Cyril Ruoso / Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae), Pacaya Samiria National Park, Peru

Sean Crane / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) at sunrise, Hudson Bay, Seal River, Manitoba, Canada

Vincent Grafhorst / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) flapping ears, Botswana

Roland Seitre / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) running, native to Africa

Thomas Marent / Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) young, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group gulp feeding, Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska

Jack Dykinga / North Rim at Cape Royal with sunset storm light streaming in rays, backlighting the canyon ridges, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

Donald M. Jones / Common Loon (Gavia immer) stretching wings, Troy, Montana

Kevin Schafer / Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) pair swimming in Ariau River, tributary of Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

Vincent Grafhorst / Southern Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) silhouetted against the setting sun, Lethiau Valley, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana

Konrad Wothe / Camargue Horse (Equus caballus) group running at sunset, Camargue, France

Jan Vermeer / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks, Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica