Eric Dragesco / Herd of Black Tailed Gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) running, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Tim Laman / Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on the south coast of Espanola Island, Galapagos, Vulnerable species

Mary McDonald / Pumas (Felis concolor) feeding on kill, camouflaged in tall grassland,Torres del Paine, Chile, South America

Michel Poinsignon / Eagle owl (Bubo bubo) adult perched on branch close to cliff, Luxembourg, February

Alex Mustard / An Ornate / Banded Wobbegong Shark (Orectolobus ornatus) lies amongst boulders inside a cave, during the day. Fish Rock, Southwest Rocks, New South Wales, Australia. Pacific Ocean. November

Alex Mustard / Southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) swimming over seabed, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Tim Laman / Denise's Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) camouflaging itself in a Sea Fan. Yellow colour form. Pisang Islands, West of Fak Fak Peninsula. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Staffan Widstrand / Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiaca) in flight over snow covered landscape, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December

Alex Hyde / Green Huntsman Spider {Sparassidae} on leaf in tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Close up of fore foot of Red fronted brown lemur {Lemur fulvus rufus}, Kirindy forest, West Madagascar

Gerrit Vyn / Adult White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus) camouflaged in winter plumage. Mount Rainier, Washington, USA

Edwin Giesbers / Horned viper {Cerastes cerastes} buried in sand, captive, from North Africa