Ingo Arndt / Southern plains grey / Hanuman langur {Semnopithecus dussumieri} mother and baby, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Erlend Haarberg / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) standing on hind legs with front paw on tree trunk, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, June

George Sanker / Black bear (ursus americanus) cub standing on hind legs, Yellowstone National Park, USA, June

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) curious cub sits up on its hind legs, paw raised, and tries to balance itself, along Bernard Spit in autumn, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, US...

Jane Burton / White-faced black-and-white Border Collie puppy.

Jane Burton / Yellow Labrador retriever puppy lying with paws crossed, 8 weeks.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria) plagued by horseflies (Tabanidae). Pixaim River, The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, November.

Floris van Breugel / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) standing at entrance to burrow, and watching a Red-tailed Hawk circling above. Salton Sea, California, USA.

Andrew Walmsley / Mini lop-eared domestic rabbit with one ear up and one ear down, and tongue sticking out, Captive, Christchurch, New Zealand

Andrew Walmsley / Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) on water, Christchurch, New Zealand, February

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), newly emerged male with characteristic yellow collar and lack of stinger. Standing on human finger, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), newly emerged male with characteristic yellow collar and lack of stinger. Standing on human finger, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.