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

Mark Taylor / Patterdale terrier dog puppy, Korka, age 4 months.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Common or plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) grazing in bushTarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania.

David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) two adult males in mountain landscape. Alps, Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. September.

David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) adult, The Netherlands.April 2014

Ben Cranke / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) portrait, Hokkaido, Japan. February.

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Naro San Bushman with leather headdress made of duiker skin, Kalahari, Ghanzi region, Botswana, Africa. October 2014.

Bert Willaert / Marbled poison dart frog (Epipedobates boulengeri) on leaf, Ecuador.

Steve Knell / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos clarkei) portrait, Hungary, May.

Konrad Wothe / Black kitten in garden, Germany

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult portrait. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September

David Tipling / Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) La Selva, Costa Rica