Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Southern tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) on a termite mound, Tarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania.

Sharon Heald / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) charging, Chobe National Park, Botswana, July.

Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) cubs sitting, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway, July.

John Cancalosi / Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor) shedding skin from head. Guanacaste National Park, Costa Rican tropical rainforest.

Bernard Castelein / Zanzibar Red Colobus (Procolobus kirkii) head portrait, Jozani Chwaka Bay NP, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Bernard Castelein / Zanzibar Red Colobus (Procolobus kirkii) head portrait of infact, sitting with mother, Jozani Chwaka Bay NP, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Fabio Pupin / Rock monitor, (Varanus albigularis), popping out of grass, Ruaha NP, Tanzania, January . Non-ex.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Juvenile grouper with parasite, vertial migration, night, Kenting National Park, Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan

Steven David Miller / Rosenberg's goanna (Varanus rosenbergi) on rock. Species in decline on mainland and less so on Kangaroo Island. Flinders Chase National Park, South Australia. February.

Jeff Foott / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) females in meadow, Yosemite National Park, California

Konrad Wothe / European wild cat (Felis silvestris) behind leaves, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, June. Captive

Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) female, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway, April.