Duncan Murrell / Coral formations at low tide in Prony Bay in the Southern Lagoon, Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems UNESCO World Heritage Site. New Caledonia.

Jaymi Heimbuch / Coyote (Canis latrans) female in city, San Francisco, Bay Area, California

Dave Watts / Two female Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) playing and interacting on a beach, with others nearby, Seal Bay Conservation Area, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Dave Watts / Female Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) scratching and rolling on a beach, Seal Bay Conservation Area, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) leaping up a small waterfall in order to reach breeding grounds further upstream, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October.

Ingo Arndt / Wind storm in Fortuna Bay area, South Georgia, February 2011

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) biologist, Ben Pearl, picking up chick from mud flat in salt pond, Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Union City, Bay Area, California

David Pattyn / Zanzibar red colobus monkey (Procolobus kirkii) crossing the main road through the Reserve, Jozani forest, Jozani Chwaka Bay NP, Zanzibar, Tanzania, August.

David Pattyn / Zanzibar red colobus monkey (Procolobus kirkii) portrait in a tree, Jozani forest, Jozani Chwaka Bay NP, Zanzibar, Tanzania, August

Franco Banfi / Genius River Bridge, made with marine debris by artist Tico 'Pancho', Chatham Bay, Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica. September 2012.

Solvin Zankl / Brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) stalking fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 1/8

Solvin Zankl / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 3/6