Ludwigsburg, Germany

A honeybee collects pollen in the blossom of a hibiscus.

Photo: Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images

Kamchatka, Russia

A family of young steller sea lions are posing together.

Photo: Yuri Smityuk/TASS

Semenovka village, Kyrgyzstan

Snow leopard at the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union centre near lake Issyk Kul.

Photo: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

Stuttgart, Germany

Young gelada play in Wilhelma zoo.

Photo: Ronald Wittek/EPA

Jiangsu, China

Egrets at the Qidashan forest park in Xuyi county.

Photo: Zhou Haijun/Xinhua/Barcroft Images

A barred grass snake, which has been recognised as a distinct species, bringing the number of wild snakes in England up to four.

Photo: Wolfgang Bohme/Senckenberg Resea/PA

Cape Town, South Africa

A secretary bird rolls its eyes back as it squawks at the World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary.

Photo: Nic Bothma/EPA