Ingo Arndt / Southern plains grey / Hanuman langur {Semnopithecus dussumieri} mother and baby, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Laurie Campbell / Highland bull (Bos taurus) face close up in freezing fog, Berwickshire Scotland, December

Konrad Wothe / Common green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) in rainforest, Iron Range National Park, Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, Australia, October

Markus Varesvuo / Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) perched on snowy tree in front of the moon. Kuusamo, Finland, February.

Pete Oxford / Portrait of an Emerald Glass Frog (Espadarana / Centrolenella prosoblepon). Captive. Choc Region of northwest Ecuador.

Kim Taylor / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in profile (wild animal photogaphed in Africa, background digitally removed)

Alex Hyde / Panther Chameleon {Furcifer pardalis} climbing along branch on beach, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Edwin Giesbers / Head portrait of Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) covered in snow captive (born in 2000) Occurs China

Lynn M Stone / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) adult in non-breeding plumage standing in shallow water. Dunedin, Florida, USA, November.

Paul D Stewart / Two of Darwin's staunchest supporters in the field during a trip to the Rockies in 1877. Left (seated) British botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, the director of Kew and one of Charles Darwin's close frie...

Paul D Stewart / Two of Darwin's staunchest supporters in the field during a trip to the Rockies in 1877. Centre (seated) British botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, the director of Kew and one of Charles Darwin's close fr...

Tony Wu / Pair of Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) mating in a coral reef, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Having succeeded in gaining the female's acceptance, the male on the right has wrapped his arms...