Phil Savoie / Painted nomad bee (Nomada fucata) male bee with characteristic green eyes, sleeping with jaws locked around grass stem, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June

Ingo Arndt / Southern plains grey / Hanuman langur {Semnopithecus dussumieri} mother and baby, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Bruno D'Amicis / Desert monitor (Varanus griseus) moving across sand dunes, showing characteristic tracks, in the Sahara, Tunisia.

Franco Banfi / Shadow of Dhoni, characteristic Maldivian boat over reef, Maldives, Indian Ocean. No release available.

Erlend Haarberg / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) standing on hind legs with front paw on tree trunk, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, June

George Sanker / Black bear (ursus americanus) cub standing on hind legs, Yellowstone National Park, USA, June

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) curious cub sits up on its hind legs, paw raised, and tries to balance itself, along Bernard Spit in autumn, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, US...

Jane Burton / White-faced black-and-white Border Collie puppy.

Jane Burton / Yellow Labrador retriever puppy lying with paws crossed, 8 weeks.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria) plagued by horseflies (Tabanidae). Pixaim River, The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, November.

Daniel Heuclin / Puffing / Bird Eating / Twig Snake (Pseustes poecilonotus) in characteristic posture mimicking a twig. French Guyana, August.

Floris van Breugel / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) standing at entrance to burrow, and watching a Red-tailed Hawk circling above. Salton Sea, California, USA.