David Fleetham / Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and a shoal of fish near sea surface. Tubbataha Reef, Philippines.

David Fleetham / Close up of the pattern on the Hawaiian spotted flatworm (Pseudobiceros) endemic to Hawaii.

Jussi Murtosaari / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) newly emerged on asters, Jyvaskyla, Finland, August.

Aflo / Stray cat, with black and white face markings, sitting on bench, Aichi, Japan.

Christophe Courteau / Shore clingfish / Cornish sucker (Lepadogaster lepadogaster) portrait, Brittany, France, January.

Nick Garbutt / Owl-eye Butterfly (Caligo sp), Amazonia, Ecuador, South America.

Sam Hobson / Urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), adult male (dog). Bristol, UK. August.

Daniel Heuclin / Rhinoceros viper (Bitis nasicornis), from Central Africa, captive, July.

Claudio Contreras,Claudio Contreras / Long-beaked Coralfish (Chelmon rostratus) eye, Inanuran Island, Danajon Bank, Central Visayas, Philippines, April

Loic Poidevin / Sheep (Ovis aries) flock herded together with ear tags and paint markings. Ossoue valley, French Pyrenees, September.

Alex Hyde / Magpie Moth caterpillar (Abraxas grossulariata) showing warning colouration, photographed on a white background. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Preserved Coelocanth (Latimeria chalumnae) on public display at the Natural History Museum in London, found originally off the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean. In life they are a dark blue colour w...