Ross Hoddinott / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) vixen yawning in the morning light (captive). Lifton, Devon, UK, May

Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) juvenile reaching out with curiosity, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Dave Bevan / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) climbing on corn stalks, UK, July. Captive.

Dave Bevan / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) grooming, sitting on a wheat seedhead, UK, July. Captive.

David Fleetham / Jaws and teeth of Stout Moray (Gymnothorax eurostus). Hawaii.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair wimming very fast next to each other and shaking their heads as a part of their courtship dance. The Netherlands. April.

Ingo Arndt / Yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) Australia, December

Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) adult hatching out of brood cell, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria), Rhodes, Greece

Ingo Arndt / Coypu (Myocastor coypus) in river, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Golden monkey (Cercopithecus mitis kandti) looking down from tree, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

Ingo Arndt / Adult male Gelada baboon, Simien Mt NP, Ethiopia {Theropithecus gelada}