Angelo Gandolfi / Flower (possibly Hippeastrum sp.) in flower after fire, many flowers in the region have fire induced flowering. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil.

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Ralph Pace / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), San Diego, California

Jeff Foott / Geyser spouting, Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Sebastian Kennerknecht / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) juvenile at sunset, Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Avijan Saha/ BIA / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) juvenile crossing road at night in headlight of car watched by people on the road, West Bengal, India

Paul Bertner / Rainforest at sunrise, Sani Lodge, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Dead Leaf Katydid (Orophus tessellatus) camouflaged in leaf litter, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Paul Bertner / Looper Moth (Geometridae) caterpillar, Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Graceful Madagascar Ground Gecko (Paroedura gracilis), Marojejy National Park, Madagascar

Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck, central Montana

Eric Baccega / Angolan giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) reflecting in waterhole at sunset, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Cyril Ruoso / Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae), Pacaya Samiria National Park, Peru

Sam Hobson / Fallow deer (Dama dama) buck crossing road under street lights. London, UK. January.

Sean Crane / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) at sunrise, Hudson Bay, Seal River, Manitoba, Canada

Vincent Grafhorst / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) flapping ears, Botswana

Roland Seitre / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) running, native to Africa

David Pattyn / Silhouette of Common peafowl (Pavo cristatus) perched in a tree at dawn. Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

Eric Medard / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) at night, taken with infra-red, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France, September.

Eric Medard / Feral cat (Felis catus) at night, taken with infra-red remote camera trap, France, November.

Thomas Marent / Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) young, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China

Milan Radisics / Ducks silhouetted at night on Heroes Square, Budapest, July 2009

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group gulp feeding, Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska

Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Fallow deer (Dama dama) crossing rural road through Berkhamsted Common at dusk, Hertfordshire, UK, December

Donald M. Jones / Common Loon (Gavia immer) stretching wings, Troy, Montana

Kevin Schafer / Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) pair swimming in Ariau River, tributary of Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

Vincent Grafhorst / Southern Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) silhouetted against the setting sun, Lethiau Valley, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana

Konrad Wothe / Camargue Horse (Equus caballus) group running at sunset, Camargue, France

Jan Vermeer / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks, Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Michio Hoshino / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) shaking off water after a bath, Alaska

Richard Du Toit / Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) grazing under tree, Kalahari Gemsbok Park, South Africa

Jim Brandenburg / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) running across sand dune, Namib Desert, Namibia

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) mother with cub at dawn, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Gerry Ellis / Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) tree over savannah, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) cubs playing, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Matthias Breiter / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) cubs silhouetted against water at sunrise, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Tim Fitzharris / Sunrise over Granadier Range, Molas Pass, Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado

Tim Fitzharris / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) grove in freshwater swamp at dawn, Lake Fausse Pointe, Louisiana

Tim Fitzharris / Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) western North America

Norbert Wu / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) playing in shallow water, Channel Islands, California

Jim Brandenburg / Inuits dog sledding in midnight sun, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Jim Brandenburg / American Bison (Bison bison) herd grazing on prairie at sunset, South Dakota

Flip Nicklin / Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, Channel Islands National Park, California

Jim Brandenburg / Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus) portrait, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Honeypot Ant (Camponotus inflatus) repletes hanging from ceiling of larder, engorged with nectar they will regurgitate on demand to other workers, central Australia

Jim Brandenburg / Coniferous forest backlit at dawn, Minnesota

Michio Hoshino / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) mother and cubs in autumn grass, Alaska

Jim Brandenburg / Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus) trio at sunset, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Michio Hoshino / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) group crossing through river during migration, Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and two cubs, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Mark Moffett / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus schmtzi) on tendril of host Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes bicalcarata), Borneo, Malaysia

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Honeypot Ant (Camponotus inflatus) repletes hanging from ceiling of larder, engorged with nectar they will regurgitate on demand to other workers, central Australia

Jami Tarris / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) feeding on Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) kill, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Lion (Panthera leo) sub-adult males, Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Jeff Foott / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) flowers, super bloom, Antelope Valley, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Winfried Wisniewski / African Lion (Panthera leo) male at sunrise, Masai Mara, Kenya

Marie Read / Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male calling and displaying, backlit, showing steamy breath on a chilly spring morning, Ithaca, New York, USA, April.

Ralph Pace / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), San Diego, California

Martin van Lokven / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother with cub, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Cyril Ruoso / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) young playing, Anja Park, Madagascar

Ralph Pace / Pacific Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) jellyfish, Monterey Bay, California

Ralph Pace / Pacific Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) jellyfish, Monterey Bay, California

Konrad Wothe / Reed with dew, Bavaria, Germany

Agustin Esmoris / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) at sunset, Falkland Islands

Thomas Marent / Katydid (Tettigoniidae), Putumayo, Colombia

Chase Dekker / Calla Lily (Zantedeschia sp) flowers at sunset, Big Sur, California

Chase Dekker / Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) and vulture flock in tree at sunset, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Hiroya Minakuchi / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) breaching at sunset, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina

Piotr Naskrecki / Giant Green Mantis (Sphodromantis gastrica) moulting, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) sub-adult males, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Heike Odermatt / Svalbard Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) running, Svalbard, Norway

Heike Odermatt / Svalbard Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) pair, Svalbard, Norway

Heike Odermatt / Minden / Andalusian Horse (Equus caballus) in bridle, Netherlands

Andrew Peacock / Common Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) herd at sunrise, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya

Sebastian Kennerknecht / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) male browsing on Acacia (Acacia sp) tree at sunset, Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Sergey Gorshkov / Wolf (Canis lupus) in forest, Tver, Russia

Sergey Gorshkov / Sable (Martes zibellina) on branch in winter, Lake Baikal, Barguzinsky Nature Reserve, Russia

Mark Raycroft / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck in grassland at sunrise, North America

Donald M. Jones / Snowy Egret (Egretta thula), in breeding plume, preening, central Florida

Donald M. Jones / Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) preening, central Florida

Anup Shah / Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) pair and Blue Wildebeests (Connochaetes taurinus) at sunrise, Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) trio at sunrise, Masai Mara, Kenya

Thomas Hinsche/ BIA / Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) with food for chick at nest cavity, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Willi Rolfes/ BIA / Common Crane (Grus grus) flock flying in front of moon, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Hiroya Minakuchi / Weaver (Ploceidae) nests at sunrise, Samburu National Park, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chick begging for food from parent, Volunteer Beach, East Falkland Island, Falkland Islands

Tui De Roy / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) carrying nesting material, Dunbar Island, Falkland Islands

Paul Bertner / Katydid (Vestria sp), Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Bertner / Fungus (Hymenopellis sp) mushroom, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Acanaloniid Planthopper (Acanaloniidae), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Cicada husk, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Paul Bertner / Flatid Planthopper (Flatidae), Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) in pre-andean shrubland, Torres del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Ingo Arndt / Needlegrass (Stipa krylovii), eastern Mongolia

Ingo Arndt / Squirreltail Barley (Hordeum jubatum) grasses, Patagonia, Argentina