Jordi Chias / Spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) just hatched from egg case that is on Seafan (Paramuricea clavata), Ullastres seamount, Costa Brava, Llafranch, Catalunya, Spain

Ann & Steve Toon / Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) drinking, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, May

Pedro Narra / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling at sea surface, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes Menacees / SOS Endangered Species Portfolio category of the Te...

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) wild caught adult, kept in sheep pen in village, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia, April. Winner of the Fritz Polking Portfolio Award of the GDT Competition 2015.

Loic Poidevin / Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) calf next to mother's legs, Finland, April.

Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) adult at night digging for prey among the roots of Retam broom shrub. Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate, Tunisia. Taken with remote camera trap.

Tui De Roy / Dead Sally-lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) washed up in surf, Puerto Egas, James Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

Denis-Huot / Lioness (Panthera leo) and Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) silhouetted at sunset, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Michael Pitts / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling swimming out to deep water from Karan Island after being released from boat. Saudi Arabia. Arabian Gulf.

Sven Zacek / Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) perched in Spruce tree top after sunset, Southern Estonia, June.

Diane McAllister,Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile standing up with feet pointed inward, Jigokudani, Japan, January

Bert Willaert,Bert Willaert / Portrait of a Darwin's Frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) Chile, Vulnerable species