Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Johnstons Chameleon (Chamaeleo johnstoni) face and legs. Restricted for Editorial use until December 2015

Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.

Frederique Olivier / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks calling, with another small chick arriving and falling over, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.

Frederique Olivier / Group of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) destroying an egg with a chick inside, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.

Brian Bevan / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup trying to suckle, Norfolk, England, UK, January.

Christophe Courteau / Male BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) pulling the head of a dead pregnant female that died due to complications whilst giving birth, trying to wake her up, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Par...

Konrad Wothe / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) sitting in the rain, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania.

Bert Willaert / Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius culeus) swimming underwater, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. Critically endangered species.

Georgette Douwma / Big-eye fish (Priacanthus hamrur). Egypt, Red Sea.

Joris van Alphen / Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) mother attempting to shelter her chicks from the rain, Flevoland, the Netherlands. July.

Espen Bergersen / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) rear view lying down, resting at sunset, Svalbard, Norway. April.

Franco Banfi / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) male and female, hauled out in shallow water, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic Ocean. July.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) captive, occurs in South America.

Cyril Ruoso / Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) resting, captive at Singapore Zoo. Non-ex

Theo Webb / Female Bonobo (Pan paniscus) resting, Max Planck research site LuiKotale in Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mark Raycroft / English Bulldog (Canis familiaris)

Mark Raycroft / English Bulldog (Canis familiaris) lying in leaves

Jabruson / Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) confiscated juvenile recovered by National Park authorities from poachers, awaiting release to the wild in wooden crate, with hand reaching out, Djomba, Vir...

Jabruson / Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) juvenile confiscated from poachers by national park authorities from poachers, awaiting release to the wild in wooden crate, Djomba, Virunga National Park,...

Jabruson / 'Kith' / 'Kin' Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) captive animal in walled enclosure, Perth Zoo, Western Australia, August 2001.

Jussi Murtosaari / Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) juvenile at sunset, Kemijarvi, Finland, July.

Jabruson / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in cage, confiscated from poachers, housed in Epulu, Okapi Wildlife Reserve, Orientale Province, North-East, Democratic Republic of Congo

Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) adult with wet snowy head in the hot springs of Jigokudani, Japan.

Thomas Marent / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China

Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) youngster, caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique. No release available.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years sitting portrait, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' carrying her stillborn infant on her back, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 20...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' tending to her stillborn infant, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011.

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

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' carrying her stillborn infant on her back, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 20...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years head and shoulders portrait, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Dec...

Fiona Rogers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' carrying her stillborn infant in her arms, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 20...

Roberto Rinaldi / Weedy seadragon (Phylloperyx taeniolatus) head portrait, Australia

Florian Möllers / African Lions (Panthera leo) in a bare cage in Beijing Zoo, China, November.

Lisa Hoffner / A baby orphan Elephant (Loxodonta africana), named Murka, wounded by a poacher's spear is comforted by the touch of another elephant's trunk from outside its pen. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Eleph...

Lisa Hoffner / Orphan Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) and Elephant (Loxodonta africana) with blankets on their backs. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nairobi Elephant Nursery, Kenya, July 2010.

Mark Taylor / Border Collie puppy.

Mark Taylor / Yellow Labrador Retriever puppy, 7 weeks.

Mark Taylor / Chocolate Labrador puppy, 3 months, lying.

Orsolya Haarberg / Dying Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) on the dark bottom of a deep gorge, Saefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, September 2010

Ernie Janes / Basset hound, portrait, looking out of car, UK

Edwin Giesbers / Buffy fish owl (Ketupa ketupa) head portrait, captive

Doug Wechsler / American toad (Bufo americanus) crossing road at night in front of car headlights, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, March

Alex Mustard / A Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus) head portrait in Three Sisters Spring. Crystal River, Florida, USA. February 2010

Petra Wegner / Small Munsterlander head portrait.

Petra Wegner / Dalmatian, head portrait, male aged 4 years.

Petra Wegner / Magyar Vizsla / Hungarian Pointer, head portrait of smooth coated, tan coloured male, sitting.

