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

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) orphans, Larry investigating Daphne's tongue, Ape Action Africa, Mefou Primate Sanctuary, Cameroon

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

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

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

Gerry Ellis / Burned rainforest, cleared for oil palm agriculture, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015

Gerry Ellis / Smoking fire, set by humans to clear rainforest to plant oil palms, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015

Gerry Ellis / Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) sub-adult male in trees in haze caused by forest clearing, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. October, 2015

Gerry Ellis / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) silhouetted against sky, Alaska

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) young bulls engage in greeting ritual, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) baby, southeast Asia

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd at watering hole, Tsavo National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) infant begging mother to nurse, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) keeper Patrick with Lingwesi, a five week old orphan, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) portrait showing barbed tongue, native to Mexico and Central America

Gerry Ellis / Mexican Red-knee Tarantula (Brachypelma smithi), Mexico

Gerry Ellis / Wandering Spider (Cupiennius coccineus) with egg sac under abdomen, not visible in photo, Mesoamerica

Gerry Ellis / Jaguar (Panthera onca) portrait of young Jaguar, Woodland Park Zoo, Washington

Gerry Ellis / Green Leaf-mimic Katydid (Steirodon robertsorum) on leaf, Costa Rican highlands

Gerry Ellis / Mosquito Cove at dusk, Antigua, Caribbean

Gerry Ellis / Hurricane Bay, Virgin Islands National Park, Saint John Island, Virgin Islands, Caribbean

Gerry Ellis / Jaguar (Panthera onca) fur, close-up of patterned detail, Washington Park Zoo, Portland, Oregon

Gerry Ellis / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) doe and fawn, North America

Gerry Ellis / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) portrait in Kelp, Pacific coast, North America

Gerry Ellis / Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) portrait on tree stump, North America

Gerry Ellis / American Beaver (Castor canadensis) dam, Silver Horn Creek, Lake Silver Horn, Wood River, Wood-Tikchik State Park, Alaska

Gerry Ellis / Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) close-up portrait, North America

Gerry Ellis / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) group feeding on honeycomb, North America

Gerry Ellis / Stick Insect on leaf, Papua New Guinea

Gerry Ellis / Mountain stream flowing through montane tropical rainforest at 1200 meters, Mt Bosavi, Papua New Guinea

Gerry Ellis / Clearing of tropical rainforest south of Lake Kutubu for Gobe oil camp, Papua New Guinea

Gerry Ellis / Raccoon (Procyon lotor) three orphan babies, Aspen Valley, Ontario, Canada

Gerry Ellis / African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) portrait, east Africa

Gerry Ellis / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) swimming in water lettuce, with Cattle Egret (Bulbulcus ibis) perched on head, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Gerry Ellis / White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) mother with baby, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Mid and upper canopy interior of tropical rainforest, Kakamega Forest Reserve, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Altocumulus thunder head dumping rain on pan, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) camel mother with two day old baby, Oasis Dakhia, Sahara, Egypt

Gerry Ellis / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd migrating in a line, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphaned baby Mwega playing at mud bath, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Natumi playfully stealing Patrick's hat, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, sequence 3 of 3

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphans with keepers, led by Natumi back to stockade, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) portrait of female, taken with a wide-angle lens, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphans, Nyiro and Lewa in mud bath, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphan called Natumi, charging and playing in mud bath, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphans, Malalka with Natumi, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphan called Isholta, five weeks old, playing in mud bath, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) orphans heading out to mud bath, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya