Edwin Giesbers / Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco), close-up of face, Costa rica

Pete Oxford / Glass frog {Hyalinobatrachium sp} Amazonia, SE Ecuador

Ross Hoddinott / Thick-legged flower beetle {Oedemera nobilis} on Corn marigold {Chrysanthemum segetum}, Cornwall. UK. Winner of Seasons category of the BWPA 2011 competition

Solvin Zankl / Leafcutter ant {Atta sp} carrying leaf fragment to nest. Ants are champion weightlifters, capable of lifting 50 times their body weight (the equivalent of a human heaving 50 people). They would win a...

Juergen Freund / Whale shark and person swimming in silhouette {Rhinicodon typus} Indo Pacific

Doug Perrine / Green turtle swimming {Chelonia mydas} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - underside view ~(Non-ex).

Andrew Parkinson / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) portrait of a 19-month male. Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Andy Rouse / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby standing between legs of mother, captive, Knowsley Safari Park, UK (non-ex)

Edwin Giesbers / Red eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) portrait, Costa Rica

Mark Carwardine / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) underwater, Guadalupe Island, Mexico (North Pacific)

Anup Shah / Juvenile male Cheetah on bonnet of vehicle looking back under tail at photographer.

Staffan Widstrand / Young male Jaguar portrait {Panthera onca} Pantanal, Brazil

Anup Shah / Baby Indian elephant in water looking shocked {Elephas maximus} Indian subcontinent Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Niall Benvie / Cornfield weeds composite - Cornflower, Poppy and Corn marigold, Scotland, UK meetyourneighbours.net project

Pete Oxford / Emperor Penguins walking in a row, Antarctica.

Carol Walker / Purebred grey Andalusian mare running in the snow, Longmont, Colorado, USA

Kim Taylor / Emperor moth (Gonimbrasia species) digitally enhanced, Namibia

Kim Taylor / {Volvox} protozoa growing at water surface in sunlight, UK.

Kim Taylor / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seeds blowing in the wind. Digital composite, UK.

Niall Benvie / Trees laden with snow and ice (Tykky), Riisitunturi, Finland.

Jose B. Ruiz / Aerial view of the Bay of Cadiz delta, Puerto de Santa Mara, Cdiz, Spain

Jack Dykinga / Quaking aspen trees {Populus tremuloides} in autumn, Boulder Mountain, Dixie national forest, Utah, USA

Pete Cairns / Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) standing alongside Loch Mallachie, perfectly reflected in water. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Coast Giant redwood trees {Sequoia sempervirens} in the fog, Del Norte State Park, California, USA. Tallest trees in the world.

Jose B. Ruiz / Iris (Iris sp) Alcal de Guadaira, Seville, Spain

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle {Calopteryx splendens}, Tamar lakes, Cornwall. UK

Carol Walker / Purebred black Friesian stallion doing passage, Ojai, California, USA,

Jack Dykinga / Morning Glory pool with Lodgepole pines {Pinus contorta} in background, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro Cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) at sunrise, Cabeza Prieta NW Refuge, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA

Hans Christoph Kappel / Poplar Admiral butterfly flying (Limenitis populi) captive, Europe.

Kim Taylor / Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) visiting Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) Dorset, England, digital composite

Jose B. Ruiz / Ro Tinto, or Red River, very acidic and coloured deep red by iron dissolved in the water that drains from the local Riotinto mines causing severe environmental problems. Huelva, Spain~.

Jack Dykinga / Close-up of two Barrel cacti (Ferocactus acanthodes) in the eastern Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico

Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly {Polyommatus icarus} resting on Bee orchid {Ophrys apifera}, Bude, Cornwall.

Andy Rouse / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) male protecting female from another male, Falkland Islands

Anup Shah / Two Reticulated giraffe, necks entwined {Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata}, Samburu NR, Kenya

Guy Edwardes / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) captive, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Kent, England, June 2007

Juan Carlos Munoz / Grey gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) swinging from branch in rainforest and using foot to grip plant vine, Mount Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Jane Burton / Brown spotted tabby cat (Felis catus) male standing and reaching up

Anup Shah / White Tiger head portrait reflected in water {Panthera tigris} captive, India

Laurent Geslin / Close up of Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) eye, India

Solvin Zankl / Rockhopper penguins {Eudyptes chrysocome} walking across sand beach, wings spread, Falkland Islands.

Edwin Giesbers / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) pair, courtship, Heligoland, Germany

Doug Perrine / Great white shark jaws open at surface {Carcharodon carcharias} South Africa ~(Non-ex).

