David Shale / Deep sea Anglerfish {Himantolophus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey, Atlantic ocean. Anglerfish have small poorly developed eyes but detect movement and prey through a well de...

David Shale / Deep sea Anglerfish {Melanocoetus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey. Atlantic ocean

George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) diving head into water to catch prey, in evening light. Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March. Sequence 1/2.

Staffan Widstrand / African bush elephant, (Loxodonta africana) two head to head playing, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...

Nick Hawkins / Head of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) showing callosities, patches of roughened skin that are unique to each whale. Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. August

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) with head turned to one side, Marana, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. October.

Giri Cavale / Melanistic leopard / Black panther (Panthera pardus) on territorial patrol on track, Nagarahole National Park, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Karnataka, India.

Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) using stone tool to break shell, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) using stick to forage for prey in small tree cavity, Bossou, Guinea

Tim Fitzharris / Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) male, native to Sumatra

Frederique Olivier / Two King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking along the shore, shot tilts up from feet to head, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.