Bence Mate / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) low angle perspective of open bill, Lake Kerkini, Greece, February. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' sitting on bench made for tourists - wide angle perspective. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, In...

Bence Mate / Green / Double-crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) running across water surface, Santa Rita, Costa Rica. Did you know? This amazing lizard is colloquially known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard' for i...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trying to bite window of a tundra buggy, with paws against the glass, 1002 coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, October 2005

Mark Payne-Gill / African bullfrog / Giant bullfrog /Pixie frog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) male digs canal to rescue tadpoles from drying puddle, South-Africa. Second prize winner in this Wildlife Photographer of the Ye...

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea marine larva of decapod crustacean {Sergestes sp} Atlantic ocean. Second place in Underwater categroy of the GDT 2011 competition

Jeff Rotman / Giant Pacific octopus squirting ink at diver, British Columbia Canada

Andy Rouse / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) chasing Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) during migration crossing, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Sandesh Kadur / Edwards Atlas Moth (Attacus edwardsii) defensive display. Bhutan, June.

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) being attacked by a Common Gull (Larus canus) in flight. Norway, July. Magic Moments book plate, page 51.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, West Papuan fisherman in boat, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Doug Perrine / American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) with mouth open, split level, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida Everglades, USA

Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. OVERALL WINNER: Wildlife Photoghrapher of the Year 2010 from Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 2/6

Kim Taylor / Brown Long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) drinking from a lily pond , Surrey, UK. Overall WINNER of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver Share the View competition 2011

Graham Eaton / Mallard {Anas platyrhynchos} looking down from the water surface, view from underwater, Wales, UK, 2006

Doug Perrine / Flower hat jelly / jellyfish (Olindias formosa) captive, a rare hydromedusa with fluorescent tentacle tips, found off Brazil, Argentina, and southern Japan

Andy Rouse / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with double rainbow in background, Masai Mara GR, Kenya, January

Bence Mate / Two Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Kenya (non-ex)

Erlend Haarberg / Northern lights and the Strokkur Geyser, Iceland, March 2011

Erlend Haarberg / Person standing silhouetted in lava formation with northern lights above, Dimmuborgir, Myvatn, Iceland, March 2011

Alex Mustard / Coral fluorescence photographed at night under blue light to excite the fluorescence, this image is probably a colony of knobby star coral (Solenastea hyades), Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British W...

Solvin Zankl / Close up of ant (Harpegnathos venator) head from Asia. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Edwin Giesbers / Common european toad {Bufo bufo} two males attempting to mate with one female, the Netherlands

Andy Sands / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) drawing breath while feigning death, Hertfordshire, England. UK

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

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

Edwin Giesbers / European polecat (Mustela putorius) hunting rabbit which is jumping to escape, Veluwezoom National Park, Netherlands

Andy Rouse / Two European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) young playing and jumping. UK, August.

Andy Rouse / Little Owl (Athene noctua) adult pulling a worm from the ground. Wales, UK, June. (non-ex).

Juergen Freund / Night shot of Laciola species fireflies in their thousands flying about within a single wild almond or coastal catappa tree "Talisay" (Terminalia catappa) Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines 2008. Final...

Doug Perrine / Bioluminescence from glowing plankton in sea tide line on beach, with stars above and ship lights on horizon, Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October 2010

David Maitland / Close-up view of the upward-looking giant dorsal compound eyes of the St Marks fly (Bibio marci) used to detect female flies flying above. Like many insects the eyes are ^hairy^. Feltwell, Norfolk, UK...

Alex Hyde / Close-up of compound eyes of unidentified fly {Diptera}. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers flying to and resting on trunks of Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

Andrew Parkinson / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) rear view of bird hanging in air over steep cliffs, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. ~HIGHLY COMMENDED - Animals in their environment - Wildlife Photographer of the Year co...

Pete Oxford / Imperial moth (Eacles sp) camouflaged in leaf litter, Mindo Cloud forest. Ecuador

Mark Carwardine / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aerial view of juvenile with two people swimming alongside, La Paz Bay, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico, March 2009

Doug Perrine / Yellow edged moray eel {Gymnothorax flavimarginatus} having mouth cleaned by Humpback cleaner shrimp {Lysmata amboinensis} Sabah Borneo ~(Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Scarlet cleaner shrimp {Lysmata amboinensis} in mouth of Tomato grouper {Cephalopholis sonnerati} Sabah Borneo ~(Non-ex).

Igor Shpilenok / Domestic cat (Felis catus) scaring away a red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Kronotsky Nature Reserve,m Kamchatka, Russia. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Urban and Garden Wildlife...

Sue Flood / Tourists standing in a circle around the North Pole, July 2008

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair in courtship display, Española / Hood Island, Galapagos

Constantinos Petrinos / Veined octopus inside shell {Octopus marginatus}, Lembeh Strait, N Sulawesi, Indonesia. Shells are found in the seabed and dug up and cleaned by octopus, which then climbs inside for protection.

Juergen Freund / Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) in its fan coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Boiling water exploding into vapour and ice when thrown into cold air at -51 degrees celsius. This is because boiling water is close to a gas and breaks into tiny droplets that freeze simultaneously....

