Mark Taylor / Cheeky ginger kitten, Ollie, 10 weeks, reaching up and batting the ear of Boxer puppy

TJ Rich / Four chocolate working cocker spaniels on wall. Mother and offspring. Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

TJ Rich / Black working cocker spaniel in bluebells, in beech woodland, Micheldever Woods, Hampshire, UK

TJ Rich / Wirehaired daschund, Staffordshire bull terrier and Hungarian viszla in autumn colours, Wiltshire, UK

Chien Lee / Minden / Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male at lek, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Minden / Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata), El Coca, Ecuador

Chien Lee / Minden / Black-headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps) swallowing alive Harlequin Flying Tree Frog (Rhacophorus pardalis) prey, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia, sequence 1 of 4

Chien Lee / Minden / Stick Insect (Monticomorpha flavolimbata) pair mating in mountains, Bengoh Range, Ecuador

Chien Lee / Minden / Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) female, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Chien Lee / Minden / White-footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) in cavity, Madagascar

Mark Raycroft / Border Collie (Canis familiaris), North America

Chien Lee / Waigeo Spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus papuensis), Waigeo, West Papua, Indonesia