Mark Taylor / Cheeky ginger kitten, Ollie, 10 weeks, reaching up and batting the ear of Boxer puppy

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) attacking an Arctic Fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) protecting its nest site, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Highly commended, MAMMALS, GDT 2011 competition

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Giant frogfish (Antennarius commersoni) on a large Yellow elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) young buck, portrait. Karula National Park, Valgamaa, Southern Estonia. June.

Paul Hobson / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub looking at camera, in morning. Sheffield, England, UK. June.

Thomas Marent / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird bathing, Bogota, Colombia

Valeriy Maleev / Long-eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) digging, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June. Did you know that the Long-eared jerboa is the mammal with the largest ears in proportion to its body size?

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird, Colombia

Mark Hamblin / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) close-up portrait of adult , Scotland, UK. August.

Andy Trowbridge / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) standing on hind legs looking alert. Southern Norway. November.

Wim van den Heever / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) close up of skin and ear, OlDonyo Kenya.

Franco Banfi / Orange elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes) Santa Lucia, Camaguey, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean