Todd Pusser / Black browed albatross pair {Thalassarche melanophrys} Falkland Islands

Anup Shah / Two baby African elephants with trunks entwined. Masai Mara, Kenya

Winfried Wisniewski / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) males fighting, Masai Mara, Kenya

Kevin Schafer / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pups playing, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Carol Walker / Claro and Cremesso, two third year male cremello Wild horse / mustang colts that had been rounded up from the McCullough Peak herd, Wyoming, and put up for adoption, on their new ranch in Colorado, US...

Alex Mustard / Rock beauty angelfish (Holacanthus tricolor) pair at dusk performing their courtship dance with the larger male circling the female, Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Cari...

Alex Mustard / Glasseye snapper (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus) head portrait with a cleaning Goby (Gobiosoma genie) East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Carol Walker / Trainer Rich Scott with Cremosso, a young male cremello Wild horse / mustang that had been rounded up from a McCullough Peak herd and put up for adoption, trainer teaching it to be led in paddock, Jul...

Laurie Campbell / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) newly hatched cygnets on pond, Yetholm Loch Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve, Roxburghshire, Scotland, May

Petra Wegner / Chihuahuas, longhaired, two puppies, 9 weeks, sitting in a straw basket

Petra Wegner / Australian Shepherd, red-tri, close up of paw touching womans hand. Model released

Sergey Gorshkov / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) three standing together, silhouetted at dusk, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Uri Golman / Asiatic lioness (Panthera leo persica) licking another lioness from the pride, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India

Mary McDonald / Hanuman Langur / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) in leafless tree top. Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, ruby and tricolour, sitting in snow.

Andy Rouse / Three Masai Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) visible over grass. Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.

Nuno Sa / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) accompanied by Pilot Fish (Naucrates ductor) and Remora. The biggest fish in the world has only started to visit the Azores in the past three years due to water temperatu...

Nuno Sa / Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca) at the sea surface. Santa Maria, Azores, August.

Anup Shah / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) juveniles play fighting, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, February

Doug Perrine / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) being cleaned of algae by Yellow tangs / surgeonfish (Zebrasoma flavescens), Puako, Kona, Hawaii, USA, June, Endangered species

Lisa Hoffner / Elephant keeper with his young orphanElephant (Loxodonta africana). David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nairobi Elephant Nursery, Kenya, July 2010. Model released

Pete Oxford / Two Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in shallow water. Punta Allen, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Carol Walker / Mustangs / wild horses, two cremello colts Claro and Cremosso interacting, mutual grooming, McCullough Peaks herd, Wyoming, USA, August 2007

Lassi Rautiainen / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) and Grey wolf (Canis lupus) together in wetlands, Kuhmo, Finland, July

Mark Taylor / Playful Border Collie puppies, 6 weeks.

Matthew Maran / Hikers building up a fire in their cliff-overhang cave. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September, Model released

Matthew Maran / Hikers talking as they warm themselves by a campfire on a beach. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Models released.

Matthew Maran / Steller's Sealion (Eumetopias jubata) stampede into the water. Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, March.

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and two cubs playing around iceberg. Svalbard, Norway, Europe, February.

Mark Taylor / Yorkshire Terrier, with Netherland-cross rabbit.

Mark Taylor / Two ginger kittens rolling playfully on their sides.

Mark Taylor / Two ginger kittens lying on their sides.

Mark Taylor / Ginger kitten, 7 weeks, sitting between two young Lionhead-Lop rabbits.

Mark Taylor / Red toy Poodle dog, and Ragdoll-cross kitten, 5 weeks.

Jane Burton / Black-and-white Border Collie bitch lying chin on floor with black-and-white kitten.

Edwin Giesbers / Two Konik Wild Horse (Equus ferus caballus) interacting. The Netherlands, November.

Sergey Gorshkov / Salmon (Salmonidae) fry with egg case still attached, Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, January

Fergus Gill / Yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella) coming in to land of a sheaf of oats in winter. Perthshire, Scotland, February

Mark Carwardine / Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) ducklings huddled together, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK, June

Georgette Douwma / Lyrtetail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) in water column with Peach anthias (Pseudanthias dispar) in background. Indonesia, October

Ernie Janes / Four Domestic ducklings and one duck egg

Ernie Janes / Domestic sheep, lambs playing in a field, Norfolk, UK, March

Ernie Janes / Yellow labrador, two puppies with flower pots

Ernie Janes / Yellow labrador, five puppies in a row

Andrew Parkinson / Black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) small flock in winter plumage, backlit by evening sun, taking off from lake. Derbyshire, UK, March (non-ex)

Alex Mustard / A pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) riding on the bow wave of a boat. Sandy Ridge, Little Bahama Bank. Bahamas

Jane Burton / Portrait of Tabby kitten inspecting a tortoise.

