Edwin Giesbers / Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) close up of skin and tail, captive

Bert Willaert / Male Humayun's Wrinkled Frog (Nyctibatrachus humayuni) calling next to egg clutches on leaves. Western Ghats, India.

Andy Rouse / Black rhinceros (Diceros bicornis) low angle portrait, Swaziland, Southern Africa (01360457 is a black and white copy of this image)

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group leaving a waterhole - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Tony Heald / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole with Giraffe in the background, Etosha National Park, Namibia, August

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) investigating with its trunk, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Claudio Contreras / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) close-up of weaner / juvenile sleeping, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April

Adrian Davies / Wrinkled peach fungus (Rhodotus palmatus) slightly fallen, exposing gills, on rotting Elm log. Surrey, November

Jeff Vanuga / Close up of eye of a bull African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) showing 'tears', Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, September

Peter Blackwell / Close up of African elephant skin around tail {Loxodonta africana} Amboseli NP, Kenya, East Africa

Nick Hawkins / Volcan Alcedo Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra vandenburghi), portrait. Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Tony Heald / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), male bloodied after a fight. Right Whale Bay, South Georgia. September.