Kristel Richard / Lady riding a black Menorquin stallion, performing the bot or walking courbette of the Doma Menorquina, during the festival Mare de Deu de Gracia, in Mahon, Menorca, Spain 2012. Tourists are trying t...

Mark Carwardine / Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) running, captive, Living Desert Zoo, Palm Desert, California, USA

Mark Carwardine / Pacific white-sided dolphin / Lag (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) swimming fast, showing dorsal fin, Johnstone Strait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, western Canada

Floris van Breugel / Winter snowstorm with frost covered trees , Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, February 2012.

Christophe Courteau / Giant Otter swimming (Pteronura braziliensis) Pixiam river, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Christophe Courteau / Yellow bellied toad underside swimming {Bombina variegata} France

Claudio Contreras / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling on its way to the sea, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August. Endangered species.

Oriol Alamany / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) browsing, Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, September.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult male 'Kunga' aged 13 years pirouetting with excitement, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Dec...

David Pattyn / Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight above Wadden sea, Terschelling Island, The Netherlands, June

David Pattyn / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) jumping, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands, sequence 2/6

David Pattyn / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) jumping, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands, sequence 4/6