Claudio Contreras / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding view of tail, Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, August. Vulnerable species.

Claudio Contreras / Spotted drum fish (Equetus punctatus) Puerto Morelos National Park, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, February

Alex Mustard / Harlequin sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides) cleaned by a pair of bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). South Atoll, Tubbataha Atolls, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Palawan, Philipp...

Andy Rouse / Chital deer (Axis axis) mother with young, Ranthambhore National Park, India.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) composite showing take off, Maine-et-Loire, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Barry Bland / Fried egg jelly fish (Cotylorhiza tuberculata) Mediterranean Sea.

Krista Schlyer / Hooded pitcher plant (Sarracenia minor) Green Swamp, North Carolina, USA. June.

Constantinos Petrinos / Peacock-tail anemone shrimp (Periclimenes brevicarpalis) living commensally with the Branching Sea Anemone (Actinodendron glomeratum). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of male Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming in open water, to feed on plankton. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Eric Medard / European genet (Genetta genetta) taken at night with infra red remote camera trap, Ariege, France, May.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of the spot pattern on skin / fur of a female Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor), captive, occurs in the Caucasus, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.