Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and local fisherman freediving, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Winner of the Man and Nature Portfolio Award in the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards Competitio...

Danny Green / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) preening in late evening light, Heimaey, Westman Isles, Iceland, June

Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) photographed at night using a side lit spot light, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pal Hermansen / Three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) young looking out of nest hole, ready to fly, Hedmark, Norway July

Neil Aldridge / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) feeding on woolly caper (Capparis tomentosa). Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Andy Rouse / African Lion (Panthera leo) female carrying young cub.~Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. August.

Pal Hermansen / One-year ice off Ellesmere island, Nunavut, Canada, August.

Pal Hermansen / Abstract grass formation against snow

Danny Green / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) flock resting on a snow bank, Hornya, Varanger, Norway, April

Graham Eaton / Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) portrait. Red Sea, Egypt. October.

Tony Wu / Two male Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) play fighting with one another, Carnac Island, Western Australia.