Wild Wonders of Europe / Peltomäki / Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) flying past windmill, Texel, Netherlands, May 2009

Niall Benvie / Young girl and boy playing in a wildflower meadow, Scotland, UK, July 2009. Model released

Niall Benvie / Young girl and boy playing in a wildflower meadow, Scotland, UK, July 2009

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Children in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Flip Nicklin / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) pair interacting with Steven Cleaver at the Dolphin Quest Learning Center, Waikoloa Hyatt, Hawaii

Mark Moffett / Embera Choco Indian making a blowgun for hunting with poisoned darts, Colombia

Flip Nicklin / Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) at breathing hole being photographed by Andrew Taqutu and son, Arctic

Flip Nicklin / Orca (Orcinus orca) watched by boy, Sea World, San Diego, California

Mark Raycroft / Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier (Canis familiaris) girl taking pair for a walk

Mark Raycroft / Great Dane (Canis familiaris) with young girl illustrating enormous size

Mark Raycroft / Rottweiler (Canis familiaris) resting on grass with a young girl

Mark Raycroft / Rottweiler (Canis familiaris) at a picnic with young girl

Mark Moffett / Goliath Frog (Conraua goliath) held by two boys, Ghana

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphaned baby Mwega playing with school children at mud bath, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) poached eggs being sold in market, Sabah, Borneo

Pete Oxford / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) on shoulder of Machiguenga Indian, Lower Urubamba River, Amazon, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Ringtail Salamander (Bolitoglossa robusta) held by Henry Laval, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Ringtail Salamander (Bolitoglossa robusta) held by Henry Laval, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) mass stranding with volunteers working to keep them cool, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) stranded pod of 65, young volunteers comfort and cool a cow and tiny calf while waiting for rising tide, Golden Bay, New Zealand

Michael Quinton / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) watched by tourists who are asked by ranger to go back to the road, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Mark Moffett / Local children show beetles they have collected for sale, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

Larry Minden / Llama (Lama glama) lead by Shannon, a young girl, in the Sierra Nevada mountains, California

Tui De Roy / Visitors snorkeling in clear waters beneath Pinnacle Rock, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Fred Bavendam / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) observed by guide and tourists, Mosquera Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Luciano Candisani / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) holding onto Native Amazonian girl's arm, Amazon, Brazil

Patricio Robles Gil / Young boys of the village of Yakel, Tanna Island, Vanuatu Archipelago, New Hebrides

Gerry Ellis / Vatari, anti-poaching patrol member, showing animal snare, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphaned baby Mwega play-charging at mud bath with children watching, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Members of the Irula tribe, catch snakes and extract their venom, India

Norbert Wu / Reef-walking, Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island, Australia

Mark Moffett / Village woman and children, concealing attire, must be worn in public by all women over the age of seven, Kaht, Iran

Jim Brandenburg / Philipoosie Novalinge shows kids how to use crossbow, he was a role model for the documentary Nanook of the North, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada