Kevin Schafer / Bumblebee (Bombus sp) on flower, Juneau, Alaska

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) orphan Larry playing in tree, Ape Action Africa, Mefou Primate Sanctuary, Cameroon

Andy Rouse / Galapagos sea lion, (Zalophus wollebaeki), swimming upside down, Galapagos

Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming showing belly, Troms, Norway, January.

Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) showing belly and blowing, Troms, Norway, January.

Suzi Eszterhas / Hyacinth Macaw (Anadorhynchus hyacinthinus) two playing whilst hanging upside down, Pantanal, Brazil

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

Sven Zacek / Honey bee (Apis mellifera), two frozen on pond ice after flying out too early. Valgamaa, Southern Estonia. March.

Suzi Eszterhas / Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) male hanging in tree, Sloth Island, Guyana

Nick Garbutt / Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) acrobatically perched , feeding in forest canopy. Northern Pantanal, Cuiaba River, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Piotr Naskrecki / Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) being eaten by Fishing Spider (Pisauridae), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum) group roosting, Maputo, Mozambique