Sebastian Kennerknecht / Minden / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) female in Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) woodland, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Minden / American Bison (Bison bison) female in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Jaguar (Panthera onca) male in tropical rainforest, Mamoni Valley, Panama

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) pup hugging mother, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) mother carrying pup, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) at night, Mamoni Valley, Panama

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) six month old female and male kitten, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) six month old female and male kitten, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris), Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) female, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris), Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) bulls fighting, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) female in Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) woodland, Kruger National Park, South Africa

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

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female feeding on sub-adult male Impala (Aepyceros melampus) prey in tree, Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) flying near skyscrapers, Ancon Hill, Panama City, Panama

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Hairy Water Lily (Nymphaea pubescens) flower, Diyasaru Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sebastian Kennerknecht / American Bison (Bison bison) herd grazing in winter, Gardiner, Yellowstone National Park, Montana

Sebastian Kennerknecht / American Bison (Bison bison) herd grazing in winter, Gardiner, Yellowstone National Park, Montana

Sebastian Kennerknecht / American Bison (Bison bison) bull browsing in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Sebastian Kennerknecht / American Bison (Bison bison) female in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Sebastian Kennerknecht / American Bison (Bison bison) female cleaning nose with tongue, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Sebastian Kennerknecht / American Bison (Bison bison) female in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Sebastian Kennerknecht / American Bison (Bison bison) female covered with frost in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Montana

Sebastian Kennerknecht / American Bison (Bison bison) female in snow, Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild female, wet after having crossed river, in mountain valley, Uchkul River, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) biologist, Ben Pearl, picking up chick from mud flat in salt pond, Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Union City, Bay Area, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Agricultural land surrounded by natural habitat, Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) biologist, Paul Houghtaling, using telemetry to track mother and cubs near houses, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at nest burrow, Skomer Island National Nature Reserve, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Silvered Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus cristatus) mother and young, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi) male with cataract in his right eye in lowland rainforest, Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata) in lowland rainforest, Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Coastline at dusk, Shark Fin Cove, Davenport, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) male in breeding plumage on pond, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) drake in breeding plumage calling, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) at burrow, Berkeley, San Francisco Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris), Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Bobcat (Lynx rufus) female walking, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) at sunrise, Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) in winter plumage on beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / White Tern (Gygis alba) flying over beach, Midway Atoll, Hawaiian Leeward Islands, Hawaii

Sebastian Kennerknecht / White Tern (Gygis alba) chick, Midway Atoll, Hawaiian Leeward Islands, Hawaii

Sebastian Kennerknecht / San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) on pond vegetation, Pescadero, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Minden / Tropical rainforest and city, Ancon Hill, Panama City, Panama

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Semi-deciduous tropical moist rainforest canopy, Mamoni Valley, Panama