Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby playing with its mother. Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Mark MacEwen / Broad snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) baby in mothers mouth being carried from nest, Sante Fe, Argentina, February

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years crossing a river, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic

David Noton / Palm trees line the beach at Pigeon Point, Tobago

Jack Dykinga / Scalding hot water continuously spouting behind layers of mineral deposits, Fly Geyser, Black Rock Desert, Great Basin Desert, Nevada, USA

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

Steven Kazlowski / Two curious young Polar bears (Ursus maritimus), Barter Island, off the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, October 2011

Ben Hall / Fallow deer (Dama dama) in woodland clearing at dawn, Cheshire, UK November

Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) opening brood cell before hatching, Germany. Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2012 competition.

Ingo Arndt / Carpet python snake (Morelia spilota variegata), hatching from egg, Australia. Captive.

Bence Mate / Close up of Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) with bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) in bill, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary