Juergen Freund / Green moray eel {Gymnothorax funebris} Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Dong Lei / Mrs Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae dabryii) male feeding from Chinese wild peach flowers (Prunus davidiana) Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. May.

Dong Lei / Mrs Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae dabryii) male hanging upside down and feeding from Chinese wild peach (Prunus davidiana) male blossom, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yun...

Theo Webb / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) baby sitting next to its mother, Max Planck research site, LuiKotale, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Andy Rouse / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) reaching upwards, UK. Captive.

Aflo / Cat stretching forward whilst sunbathing, Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan.

Nick Garbutt / Adult Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) with Pantaneiro Cowboy, Northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, South America.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of a Cynara sp flower, UK.

Ammonite / Two male Mining bees (Andrena praecox) trying to reach a female bee in a hole, France, March.

Jabruson / Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) confiscated juvenile recovered by National Park authorities from poachers, awaiting release to the wild in wooden crate, with hand reaching out, Djomba, Vir...

Nick Garbutt / Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) feeding on fruit in forest canopy. Banks of the Cuiaba River, northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscatata) juvenile, reaching out to touch the camera, Jigokudani, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Martagon lily (Lilium martagonium) flower, Terminillo, Rieti, Lazio, Italy, July