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

Mark Carwardine / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) underwater, Guadalupe Island, Mexico (North Pacific)

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing and trying to balance in shallow water along the Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Oc...

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

Andy Rouse / Portrait of a Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) cub with paw over face. Katmai, Alaska, USA, September. Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Mark Taylor / Two playful Bulldog puppies, 11 weeks. Not available for 2014 calendars in France, French Territories or Monaco.

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok' sitting on bench made for tourists - wide angle perspective. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, In...

Anup Shah / Cheetah cub and yawning mother (Acinonyx jubatus) Masai Mara, Kenya

Jane Burton / Axolotl {Siredon / Ambystoma mexicanum} albino, captive.

Jami Tarris / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) cooling off, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Phil Savoie / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) bringing Crab spider (Misumena vatia) prey to nest, Monmouthshire Wales, UK, May.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) female and ten chicks aged a few weeks. Marana, Arizona, USA. May.

Ingo Arndt / Close-up of a Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) feeding, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, December.

Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) head and neck, looking up through reeds. Suffolk, UK. November.

Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) portrait. Suffolk, UK. November.

Bence Mate / African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) juveniles playing with the leg of an impala, trying to drag it in three different directions. Mkuze, South Africa. Commended in Glanzlichter photo competition 2020.

Steven David Miller / Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) juvenile with beak open to catch a leaf, Cleland Wildlife Park, South Australia, March. Captive.

David Pattyn / Great white egret (Egretta Alba) preening its feathers, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, July

TJ Rich / Four chocolate working cocker spaniels on wall. Mother and offspring. Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

John Chan / Juvenile California least tern (Sternula antillarum browni) begging for food from a decoy, used to attract breeding pairs to deserted nest sites, Huntington Beach, California, USA, June.

John Chan / California least tern chick (Sternula antillarum browni) falling over as it runs towards its parent returning to nest site, Huntington Beach, California, USA, June.

John Chan / Juvenile Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)predating a twig, learning stalking and hunting skills, Southern California, USA, July.

John Chan / Juvenile Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) predating a twig , learning stalking and hunting skills, Southern California, USA, July.

Anup Shah / Vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) male scratching itself - remote camera . Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Daniel Heuclin / Whistling heron (Syrigma sibilatrix sibilatrix), southern subspecies, native to Bolivia. Captive.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) at sunset, standing on one leg, Marana, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. October.

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

Donald M. Jones / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) drake flying, Montana

Kerstin Hinze / Two Black-bellied hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) fighting, Vienna, Austria, October.

Anup Shah / Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) curious male investigating camera, Masai Mara, Kenya

Paul Williams / Lion (Panthera leo) close up of teeth while its snarling, captive.

Philippe Clement / Two Lynx (Lynx lynx) kittens play fighting in front of den entrance, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, October. Captive.

David Perpinan / Blue fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva) chicks, confiscated from illegal wildlife trade, Brazil.

Valeriy Maleev / Long-eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) digging, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June. Did you know that the Long-eared jerboa is the mammal with the largest ears in proportion to its body size?

Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) flying to a nest hole in an electricty pole and feeding chick, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

John Waters / Wide-angle shot of a pair of Common European toads (Bufo bufo) in amplexus, jumping into a pond, Priddy, Somerset, England, UK, April.

Guy Edwardes / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe River, Botswana.

David Fleetham / Guineafowl pufferfish (Arothron meleagris) puffed up in defence, Hawaii.

Steve Downer / Juvenile Common frog (Rana temporaria) on back of a Common snail (Cornu aspersum), UK, June.

Steve Downer / Juvenile Common frog (Rana temporaria) on back of a Common snail (Cornu aspersum), UK, June.

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) trio on guard, Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Alex Mustard / Striped mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) shoal swimming with open mouths, filtering for zooplankton. Marsa Shouna, Port Ghalib, Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

Richard Du Toit / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) trio nuzzling, Itala Game Reserve, South Africa

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub playing on wooden structure. Yuan Meng, first giant panda ever born in France, age 10 months, Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher, France

Donald M. Jones / Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) on pine cone flakes, western Montana

Emanuele Biggi / Predatory bush cricket (Saga pedo) waiting for prey on Eryngium, Italy. June. Vulnerable species.

Yashpal Rathore / Kottigehar dancing frog (Micrixalus kottigeharensis) male calling and displaying to attract female by waving foot, Agumbe, Western Ghats, India.

Dave Bevan / Bank vole (Myodes glareolus) feeding from a bird feeder anlongside a Coal tit (Periparus ater) and Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Tui De Roy / Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Alfred Trunk/ BIA / Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) mother carrying chick, Upper Austria, Austria

Guy Edwardes / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) walking on ground in snow, one foot raised, Ontario, Canada, January.

Andrew Parkinson / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) cygnets with head submerged while feeding underwater, with mother watching and helping, Derbyshire, England, UK. June. Highly Commended in the Animal Behaviour category of the...

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) performing foot-lifting courtship display, Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) performing foot-lifting courtship display, Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Heike Odermatt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) trio, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Dave Bevan / Eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus, Carolinensis) entering top of a bird feeder, struggling to get out again, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Lava Lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis) on Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Painted Indonesian Treefrog (Nyctixalus pictus), Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Frederique Olivier / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking with chick, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.

Frederique Olivier / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks calling, with another small chick arriving and falling over, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.

Ingo Arndt / Desert chameleon walking away from camera {Chamaeleo namaquensis} Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Warty chameleon male hidden behind branch {Chamaeleo verrucosus} Madagascar

Brian Bevan / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) boxing, Bedfordshire, England, UK, March.

Dave Bevan / Juvenile Herring gull (Larus argentatus) pecking a suckling Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup, Norfolk, England, UK. December.

Terry Whittaker / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) leaping between Scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris)s, lands on camera, Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, February.

Brian Bevan / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup trying to suckle, Norfolk, England, UK, January.

Peter Bassett / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) wading through mud and falling over, Prion Island, South Georgia.

Steve Downer / Grove snail / brown lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) with juvenile riding on its back, Birmingham UK June.

Steve Downer / Newly hatched slug (Gastropoda) approaching a water droplet on a leaf before bursting it and retracting its eyestalks, Birmingham, England, UK. Controlled conditions.

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

Tui De Roy / Nazca booby (Sula granti) portrait, Galapagos, Ecuador.

John & Mary-Lou Aitchison / Female European otter (Lutra lutra) grooming her cub on a rock, with the cub falling off and into the water, Scotland, UK, November.

Andy Rouse / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub aged five months stuck after climbing a tree in a breeding centre, Chengdu, China. Captive.

Ingo Arndt / Grizzly Bear / Coastal Brown Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) mother with two spring cubs, one riding on her back, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA. June.

Nick Upton / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup aged one month, rubbing its head with its flipper, yawning and settling down to rest on a sandy beach, Norfolk, England, UK, January.

Ingo Arndt / Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia) Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, December

Ingo Arndt / Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster plotus) head portrait, with wide bill open, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, November

Ingo Arndt / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) walking to the beach, Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence. November

Ingo Arndt / Northern elephant seal {Mirounga angustirostris} male sleeping, California

Ingo Arndt / Japanese macaques grooming {Macaca fuscata} Joshin-etsu NP, Japan

Ingo Arndt / Desert Chameleon {Chamaeleo namaquensis} walking on hot sand, Namibia.

Ingo Arndt / Ornate box turtle retracted into shell {Terrapene ornata} USA

Ingo Arndt / African chameleon {Chamaeleo africanus} portrait, captive, from north-west Africa

Ingo Arndt / Three Little owl juveniles perched on apple tree {Athene noctua} Germany

Danny Green / Three Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) resting on ice, Alaska, June

Eric Baccega / Female Harp seal (Phoca groenlandicus) surfacing at breathing hole looking at her pup, Magdalen Islands, Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) scratching, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, December.

Pete Oxford / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on water, Urbina Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Rolf Nussbaumer / Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), adult drinking, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, Texas, USA. June

Christophe Courteau / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) swimming across Chobe River, trunks raised above surface for breathing, Chobe National Park, border between Botswana and Namibia.

Alex Mustard / Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) portrait, Swanage Pier, Swanage, Dorset, UK, English Channel, August

Markus Varesvuo / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) swallowing perch prey, Hungary, January

Nick Hawkins / Northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Neil Aldridge / Lion cub (Panthera leo) playfully attacking its mother as she drags her puku antelope prey across burnt Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park, Zambia. Vulnerable