Benjamin Olson / Minden / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) and mountains, Cordillera Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Mark Raycroft / Minden / Border Collie (Canis familiaris), North America

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Minden / Leopard (Panthera pardus), Sabi-sands Game Reserve, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / African Lion (Panthera leo) female nuzzling a male, Masai Mara, Kenya

Jasper Doest / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) pack in the snow, Norway

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub, Yuandudu, aged 8 months, with her mother, Huan Huan, Beauval ZooPark, France, April, 2022. Captive.

Milan Radisics / Female Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) waiting to be fed at the back entrance of a house, Hungary. January.

Tui De Roy / Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) setting out to hunt in grassland at dusk. Serra da Canastra National Park, Brazil.

Konrad Wothe / Stoat (Mustela erminea) in white winter coat standing upright in snow, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe. February.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) male on moonlit night, Laikipia, Kenya. Taken using camera trap with a long exposure time to expose the stars and a flash to expose the foreground, creating a ghostly effect....

Henley Spiers / Striped marlin (Kajikia audax) and California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) competing for food as they hunt down baitfish, Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

Bruno D'Amicis / Wild Apennine wolf (Canis lupus italicus) running in snow on mountain ridge. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. December.

Bruno D'Amicis / Wild Apennine wolf (Canis lupus italicus) running in snow on mountain ridge. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. December.

Uri Golman / Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) pup swimming in a hole in the ice, Magdalen Islands, Canada. March.

Paul Williams / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) high up in tree, Costa Rica, Central America, 2016. Filmed for the BBC series 'Big Cats'.

Klein & Hubert / Male Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) sitting in high grass in shade of acacia tree in savanna, Kenya, Africa.

Klein & Hubert / African lioness (Panthera leo) with her cub in savanna, Kenya, Africa.

Klein & Hubert / Siberian / Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) walking in snow at sunrise, captive, occurs Far East and Northeast China.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / A black phase critically endangered Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) snarling, Zoo Taiping, Malaysia. Captive.

Danny Green / European badger (Meles meles) in woodland in late evening light. Scotland, UK, August.

Danny Green / European badger (Meles meles) in late evening light, Scotland, UK, August.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, holding cub aged one month, Beauval ZooPark, France. 9 September 2021.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, holding cub aged one month, Beauval ZooPark, France. 9 September 2021.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, holding cub aged one month, Beauval ZooPark, France. 9 September 2021.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, holding cub aged one month, Beauval ZooPark, France. 9 September 2021.

Alex Mustard / RF - Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) relaxing in a bed of kelp (Laminaria digitata), with two seals in the background. Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. British Isles. North Sea....

Ben Cranke / Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) subadult males practice sparring. St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia Island

Ben Cranke / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and her newborn pup, bonding with calling and nuzzling. Salisbury plain, South Georgia Island

Ben Cranke / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) congregate on the beach, seeking a safe point to go into the sea, with male Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) blocking their path. St Andrew's Bay,...

Milan Radisics / Female Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking along tree trunk in heavy fog at night. Light source behind the subject creates dramatic volumetric lighting. Vertes Mountains, Hungary.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) yearling pup playing with own air bubbles in shallows, Gardner Islet, Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pups playing at sunrise, Puerto Egas, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) female and male on red volcanic beach, Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) female resting in shallows, Bainbridge Islets, Galapagos, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pups playing in shallows, Sombrero Chino, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Claudio Contreras / Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) male fighting, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April

Richard Du Toit / Yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) resting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.