Sandesh Kadur / Boy proudly holding dying Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) that he has shot with a catapult, Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya, North East India. HIGHLY COMMENDED: One Earth Award - Wildlife Photogra...

Edwin Giesbers / Close up head portrait of Caracal (Caracal caracal) captive

LYNN M. STONE / Portrait of German Shorthair Pointer in thicket of pink berries, Illinois, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Portrait of male Boxer, light brindle coloured with natural ears, standing by lake shore, Illinois, USA

Edwin Giesbers / Head portrait of Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) covered in snow captive (born in 2000) Occurs China

Edwin Giesbers / Close up face portrait of male Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) Captive, Netherlands

Edwin Giesbers / Close up face portrait of male Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) Captive, Netherlands

Suzi Eszterhas / Rescued Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) within cage, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda, Africa. Captive, June 2009.

David Shale / Head-on view of Spothead lanternfish {Diaphus metopocampus} from between 500 and 800m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) portrait, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) captive at Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) baby, aged 5 months, Wolong Nature Reserve, China, Captive

Jane Burton / Jack Russell Terrier puppy

Jane Burton / Apricot Pug, 2 years old.

Karl Ammann / Orang utans (Pongo pygmaeus) in crowded cage, Tapei zoo, Taiwan

Karl Ammann / Baby Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla g gorilla), victim of the illegal bushmeat and pet trades, Central Africa. After shooting an adult gorilla, bushmeat hunters capture the babies for additional pro...

Karl Ammann / Baby Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla g gorilla) head portrait - victim of the illegal bushmeat and pet trade, Pointe Nior, Democratic Republic of Congo. After shooting an adult gorilla, bushmeat hunt...

David Tipling / Reindeer road casualty {Rangifer tarandus} Norway

GRAHAM HATHERLEY / European hare {Lepus europaeus} dead on side of road with passing traffic. UK. Roadkill

Anup Shah / Female orang utan mother with month-old baby (Pongo abelii) sitting in tree, Leuser NP Indonesia

Karl Ammann / Depressed Orang utan in Tapei zoo, Taiwan

Staffan Widstrand / Butchering grey whale kill on beach, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

Jabruson / Mountain silverback gorilla skull Salaama Virunga NP. DR

Georgette Douwma / Pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina) chained as pet. Indonesia Imported from Borneo.

Georgette Douwma / Young hawksbill turtle caught in fishing net {Eretmochelys imbricata} Andaman Sea, Thailand. Drowned dead

Pete Oxford / Dancing Sloth bear with keeper {Melursus ursinus} Agra, India

Pete Oxford / Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) posing with toy gun. New Delhi, India

Sue Flood / Grey whale mother tries to lift her calf as Killer whales (Orcinus orca) attack, Monterey, Pacific, California USA

Martha Holmes / Chimpanzee {Pan troglodytes} hand on bar of cage.

Doug Allan / Emperor penguin {Aptenodytes forsteri} wounded in attack by Leopard seal, Antarctica

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in cage, Limbe Wildlife Centre, Cameroon

Ashley Cooper / Walkers on the Tour Du Mont Blanc share shelter from heavy rain with a goat on the Col Du Bonhomme near Les Contamines, French Alps. France. August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death as a consequence of climate change. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death as a consequence of climate change. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death as a consequence of climate change. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starved to death as a consequence of climate change. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013

Ashley Cooper / Funafuti Atoll flooded by sea water, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Funafuti Atoll flooded by sea water, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Funafuti Atoll flooded by sea water, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Funafuti Atoll flooded by sea water, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Funafuti Atoll flooded by sea water outside Funafuti airport, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Man in water as Funafuti Atoll is flooded by sea water, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Child sitting on chair in floodwaters on Funafuti,Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Houses flooded by seawater on Funafuti,Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Woman walking past houses flooded by seawater on Funafuti, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

Ashley Cooper / Tuvaluans watching as the high tide inundates their island home on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. These low lying islands are very susceptible to sea level rise, March 2007

David Fleetham / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapilloma tumors covering its head and eyes. Soon the tumors will grow to cover both eyes and limit the turtles ability to locate a food source. Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Long jawed squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum), Hawaii.

Mark Raycroft / Basset Hound (Canis familiaris) puppy, North America