Jane Burton / Young blonde haired girl sitting with West Highland White Terrier puppy. Model released

Jane Burton / Young blonde haired girl, sitting with King Charles Spaniel puppy and welly boots. Model released

Jane Burton / Portrait of young blonde haired girl sitting with Golden Retriever puppy. Model released

Alex Mustard / Two Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) over a shallow sand bank. On the left is a juvenile which does not have the characteristic spots of the adults. The adult is carrying a piece of weed...

Alex Mustard / A pair of Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) socialising in the shallows. Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia. Southern Ocean. November

Fabio Liverani / Traditional fishermen of Weligama, seated on long poles, fishing with rods, Sri Lanka, June 2010

Solvin Zankl / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) feeding on Olive ridley sea turtle hatchling (Lepidochelys olivacea) Playa Ostional, Costa Rica, Pacific coast. November.

Solvin Zankl / These hatchlings of an Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) should be buried and protected under 40 cm of warm sand, but a domestic dog dug them out at Ostional beach in Costa Rica. Novembe...

Laurent Geslin / Common sparrows (Passer domesticus) two females and a male flying in urban park, Paris. France, November.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) baby aged 3-6 months playing with an older juvenile Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Laurent Geslin / European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) at night in urban park near l'Arc de Triomphe, with Champs Elyses in background, Paris, France. HIGHLY COMMENDED: Urban Wildlife category, Wildlife Photographe...

Ann & Steve Toon / Two Cape Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) greeting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa Non-ex.

Edwin Giesbers / Balearic orchid (Ophrys balearica) flowers, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Aflo / ic-02802 Two domestic cats sleeping with heads close together {Felis catus}

Aflo / ic-02801 View of heads of two domestic cats sleeping close together {Felis catus}

Aflo / ic-14206 Pair of Lovebirds perched {Agapornis sp}

Jeff Rotman / Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) with symbiotic Pilot fish (Naucrates ductor) swimming below, Cocos island, Costa Rica - Pacific ocean.

Niall Benvie / A pair of Ravens (Corvus corax) perched in bleached out pine tree, Estonia, March 2008

Jerry Monkman / Children on boogie boards in surf at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA, August 2008. Model released.

Sandra Bartocha / Red-flowered Cowslip (Primula veris), Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Stephen Dalton / Hedgesparrow / Dunnock (Prunella modularis)feeding European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in oak tree, UK

Jeff Rotman / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) painting with paintbrush, dolphin trainer holds the artwork, Dolphin Reef, Eilat, Israel, Red Sea.

Patricio Robles Gil / Silhouette of young Gelada baboons (Theropitecus gelada) playing in tree at dawn, Simien Mountains NP, Ethiopia

Roy Mangersnes / Two Cape / Pintado Petrels (Daption capense) in flight over Point Wild on Elephant Island, Southern Ocean, November.

Jeff Rotman / Snorkeler interacting with wild Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Nuweiba, Egypt - Red Sea. Model released Model released.

Jeff Vanuga / Silhouette of two cowboys playing cards and drinking in a wagon, Wyoming, USA, September 2006, Model released

Paul Hobson / Two Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) playing in surf, Lincolshire coast, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Two Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Jerry Monkman / A young brother and sister walking towards the beach at Center Hill Preserve beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Model Released. May 2008

Suzi Eszterhas / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) male and female rear view looking out over colony, Saint Andrews Bay, South Georgia

Jan Vermeer / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick pair, Snow Hill Island, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks, Snow Hill Island, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) trio on ice, Antarctica

Jan Vermeer / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks, Antarctica

Jose B. Ruiz / European bee eaters (Merops apiaster) perched close together on branch. Seville, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / European bee eaters (Merops apiaster) sitting close together on branch. Seville, Spain

Dietmar Nill / Pair of Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) looking over their shoulders in long grass. Germany

Pete Oxford / Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis) pair sitting on branch, Ecuador

Steve Knell / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) Pair in courtship, male on right, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2007

Steve Knell / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) Pair in courtship, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2007

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla {Gorilla beringei} holding warden's hand, Dem Rep of Congo.

Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) adult and baby touching trunks, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Jane Burton / Cream kitten with cream dapple Dachshund puppy

Jane Burton / Cream kitten with cream dapple Dachshund puppy.

Jane Burton / Ragdoll kitten with West Highland White Terrier puppy.

Jane Burton / Golden Cocker Spaniel puppy with ginger kitten.

Jane Burton / Ginger kitten with Golden Cocker Spaniel puppy.