Bence Mate / Head portrait of Satiny Parrot snake (Leptophis depressirostris) swallowing frog, Hungary, Europe

John Cancalosi / Northern Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis) swallowing frog eggs. Costa Rican tropical rainforest.

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) surfing, jumping out of the sea, Falkland Islands

Jeff Rotman / Caribbean Reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) in hypnotic trance being lifted by shark handler, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea. Model released.

John Cancalosi / Desert / Giant Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis) viewed under ultra violet light, Arizona, USA, captive

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Aggregation of Spider crabs (Maja squinado) in shallow water off Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK, August. Did you know? Spider crabs camouflage themselves by allowing algae and other marine plants to gro...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Aggregation of Spider crabs (Maja squinado) in shallow water off Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK, August

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' head portrait. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitated and released...

Solvin Zankl / Pair of Common european toads (Bufo bufo) with strings of toadspawn, in pond, Germany. Specially commended in Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPOY) 2013, Underwater Worlds Category.

Juergen Freund / Common lionfish (Pterois volitans) seen from the rear. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Bence Mate / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) in flight, Hungary. Multi flash, long exposure. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying sections of leaves, to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / A carpet of Bluebells (Endymion nonscriptus) in Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland at dawn, Micheldever Woods, Hampshire, England, UK, April . 2020VISION Exhibition.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Carpet of Bluebells (Endymion nonscriptus) in Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland at dawn, Micheldever Woods, Hampshire, England, UK, April

Bence Mate / Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) low angle perspective of open bills, Lake Kerkini, Greece, February. Highly Commended, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Andy Rouse / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) leaping through water chasing salmon, Katmai NP, Alaska, USA, September, (01360399 is a crop of this image)

Andy Rouse / Two Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) male (right) and female fighting over salmon, Katmai NP, Alaska, USA, August

Peter Cairns / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) sub-adult female in flight, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, captive

Inaki Relanzon / Limestone cave and waterfall, The Foradada, Cantonigrós, Catalonia, Spain, February 2010

Andy Rouse / Male African lion (Panthera leo) entering tent, captive, USA (non-ex)

Mark Hamblin / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) running across wind swept snow field, near Carrbridge, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, January 2010. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA competition...

Thomas Lazar / Sunlight creating a rainbow in the spray of the Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, June 2008

Bence Mate / Lightning across lake, with mixed flock of birds, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July 2006

Laurent Geslin / Red deer stag (Cervus elaphus) bellowing in rutting season in morning with steam rising from its body, New Forest, Hampshire, UK.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii), Green-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) and Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni) adults feeding on Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, Februar...

Kristel Richard / Wild / feral Dulmen ponies (Equus caballus) close up of herd of mares and foals running on the Duke of Croy's estate, Meerfelder Bruch, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, May 2011

Daniel Heuclin / Cocks fighting in cock fight, Guimaras island, Philippines, February 2007

Juan Carlos Munoz / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) adult perched, defecating, Finland

Shattil & Rozinski / American bald eagle {Haliaeetus leucocephalus} looking backwards over its head, captive, Colorado, USA

Anup Shah / Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) male standing in a lake surrounded by a pride of African lions (Panthera leo), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September sequence 7/11

Anup Shah / Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) male charging at an African lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September sequence 9/11

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

Andy Rouse / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelski) showing long tongue, captive, Marwell Zoo, UK

Edwin Giesbers / Sand lizard {Lacerta agilis} male with Common blue butterfly {Polyomattus icarus} resting on its head, the Netherlands

Doug Perrine / Young Steller's / Steller / Northern Sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) curiously approaching the photographer. Glacier Island, Columbia Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) reaching hands upwards, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, July

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) crossing busy road, Richmond Park, London, UK, September

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) catching bumblebee in beak, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008. WWE BOOK. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION *PRESS IMAGE. Magic Moments book plate.

Laurent Geslin / House mouse (Mus musculus) walking down sloping beam in light from a window. Switzerland. Captive, May. Property released

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Dew covered spider's web with pink flowering heather in the background, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August . 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Juergen Freund / Brittlestar on gorgonian fan coral, Papua New Guinea.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Flock of Knot (Calidris canuta) taking flight. Snettisham, UK, January. Did you know? The red knot has one of the longest migrations in the world, with some travelling 9000 miles from the Arctic to th...

Peter Cairns / Portrait of Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) frolicking in surf, Lincolnshire, England.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Cairns / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) fishing, Kangasala, Finland, August 2009. Winner of 2010 Nature's Best Competition. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION. Wild Wonders kids book.

Edwin Giesbers / Termite colony (Hospitalitermes sp) on the move. Large termites stand guard at the sides while a constant flow of worker termites move along between them, Sarawak, Borneo, June, Winner in Other anima...

Solvin Zankl / Giant Bull Ant (Myrmecia tarsata) close-up portrait. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Solvin Zankl / Army ant (Dorylus sp.) close-up of male. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Solvin Zankl / Close up of ant (Cephalotes clypeatus) Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking