Chosen from more than 42,000 entries from 96 countries, the winning images in the 2015-16 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition depict the struggle for life in habitats around the world. The judges鈥� picks will go on display at the Natural History Museum in London on 16 October. Here are our favourites.
(Image: Don Gutosk)
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Outfoxed: The overall winner was this image of a red fox that had killed and partially eaten a smaller arctic fox in Cape Churchill, Canada. This behaviour had never been documented before.
(Image: Charlie Hamilton James)
Bone of contention: R眉ppell鈥檚 griffon vultures and African whitebacked vultures pick at a zebra carcass in the Serengeti.
(Image: Jos茅 Antonio Mart铆nez)
Mayfly massacre: After finishing their metamorphosis by the Ebro river in northern Spain, billions of mayflies congregate under the streetlights to look for a mate. Millions of them lay their eggs on the road, mistaking it for the riverbed.
(Image: Tristan Dicks)
Most wanted: A pangolin, the most hunted animal in the world, in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa.
(Image: Mirko Zanni)
Taking the plunge: A Cuban crocodile goes for a dip.
(Image: Javier Aznar Gonz谩lez de Rueda)
See no weevil: A pair of metallic weevils mate on the slopes of Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador.
(Image: Sergey Gorshkov)
High and dry: An oryx searches for water during a drought in Namibia, near the border with Angola.
(Image: Thomas P. Peschak)
Jellyfish jamboree: Cape fur seals dart through a swarm of cape box jellyfish off the west coast of South Africa. These jellyfish have thrived in recent years as a result of climate change and overfishing.
(Image: Marc Albiac)
Leap of faith: A genet, a nocturnal hunter native to Africa and south-west Europe, jumps from a branch in Collserola, near Barcelona. The photographer left food out for these animals to help them survive the winter.
(Image: Audun Rikardsen)
Polar night: A brown trout in its spawning ground in an Arctic river in Norway during late autumn. The fish spawn at night to avoid predators such as eagles.
