Mark Taylor / Cockapoo, Cocker spaniel cross Poodle puppy sitting.

Ernie Janes / Black labrador dog resting on reeds used by thatcher to thatch roof, Norfolk, UK, November

Markus Varesvuo / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) portrait in the snow, Norway, March

Petra Wegner / Sacred Cat of Burma / Birman, chocolate-point coated, portrait sitting on log in snow, with picket fence behind

Mark Taylor / White-and-merle Border Collie-cross puppy, Ice, 14 weeks, wearing a Father Christmas hat.

Suzi Eszterhas / Buff-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae). Native to Asia. Captive.

Mark Taylor / Three Pug puppies in a row.

Mark Taylor / Blue merle Collie x Poodle 'Cadoodle' puppy looking up.

Carol Walker / Skewbald Horse in ranch, Martinsdale, Montana, USA.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of face of male Slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator) Ras Umm Sid, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Mark Taylor / Black-and-white Border Collie x Cocker Spaniel puppy, 11 weeks, sitting, against white background

Todd Mintz / Hybrid of Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) and Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) on pipes, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, October.