XI ZHINONG / Wild White-Lipped Deer (Przewalskium albirostris) male, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan Plateau, China. Vulnerable species.

George Sanker / American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) cub. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, June.

David Pattyn / Dalmatian Pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) portrait. Lake Kerkini, Greece, March 2012.

Ann & Steve Toon / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd walking to the river to drink, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana), baby playing with a branch. Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) kneeling in mud and rain. Aberdares National Park, Kenya.

Tony Heald / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) ears flicking water when opening after surfacing, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, October 2012

Tony Heald / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) walking portrait, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, October 2012

Tony Heald / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) getting out of Zambezi River, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, October 2012

Tony Heald / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) very young baby walking profile, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, October 2012

Staffan Widstrand / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) stretching out in snow, Svalbard, Norway

Staffan Widstrand / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) portrait with blue tongue sticking out, Svalbard, Norway

XI ZHINONG / Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) crossing road infront of a truck, Kekexili, Qinghai, China, January

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) paralysed after being bitten by paralytic ticks having medicine administered by owner and main carer Jenny Mclean at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensl...

Alex Mustard / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) mouth open filter feeding at the surface, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico, Caribbean Sea.