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Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) creche of chicks huddling surrounded by adults, Antarctica, September.

Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) herd, aerial view, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) aerial view of herd on sand, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). Pico Island, Azores, Portugal. May.

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Pico Island, Azores, Portugal. May.

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) huddles, Antarctica, June.

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) huddle in centre of colony, Antarctica, August.

View down towards Common guillemot (Uria aalge) breeding colony on cliff, Latrabjarg Cliff, West Fjords, Iceland, July.

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony with huddle in the middle, some individuals with chicks, Antarctica, August.

Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) pod swimming near the surface, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA, February.

Aerial view of female Harp seal (Phoca groenlandicus) with pup on sea ice, Magdalen Islands, Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, March 2013.

Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) herd, aerial view, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Pico Island, Azores, Portugal. May.

Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) climbing up mountain slope, Hemis National Park, India, February.

Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) drinking from the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) aerial view, Svalbard, Norway, July.

Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) drinking from the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd preparing to cross the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Aerial view of oyster hatcheries in Le Banc d'Arguin, Arcachon Bay, Aquitaine, France, June 2014.

Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd crossing the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd preparing to cross the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and large second year cub swimming across calm water, Scott Inlet, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, August. Vulnerable species.

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and large second year cub swim across calm water, Scott Inlet, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, August. Vulnerable species.

Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) relaxing in hot spring in Jigokudani, Yaenkoen, Nagano, Japan, February.

Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) swimming in shallows on Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) scavenging Wildebeest carcasses in the river, after the migration, Samburu, Kenya, October.

Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) resting on old canon at sunrise, with view over looking Gibraltar City, Upper Rock area of the Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar, June.

Two Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) jumping up a waterfall on migration, River Lledr, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Wales, October.

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) porpoising, Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January.

Antarctic prion (Pachyptila desolata) flying just over sea surface, South Atlantic, December.

Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking across melting sea ice, Scott Inlet, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, August. Vulnerable species.

Penguins, mostly Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on sandy beach, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, December.

Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) feeding on bait ball of small fish, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Chamois (Rupicapra Rupicapra Carpatica) on edge of snowy rockface, foraging for vegetation, Ceahlau Mountains, Carpathian Mountain range, Romania. January

Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) feeding on bait ball of small fish, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) amongst trees, Greater Laponia Rewilding Area, Lapland, Norrbotten, Sweden, June.

Aerial view of Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) walking across sand, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Vulnerable species.

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) colony with adults and chicks, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2012.

Fishing boat fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) using drift gill nets. Naknek River, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Fish processing boat during Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) spawning run, Naknek River, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, July 2015.

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) at the surface amongst bull kelp, aerial shot, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana), crossing Olifants River, Kruger National Park, South Africa, May

Hawaiin Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) beneath the surface, Midway atoll. Central Pacific.

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) exhaling at the surface, aerial shot, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) aerial shot of two at surface, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Large number of fishing boats fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) using drift gill nets, and trying to out manoeuvre other boats. Naknek River, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Fishing boat fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) using drift gill nets. Naknek River, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Large number of fishing boats fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) using drift gill nets, and trying to out manoeuvre other boats. Naknek River, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Aerial view of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Orca (Orcinus orca) hunting sea lion pups. Punta Norte Provincial Reserve, Peninsula Valdez, Chubut, Patagonia Argentina.

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings emerging from nest, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau.

Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) group of six young males, Bernese Alps, Switzerland, July.

Grey whales (Eschrichtius robustus) aerial shot of two, with water vapor from exhalation at surface, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.

Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) nest and chicks. Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. June.

Set gill net fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) from the coast, Graveyard Point, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, July 2015.

Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) aerial view, Namib Desert, Namibia.

White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) nesting on Alfaro Cathedral, La Rioja Spain, May 2010.

Domestic pigeons (Columba livia) flock in flight over houses, Cheshire, UK, June.

Set gill net fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) from the coast, Graveyard Point, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, July 2015.

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) pair in winter, Vosges, France, January.

Plains zebra (Equus quagga) group of four walking in single file, aerial view. Masai Mara, Kenya.

Coyote (Canis latrans) pair calling in snow, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, February.

Lion (Panthera leo) female, viewed from above Masai Mara, Kenya.

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) surfacing, Atlantic ocean, Portugal, September.

Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) migration, aerial view crossing river, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya, September

Set gill net fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Graveyard Point, Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, July 2015.

Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juveniles playing in trees in snowy landscape. Jigokudani Yaen-Koen National Park, Japan, February.

Aerial of whale-watching boat, Skjafandi Bay, Iceland, June 2009.

Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) viewed from above, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) submerged in thermal hotspring pool. Jigokudani Yaen-Koen National Park, Japan, February.

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) swiming in sea, southwest Finland, February.

Magnetic termite (Amitermes meridionalis) aerial view of mounds in grassland, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

American bison (Bison bison) walking through snow using tracks made by other animals, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, February.

European brown bear (Ursus arctos) viewed from above, captive, Cabarceno Park, Cantabria, Spain, June.

Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, August.

Peringuey's adder / Sidewinding adder (Bitis peringueyi), 'sidewinding', Namib Desert, Namibia, May

People riding elephants watching Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the mist of dawn. Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Red Deer herd (Cervus elaphus) moving over mountain ridge in heavy snow. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. January.

Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) females in snowy mountain habitat. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

Aerial view of three Moose (Alces alces) feeding on Willow bushes in snow, Tartumaa, Estonia, January.

Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) swimming in lake, Tasmania, Australia.

Bower of Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) decorated with various types of leafs, beetle wing covers, black and brown fungi, red flowers and blue berries, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Peruvian booby (Sula variegata) and Guanay cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvilli) flock, Punta Coles reserve, Peru.

Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) adult in the hot springs of Jigokudani, in the snow, Japan. February

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf anesthetized during translocation by Kenya Wildlife Service, due to over population, Mwaluganje Reserve, Kenya. October 2006.

Moose (Alces alces) herd on a cold -18 C morning amongst frozen willow bushes, with snow, in Tartumaa, Estonia. January. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the GDT competition 2013.

Wolf (Canis lupus) approaches a small herd of Red deer (Cervus elephas) in snow, Abruzzo, Italy. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the GDT Competition 2013

Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) 'mega pod', False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.