Ammonite / Mining bee (Andrena apicata) flying and feeding from Sallow (Salix caprea) catkins, with pollen sacs on hind legs, France, March.

Ammonite / Close-up of Honey bees (Apis mellifera) performing a waggle dance on the edge of a swarm, indicating the position and quality of a food source, France, April.

Ammonite / Close up of a Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) swimming past the camera, Azores, Portugal, July.

Terry Whittaker / Two Red-throated divers (Gavia stellata) on a lake, vocalising, Iceland, July.

Ammonite / Group of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs running to lioness, greeting and grooming each other, Masai Mara National Park, Kenya.

Terry Whittaker / Timelapse of icebergs moving in Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon at twilight, formed from meltwater from the retreating Vatnajokull glacier, Iceland, July 2012.

Ammonite / Group of African lionesses (Panthera leo) greeting each other in the rain, Masai Mara NP, Kenya

Jabruson Motion / Female African forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) and calf kneeling and drinking from mineral pool, Zanga-Ndoki National Park, Sangha-Mbaere Prefecture, Central African Republic

Ammonite / Black-handed / Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) feeding on figs, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

Jabruson Motion / Juvenile Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) eating leaves, sitting and clapping hands before leaving frame, Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Sangha-Mbaere Prefecture, Central African Republic

Michael Pitts / Tracking shot over the bow of a sunken shipwreck, Maldives, Indian Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Molten lava lake in Halemaumau Crater, a pit crater in the summit caldera of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii.