Anup Shah / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) infant portrait, member of 'Humba' group. Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, March.

Jane Burton / British Shorthair kittens, Benedict, ginger, and Joan, silver tabby.

David Tipling / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup lying on dunes, North Norfolk, England, UK. January.

Anup Shah / Maasai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) running away startled - remote camera perspective . Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Laurent Geslin / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) on street light at night, Strasbourg, France. April.

Sam Hobson / Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) nest in traffic light. Leeds, UK. July

Konrad Wothe / Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) female at nest on telephone pole, Tobago, West Indies.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Blue shark (Prionace glauca), Cape Point, South Africa, February.

John Waters / Labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinhthica) at entrance of funnel web at ground level on cropped limestone grassland, Polden Hills, Somerset, UK, July.

Pascal Kobeh / Young Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) in very shallow water, Guadalupe island, Mexico. Pacific Ocean.

Richard Du Toit / African Wild Cat (Felis sylvestris) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa,

Anup Shah / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) juvenile aged 12-18 months head and shoulders portrait. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.