Richard Du Toit / Amethyst sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina) Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Andy Murch / Pyjama shark (Poroderma africanum), two in reef, amongst kelp. Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa. May.

Andy Murch / Happy Eddy (Haploblepharus edwardsii) amongst Cape sea urchin (Parechinus angulosus) and starfish. False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. June.

Andy Murch / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) playing with Dark shyshark (Haploblepharus pictus) carcass, seal diving in background. False Bay, South Africa. May.

Marie Lochman / Sandy Bight - Cape Arid National Park, South west, Western Australia, October 2010

Marie Lochman / Showy Banksia (Banksia speciosa), Western Australian endemic plant, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia.

Ann & Steve Toon / Malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) feding at flower, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa, September

Ann & Steve Toon / Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea), Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa, September

Ann & Steve Toon / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) among yellow Pincushion (Leucospermum cordifolium) flowers, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa, September.

Wim van den Heever / Aerial view of Cape Town city with Table Mountain, South Africa, taken from helicopter, May 2011

Ann & Steve Toon / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) male standing in landscape, Table Mountain National Park, Western Cape, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Spring wildflowers, Papkuilsfontein farm, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa, September 2015

Ann & Steve Toon / Spring wildflowers, Papkuilsfontein farm, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa, September 2015

Ann & Steve Toon / Spring wildflowers, Papkuilsfontein farm, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa, September 2015

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) bull breaking apart octopus. False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Pedro Narra / Scientists observing lava and ash plume erupting from Fogo Volcano, Fogo Island, Cape Verde, 29th November 2014.

Tony Phelps / Parachute daisies (Ursinia anthemoides) Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa.

Solvin Zankl / Illuminated netdevil (Linophryne arboritera), female specimen, from deepsea Atlantic Ocean near Cape Verde at a depth of 1900m.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching, at decoy seal, Seal Island, False Bay, off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. July.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Shark spotter, in front of black flag at the Kalk Bay post. It provides a warning to ocean goers that visibility is bad and the shark spotters may not see a white shark if it does enter the bay. West...

Fred Olivier / Black-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale lateralis), Cape range National Park, Exmouth, Western Australia

Hougaard Malan / Aloes below the snow-capped peaks of the Swartberg. Near Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa. June 2009.

Hougaard Malan / Lighthouse at sunset. Kommetjie, Cape Town, South Africa. November 2008.

Hougaard Malan / Pristine white beach with table mountain beyond under a clear blue sky. Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. November 2011.

Hougaard Malan / Pristine white beach with table mountain beyond under a clear blue sky. Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. November 2011.

Hougaard Malan / Sunset along Chapmans Peak pass. Cape Town, South Africa. August 2011.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) in fynbos vegetation, West Coast National Park, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Tony Phelps / Parachute daisies (Ursinia anthemoides) flowering, Vergelegen, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa, July.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pussilus) portrait, at water surface, Seal Island, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching whilst attacking seal decoy, Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching whilst attacking seal decoy, Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) porpoising, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Orca (Orcinus orca) near at surface whilst hunting dolphin, False Bay, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on Brydes whale carcass (Balaenoptera brydei), Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on Brydes whale carcass (Balaenoptera brydei), Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / SANCCOB Hands Across the Sand event, in strong wind, to raise awareness for seabird and marine conservation, with 'Rocky' the Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) on the beach. Table Bay,...

Tony Phelps / Chacma baboon (Papio hamadryas ursinus) portrait of adult male. deHoop Nature reserve. Western Cape, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Western Cape Province, Cape Agulhas, Indian Ocean, South Africa, August 2010

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) with white calf, near Cape Agulhas, South Africa, Southern Right Western Cape Province, Indian Ocean, August

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of breaking waves, Cape Agulhas, South Africa, Western Cape Province, Indian Ocean, August 2009

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of container ship near Cape Town Harbour, Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Western Cape Province, March 2010

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Fishing for West coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) aboard the James Archer (Oceana fisheries). Crew haul up lobster trap. Saldanha Bay and St. Helena Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.