Animals of 2014 - Panda Triplets
Newborn giant panda triplets, which were born to giant panda Juxiao (not pictured), are seen inside an incubator at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China in August August. These were the fourth set of giant panda triplets born with the help of artificial insemination procedures in China, and the birth is seen as a miracle due to the low reproduction rate of giant pandas. Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Gorilla baby
A Western Lowland Gorilla named Mbeli holds her baby in their enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo October. The three-day-old baby is the first gorilla sired by the zoo's new Silverback who arrived from France in 2012. David Gray/Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Polar bear
Uslada, a 27-year-old white polar bear, shakes off water in her pool at the Leningrad Zoo in St Petersburg in April Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Leopard cubs
Two unnamed female Sri Lankan baby leopards (Panthera pardus kotiya) are seen in a zoo in Maubeuge, Sri Lanka, in August. The leopards, reported as an endangered animal species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, were born on July 1, according to the zoo media office. Yves Herman/Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Red panda rescue
A firefighter holds a red panda (Ailurus fulgens) from its tail while removing it from a tree at a residential area in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, in July 3. The animal was spotted in the residential area and was brought down from the tree after residents reported its sighting to the police, local media reported. Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Macaque snow monkeys
Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) groom each other in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan, in January Issei Koto/Reuters
Animals of 2014 - River otter
A river otter looks for food stashed in a used Christmas tree at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts in January. A resident of Provincetown, Massachusetts collected and donated used Christmas trees to the zoo, where the animals play with, and in some cases eat, the trees. Brian Snyder/Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Sleeping urban fox
A much-maligned urban fox sleeps beside autumn leaves in a garden in London October 26, 2014 Reinhard Krause/Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Giraffe family
A family of giraffes look out from their enclosure before taking part in a Christmas-themed feeding session at Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo, in December. The giraffe enclosure at the zoo has panoramic views of Sydney's harbour and allows visitors the chance to get close and feed the zoo's tallest animals which are native to Africa. Jason Reed/Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Baby Macaque
A three-month-old macaque bites its toe in front of a fan heater at a wildlife park in Kunming, Yunnan province, November 13, 2014 Wong Campion/Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Coati cub
An employee feeds a one-week-old coati cub with a bottle of milk at the Royev Ruchey zoo in the suburbs of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, in October. The mother of three cubs refused to nurse them, according to zoo employees. Coati are part of the racoon family. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Elephants and hippo
A herd of elephants confronts a hippopotamus at a watering hole in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, in October. The watering hole was one of several that were contaminated by poachers with cyanide in 2013, leading to the death of at least 100 animals, according to Zimbabwean authorities. Philimon Bulaway/Reuters
Animals of 2014 - Camel photobomb
A camel yawns as a tourist checks images on her camera following a ride on a camel safari alongside the Pacific Ocean on Lighthouse Beach, north of Sydney, in December. Australia's long history with the 'ships of the desert' goes back to the 1800s when they were imported from Afghanistan and India for use as transportation across Australia's vast deserts, before being released into the wild following their replacement by motorised transport. Jason Reed/Reuters