Edwin Giesbers / European polecat (Mustela putorius) hunting rabbit which is jumping to get away, Veluwezoom National Park, Netherlands

Solvin Zankl / Gentoo Penguin chicks (2-week) {Pygoscelis papua} begging parent for food, Falkland Island.

Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) blackback male in rainforest, in front of Sabinyo volcano, Volcanoes NP, Virunga mountains, Rwanda (non-ex)

Anup Shah / Young African elephants with trunks entwined, Masai Mara, Kenya

Karl Ammann / Reticulated giraffe with young, Samburu GR, Kenya

DOC WHITE / Humpback Whale {Megaptera novaeangliae} Mexico

Markus Varesvuo / Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) silhouetted against the full moon, Helsinki, Finland, December

Anup Shah / Orang utan and young catching rain with open mouth {Pongo abelii} Gunang Leuser NP, Indonesia

Peter Scoones / Golden samselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) with Gorgonian fan. Indo-Pacific Ocean

David Shale / Fangtooth, bathypelagic fish (Anoplogaster cornuta), deep sea Atlantic ocean

Doug Perrine / Atlantic spotted dolphins at surface {Stenella frontalis} Bahamas, Caribbean Sea ~(Non-ex).

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) group on iceberg, Mikkelsen Harbour, Antarctica

Edwin Giesbers / Two Adelie Penguins {Pygoscelis adeliae} on iceberg, Antarctica

Dave Watts,Dave Watts / Forester Kangaroo family {Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis} a subspecies of Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Tasmania, Australia.

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) surfing, jumping out of the sea, Falkland Islands

Andy Rouse / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chick about to be killed by flock of Striated Caracara {Polyborus plancus} Falkland Islands

Edwin Giesbers / American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) close-up of mouth and teeth, Costa Rica

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) faces looking up, huddling together for warmth on a cold day, Shodoshima, Japan

Anup Shah / African lion {Panthera leo} lioness head profile portrait, Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Juergen Freund / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) swimming at water surface, split-level, New Guinea, Indo-pacific

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} mother grooming four-day-old newborn baby, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Solvin Zankl / Web-footed gecko (Palmatogecko rangei) on sand dune in the Namib Desert, Namibia

Michel Roggo / Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in cage of Salmon farm, Norway, Captive

Georgette Douwma / Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) in host anemone. Papua New Guinea.

Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) close up of eye, Volcanoes NP, Virunga mountains, Rwanda

John Waters / Whooper Swans {Cygnus cygnus} in flight against blue sky, captive, Somerset, UK.

Tony Heald / African elephant {Loxodonta africana} bulls walking in line, Etosha national park, Namibia.

Mark Carwardine / Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) swimming fast, Baja California, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico

Edwin Giesbers / Jaguar (Panthera onca) portrait, Costa Rica, Captive

Andy Rouse / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) old stag in urban landscape, Richmond Park, London, UK (non-ex)

Doug Perrine / Shoal of Longfin bannerfish {Heniochus acuminatus} Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean ~(Non-ex).

Juergen Freund / Garibaldi fish {Hypsypops rubicunda} in kelp forest, California, USA, Pacific coast

Tony Heald / Giraffes {Giraffa camelopardalis}, Etosha NP, Namibia

Mark Payne-Gill / Three banded armadillo {Tolypeutes tricinctus} uncurling from defensive ball

Laurent Geslin / Roe deer {Capreolus capreolus} male leaping during the rutting season, France

Tony Heald / Female Red footed falcon (western) {Falco vespertinus} in flight, Etosha national park, Namibia.

Anup Shah / Lesser flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} chick beside legs of adult, Lake Nakuru NP, Kenya

Pete Cairns / Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) in flight over woodland clearing, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK

John Downer / Male Lion walking towards camera {Panthera leo} Masai Mara, Kenya

Laurent Geslin / Feral pigeon (Columba livia) on its nest with two chicks, above the streets of Geneva, Switzerland

Tony Heald / Bengal tiger [Panthera tigris tigris] crossing road in front of watching tourists, Bandhavgarh NP, Madhya Pradesh, India, March

Michael Pitts / Oceanic whitetip shark {Carcharhinus longimanus} + Pilotfish {Naucrates ductor} Red Sea.

Staffan Widstrand / European Grey Wolf {Canislupus} hunting rodents in snow, Toropets, Russia

Edwin Giesbers / Siberian tiger {Panthera tigris altaica} two cubs play fighting, captive

Solvin Zankl / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) with Sesriem Sossusvlei sand dune in the background, Namib desert, Namibia

Edwin Giesbers / Siberian tiger {Panthera tigris altaica} close-up, captive