bagan (floating fishing platform), Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Winner of the Man and Nature Portfolio Award in the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Aw...