Michel Roggo / Sockeye / Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on spawning migration; males surrounding a female. Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swimming just below surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Ernie Janes / Two large white piglets (Sus scrofa domestica) at 3 weeks in sty, UK

Andy Sands / Long Water Measurer (Hydrometra stagnorum) drinking by piercing surface tension with mouthparts. Captive, UK, July.

Marie Read / Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) pair swimming, with reflections, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA, February

Alex Mustard / Rock beauty angelfish (Holacanthus tricolor) pair at dusk performing their courtship dance with the larger male circling the female, Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Cari...

Laurie Campbell / Mountain pansy (Viola lutea) flowers, Strathspey, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, June

Petra Wegner / Chihuahuas, longhaired, two puppies, 9 weeks, sitting in a straw basket

Brent Stephenson / Dusky Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) porpoising as they swim beside a boat. Off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, October.

Uri Golman / Asiatic lionesses and cubs (Panthera leo persica) drinking from pool, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India. Water is scarce in the Gir, so Forest staff keep a network of drinking pools topped up for the wild...

Edwin Giesbers / Two Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) flying, captive

Loic Poidevin / Row of Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) perched on wire. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, November.

Petra Wegner / Italian Greyhounds, bitch and puppies, 8 weeks / Piccolo Levriero Italiano.

Petra Wegner / Dobermann Pinscher puppies, 5 weeks, feeding from bowl.

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, ruby and tricolour, sitting in snow.

Andy Rouse / Three Masai Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) visible over grass. Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.

Ernie Janes / Five newly hatched chicks in a row

Laurent Geslin / Two Southern plains grey / Hanuman langur {Semnopithecus dussumieri} females suckling young, Sariska NP, India

Kathryn Jeffs / Dr Robert (Bob) Pitman and Dr John Durban, scientific advisors, watching for Killer whales (Orcinus orca) on board the 'Golden Fleece', off Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on loca...

Stefan Huwiler / Edible Frogs (Rana esculenta) on log in water. Switzerland, Europe, July.

Grzegorz Lesniewski / Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) in wet grass lit by dawn light. Biebrza National Park, Biebrza marshes, Poland, May.

Grzegorz Lesniewski / Four Wisent / Bison (Bison bonasus) standing in a row. Bialowieza Forest, Bialowieza National Park, Poland, November.

Markus Varesvuo / Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) in flight, side-lit by afternoon sun. Spain, December.

Ernie Janes / Common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) flowers, UK

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) vixen 'Sophie' became accustomed to the the photographer and would allow him to walk through forest beside her, Black Forest, Germany, July. Winner of the Fritz Polking portfol...

Fabrice Cahez / Two Black Kites (Milvus migrans) in flight. Vosges, France, April.

Pete Oxford / Two Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in shallow water. Punta Allen, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) being attacked by a Common Gull (Larus canus) in flight. Norway, July. Magic Moments book plate, page 51.

Lassi Rautiainen / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) and Grey wolf (Canis lupus) together in wetlands, Kuhmo, Finland, July

Jeff Vanuga / Silhouette of Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) standing on a rock by the Yellowstone River. Yellowstone National Park, USA,

Charlie Summers / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) trio walking in line beside each other on a beach. Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Islands, December.

Mark Taylor / Playful Border Collie puppies, 6 weeks.

Eric Baccega / King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) flying low over water. Floe edge, Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada, April.

Inaki Relanzon / Poet's Daffodil (Narcissus poeticus). Montseny Nature Reserve, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain, May.

John Waters / Hand reared Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) in flight against blue sky. Birds imprinted and trained by Lloyd and Rose Buck for filming purposes. Somerset, UK, January 2011

Jane Burton / Two smooth coated Jack Russell Terrier puppies, tan and white, 6 weeks,

Mark Taylor / Yorkshire Terrier, with Netherland-cross rabbit.

Mark Taylor / Young windmill-eared rabbit and matching guinea-pig.

Mark Taylor / Bearcoat Shar Pei mother, with her Blue Bearcoat puppy, 13 weeks.

Mark Taylor / Ginger kitten, 7 weeks, sitting between two young Lionhead-Lop rabbits.

Jane Burton / Cream Dapple Miniature Long-haired Dachshund puppy with British shorthair red tabby Kitten.

Jane Burton / Black-and-white Border Collie bitch lying chin on floor with black-and-white kitten.

Jouan & Rius / Two Lanternflies (Purops intricata) on rainforest tree, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Edwin Giesbers / Five Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) walking in a line across snow. Three males and two females. The Netherlands, January.

Tony Heald / Ostrich [Struthio camelus] courtship display by female, Etosha National Park, Namibia, August

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis / Balaena glacialis australis) mother and calf. Valdes Peninsula, Patagonia, Argentina, Oct 2008

Ernie Janes / Three Domestic ducklings in green wooden shed

Charlie Summers / Burchell's Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) herd walking towards waterhole in the late afternoon, kicking up dust as they come. Etosha National Park, Namibia, Southern Africa

Ernie Janes / Free range Domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) four piglets at four weeks, UK, July 2010

Ernie Janes / Suffolk Punch heavy horses in field, UK, September

LYNN M. STONE / Pair of English Springer Spaniels, one black and white, one liver and white, amongst autumn leaves with pumpkins in cart, Illinois, USA

Ernie Janes / Yellow labrador, five puppies in a row

Petra Wegner / Four British Shorthair kittens, two silver-shaded and two golden-mackerel-tabby, sitting on stand

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, two puppies on grass, blenheim and tricolour, 5 weeks

Petra Wegner / Two Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, puppies, blenheim and tricolour, 9 weeks, sitting

Petra Wegner / Two Miniature Schnauzers, black-silver and pepper-and-salt coated, sitting in autumn foliage

Floris van Breugel / Three juvenile mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) galloping through the Mt. Evans landscape backlit by the setting sun. Colorado, USA

Kevin Schafer / Two Amazon river dolphins / Botos (Inia geoffrensis) swimming underwater in flooded rainforest, one with beak open, Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil, July

John Cancalosi / Blacktail Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) engaging in Jump-yip behavior - A strong arch of the back or "jump" followed by a shrill "yip" - Thought to occur when a predator has left the area and in...

Dan Burton / Two little boys enjoying a pond safari day at the Arundel Wetlands trust, Sussex, UK, where children go netting and catch species of animals and insects in the ponds. Model released July 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) on the tundra in autumn, Dovrefjell NP, Norway, September 2008

Mark Taylor / Two baby Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) portrait, helpless and with eyes shut.

Christophe Courteau / Kalahari bushmen, Qhaikgao and Xaiga hunting together in the grassland. Central Kalahari Desert. Botswana, August 2008

Guy Edwardes / Arctic River beauty (Chamerion latifolium) flowering, Landmannalauger, Iceland, June

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) small flock of juveniles taking flight over the frozen, snow covered pastureland on a foggy winter morning. These Cranes were released by the Great Crane Project...

Anup Shah / Southern / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) feeding on tree while Plains / Common zebra passes by (Equus quagga burchellii). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Onne van der Wal / Young man snorkeling with a Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Grenadines, Caribbean, February 2010. Model Released.

Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) "bubbling" regurgitated stomach contents in order to increase the concentration of its food by evaporating excessive water content. Wiltshire, UK, September.

David Woodfall / Traditional lave net fisherman (a method dating back at least 1,500 years) fishing for salmon. This Severn Estuary way of life is threatened by proposed barrage. Gloucestershire, England, July 2009, M...

Neil Lucas / Weddell seal {Leptonychotes weddellii} mother with pup on ice, pup yawning, Antarctica

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Lani hunters with painted faces, head-dressed, nose adornment and penis case / gourd, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Jerry Monkman / Two young brothers ice fishing on the West River in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA, February 2007. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Invertebrate specimens for the Barcode of Life project of French scientist Laetitia Plaisance as part of the Coral Reef census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2008

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) group of four drinking water, UK

LYNN M. STONE / Domestic dog, two Doberman Pinchers jumping over agility course hurdle, Rockford, Illinois, USA

Sue Flood / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific, September Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and cub (18 months) walking away after swimming, Svalbard, Norway (non-ex) September 2009. Images 01262527 and 01262528 are cropped from this frame

Doug Allan / Weddell seal {Leptonychotes weddelli} adult and pup swimming under ice, Antarctica

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Two Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) side by side, Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) two calves of different ages walking side by side, Minneria NP, Sri Lanka

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpions mother carrying young where they protected by her stinger until capable of hunting on their own, Brownsberg Reserve, Surinam. Sequence 1 of 2

ZSSD / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) female playing with youngster by throwing him up in the air, native to Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Female Little bustard {Tetrax tetrax} dead on side of road, killed by car, La Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain

Kirkendall-Spring / Abandoned vehicle by the side of a rural intersection, Douglas County, Washington, USA

Jean-Pierre Zwaenepoel / Southern plains grey / Hanuman langur {Semnopithecus dussumieri} two adolescents sitting, Thar desert, Rajasthan, India Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Mark Raycroft / Two Golden Retriever (Canis familiaris) female and male adults sitting side by side

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates azureus) very tiny frog used by Indian tribes to poison tips of arrows, native to South America

Gerry Ellis / Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates azureus) secretes a fluid from its skin which is used by indigenous Indians to poison the tips of arrows, native to South America

Norbert Wu / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) being cleaned by Yellow-eyed Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus), Hawaii

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / African Lion (Panthera leo) adult male followed by curious and playful six and three month old cubs, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Mark Moffett / African Scarab Beetle (Circellium bacchus) rolls animal dung into balls which are buried and fed upon by its larvae, South Africa

Konrad Wothe / Red Wood Ant (Formica rufa) colony reacting in defensive behavior by spraying formic acid from a gland in rear of their abdomens, Sweden