Shell wildlife photographer of the year

Elephant in Chobe national park, Botswana, by Ben Osborne, is the overall winner of Shell's wildlife photographer of the year 2007 competition. Ben's image of a large bull elephant kicking and spraying mud in a waterhole, which also won the creative visions of nature category, was judged to be the best picture of 2007 in what the organisers say has been the most successful, competitive event in the competition's 43-year history Photograph: PR

The runner-up in the creative visions of nature category is a photograph of Whooper swans at Hokkaido's Lake Kushiro in Japan by Jan Vermeer Photograph: PR

Ingo Arndt's shot of monarch butterflies migrating in Mexico was highly commended in the creative visions of nature category Photograph: PR

Kenya Masai Mara by Laurent Baheux was specially commended in the creative visions of nature category Photograph: PR

In the animals in their environment category, Paul Nicklen was the winner with his picture of Narwhal whales, off northern Baffin Island, Canada Photograph: PR

The runner-up in the animals in their environment category was Michael Nichols with this shot of baboons in Zakouma national park, Chad Photograph: PR

Norbert Rosing was highly commended in the animals in their environment category for Flying over the Hudson Bay Photograph: PR

The winner of the Eric Hosking award, named after the famous British wildlife photographer, was Bence Mate, with his shot of a Hawk owl hunting in Finland Photograph: PR

The Eric Hosking award is for the best portfolio of six images taken by a photographer aged 18-26 years old. Another work in Bence Mate's winning portfolio was this shot of a sparrowhawk drinking and preening itself Photograph: PR

The winner of the behaviour (birds) category was Louis-Marie Preau for her picture of a Snowy owl, north of Quebec Photograph: PR

Highly commended in the same category was this shot of a Chinstrap penguin by Chris Gomersall Photograph: PR

Johan J Botha won the behaviour (mammals) category with this photo of a black-backed jackal, in Namibia's Etosha national park Photograph: Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year is owned by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine and is sponsored by Shell/PR

Specially commended in the behaviour (mammals) category was zebras in the Serengeti by Anup Shah Photograph: PR

Shem Compion won a special commendation in the behaviour (mammals) category for this shot of meerkats in South Africa's Tswalu Kalahari reserve Photograph: PR

The winner of the behaviour (all other animals) category was this shot of a great white shark off Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa, taken by Amos Nachoum Photograph: PR

This photograph of striped mackerel in the Red Sea won a highly commended award for Ela Nasfay in the behaviour (all other animals) category Photograph: PR

The winner of the animal portraits category was Sergey Gorshkov for his shot of a brown bear in the Ozernaya river in southern Kamchatka, eastern Russia Photograph: PR

Animal portraits runner-up was Graham Eaton for his shot of mallard ducks in Llyn Padarn, north Wales Photograph: PR

Urban and garden wildlife winner was Danny Green's shot of a water vole in a disused canal in Derbyshire Photograph: PR

Runner-up in the urban and garden wildlife category was Jordi Bas Casas with this image of a heron fishing Photograph: PR

Highly commended in the same category is this ermine stoat by Ari Tervo Photograph: PR

Jack Dykinga was highly commended in the in praise of plants category for this image of drought-resistant agave in the mountains of Mexico Photograph: PR

The winner of the one earth category was Csaba Karai with this photo of a plane passing in front of the moon Photograph: PR

Runner up in the same category was Arne Naevra's image of a polar bear on ice, off an island near Svalbard in the Arctic circle Photograph: PR

Winner of the underwater world category was this shot of basking sharks feeding in the Red Sea by Felipe Barrio Photograph: PR

Paul Nicklen was highly commended in the underwater world category for this shot of a leopard seal with an appetite for penguin at Anvers island in the Antarctic Photograph: PR

The winner of the wild places category was Robert Knight's image of an iceberg in the southern oceans near South Georgia Photograph: PR

Wild places runner-up was this shot of the Castle geyser in Yellowstone national park by Robert Sinclair Photograph: PR

This photo of squirrel monkeys in Costa Rica won Patrick Corning the young wildlife photographer of the year title in the 10 years and under category Photograph: ]/PR

In the 15-17 years category, the winning shot was this flock of black skimmers on Merritt island, Florida, taken by Evan Graff Photograph: PR

And the winner of the 11-14 years old category was Fergus Gill with this shot of a sparrowhawk Photograph: PR