Yukihiro Fukuda / Feral domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) standing on hind legs on coast, Okunojima Island, also known as Rabbit Island, Hiroshima, Japan.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) attacking an Arctic Fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) protecting its nest site, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Highly commended, MAMMALS, GDT 2011 competition

Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) juvenile reaching out with curiosity, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Edwin Giesbers / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) close up portrait, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Uri Golman / Head portrait of photographer Uri Golman in temperatures of -40 degrees celsius, with frost in his beard. Greenland. March 2009. Model released

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) orphans, Larry investigating Daphne's tongue, Ape Action Africa, Mefou Primate Sanctuary, Cameroon

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Lion (Panthera leo) male drinking at waterhole, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Anup Shah / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) fourteen year old sub-adult male, named Fundi, making submissive facial gesture, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Fiona Rogers / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) four year old infant male, named Gizmo, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Heike Odermatt / Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard, Norway

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) cleaning mouth of Tomato Grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati), Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) cleaning mouth of Tomato Grouper (Cephalopholis sonnerati), Great Barrier Reef, Australia