Pascal Kobeh / 'Lotus', an artificial reef built in 2001 with a steel frame with a mild electrical current which encourages the growth of coral, Ihuru Island, North Male Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean. Small reprodu...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tourists riding on domestic Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) crossing Narayani River in the dawn mist during wildlife safari, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Alex Mustard / A portrait of an Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber) buried in the sand waiting to ambush prey. This species can also use its hairy tongue as a lure. El Cabron, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain...

Merryn Thomas / Man taking a photograph of Three Cliffs Bay, Gower, Swansea, Wales. January 2013. Model released.

Cyril Ruoso / Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) infant riding on the back of an adult male, winter, Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Cyril Ruoso / Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) close-up portrait of an adult male picking his nose, Gabon

Michael Pitts / Cameraman Michael Pitts filming Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Karan Island. Arabian Gulf, June 2009

Igor Shpilenok,Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) stands on its back legs to more easily determine the source of an unfamiliar sound. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Fa...

Denis-Huot / Tourists watching and photographing Lioness (Panthera leo) with cubs, Kruger national park, South Africa

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) female 'Fanle' aged 13 years and protecting her infant son 'Flanle' aged 3 years from an aggressive male, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011.

David Pattyn / Red necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena) approaching a competitor in an attempt to drive him away during the courting season, Danube area, Bulgaria, April

Anup Shah / Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) male charging at an African lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September sequence 11/11