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

Ashley Cooper / Sunflower next to the PS20 solar thermal tower, the only such working solar tower currently in the world. Sanlucar La Mayor, Andalucia, Spain. May 2011

Ashley Cooper / Heliostats, large reflective mirrors directing sunlight to the PS20 solar thermal tower, the only such working solar tower currently in the world. Sanlucar La Mayor, Andalucia, Spain. June 2011

Mark Carwardine / Hands of a tourist leaning from boat to touch the mouth of a friendly Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) lying on the surface, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico, April 2009

Roland Seitre / Hermit / Northern bald ibis (Geroniticus eremita) breeding project of the Jerez de la Frontera Zoo, Cadiz, Spain. Keeper with juvenile birds on open land, keepers wear ibis helmets to limit human impr...

Roland Seitre / Hermit / Northern bald ibis (Geroniticus eremita) breeding project of the Jerez de la Frontera Zoo, Cadiz, Spain. Keeper with two chicks pecking his face, keepers wear ibis helmets to limit human impr...

Laurie Campbell / Feral Goat (Capra hircus) male, Inverness-shire, Scotland, July

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) sitting on beach with one flipper up, Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Doc White / Girl in aquarium watching Beluga / White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) in aquarium. Captive. Model released.

Petra Wegner / German Hound male, 6 months.

Nuno Sa / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) near sea surface. Santa Maria, Azores, September.

Nuno Sa / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) at the sea surface. Santa Maria, Azores, August.