Chien Lee / Minden / Black-headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps) swallowing alive Harlequin Flying Tree Frog (Rhacophorus pardalis) prey, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia, sequence 1 of 4

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

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

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....

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.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Male melanistic leopard (Panthera pardus) at night, under a starry sky. Laikipia Wilderness Camp, Kenya. Communication Arts Annual 62 Competition 2021 Winner Book Category; Sony World Photographer Awa...

Will Burrard-Lucas / A mating pair of leopards (Panthera pardus) caught in front of a camera trap at night, Laikipia Wilderness Camp, Kenya. Communication Arts Annual 62 Competition 2021 Winner Book Category; Sony World P...

Will Burrard-Lucas / Male melanistic leopard (Panthera pardus) at night, under a starry sky. Laikipia Wilderness Camp, Kenya. Photographed with a camera trap. Nature Photographer of the Year Competition 2021 Winner - Anim...

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.

Hermann Brehm / Lion (Panthera leo), females interacting, with cub, Masai Mara, Kenya

Karine Aigner / A white cat peeks out a blue door. Chefchaouen, Morocco.

Sergey Gorshkov / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) at night, taken with remote camera in Land of the Leopard National Park, Far East Russia, November.Highly Commended in the Animal Portraits Category of the Wil...

Sergey Gorshkov / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) female territorial marking by rubbing cheek against ancient Manchurian fir tree, Land of the Leopard National Park, Far East Russia, November. Taken with remo...

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) mother and cub age four months , Jao Reserve, Okavango, Botswana

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) males walking together . Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Danny Green / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female, portrait. Bandhavgarh National Park, India, December.

Danny Green / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) profile walking, looking for prey. Bandhavgarh National Park, India, December.

Danny Green / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) resting on track. Bandhavgarh National Park, India, December.

Danny Green / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) male resting in undergrowth, portrait. Bandhavgarh National Park, India, December.

Staffan Widstrand / Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) walking, Parque Natural Sierra de Andujar, Andalucia, Spain. January.

Ben Cranke / Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) female in snow, Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India

Karine Aigner / Portrait of a wild male Bobcat (Lynx rufus), Texas, USA. September.

Karine Aigner / Portrait of two wild Bobcat (Lynx rufus) kittens in a tree, Texas, USA. September.

Karine Aigner / Portrait of a wild female Bobcat (Lynx rufus) kitten playing, Texas, USA. September.

Klein & Hubert / Lion (Panthera leo) male portrait, South Africa.

Klein & Hubert / Lion (Panthera leo) male portrait, South Africa.

Klein & Hubert / Lion (Panthera leo) male portrait, South Africa.

Tony Heald / African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd showing defensive behaviour as an African lioness (Panthera leo) walks by, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. September....

Tony Heald / Lion (Panthera leo) moving away from a defensive African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.

Shane Gross / Dolphin fish / Mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) off Cat Island, Bahamas.Non-ex

Philippe Clement / Leucistic white lions (Panthera leo krugeri) male and juveniles, Captive.

Nick Garbutt / Adult male lion (Panthera leo) standing on the banks of the Luangwa River, South Lunangwa NP. Zambia.

Gabriel Rojo / Jaguar (Panthera onca) lying on tree roots, portrait. Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil.

Ann & Steve Toon / RF - Lion (Panthera leo) head portrait at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ann & Steve Toon / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) walking, silhouetted at dusk. Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Eric Baccega / Lion (Panthera leo) male walking. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Nayan Khanolkar / Tigress (Panthera tigris tigris) with her four cubs from Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, India. She lives in an area known for human-animal conflict and yet is successfully raising her four cubs in...