Eric Baccega / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) catching salmon in Brooks river, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Portrait of male silverback Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) feeding. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, Africa

Eric Baccega / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male, portrait, member of the Nyakagezi group, Mgahinga National Park, Uganda.

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

Eric Baccega / Chimpanzee female (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) sleeping in a nest built in a tree, Kibale National Park, Uganda, January.

Eric Baccega / Chimpanzee juvenile (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in a tree. Kibale National Park, Uganda. January.

Eric Baccega / Chimpanzee male (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) sleeping on the forest floor with feet up, Kibale National Park, Uganda. January.

Eric Baccega / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) juvenile aged 2 years, hanging from branch, member of the Nyakagezi group, Mgahinga National Park, Uganda. January.

Eric Baccega / Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) in the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda, February.

Eric Baccega / Female Uganda kob (Kobus kob thomasi) suckling calf. Murchisson Falls National Park, Uganda. February.

Eric Baccega / Lioness (Panthera leo), aggressively rebuffing male lion banks of the Luangwa river, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Eric Baccega / Coalition of two African male lions (Panthera leo) resting on the banks of the Luangwa river, dry season, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub playing on wooden structure. Yuan Meng, first giant panda ever born in France, age 10 months, Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher, France

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub playing on wooden structure. Yuan Meng, first giant panda ever born in France, age 10 months, Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher, France

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub exploring during its outings in the enclosure. Yuan Meng, first giant panda ever born in France, age 10 months, Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher,...

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, out in her enclosure in mist, Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher, France. The mist is created artificially by machine, in order to cr...

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, out in her enclosure in mist, Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher, France The mist is created artificially by machine, in order to cr...

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub playfuly chewing a bamboo stick. Yuan Meng, first giant panda ever born in France, is now 10 months old and still feeds on his mother's milk, Captive at Beauva...

Eric Baccega / Giant panda cub (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) portrait Yuan Meng, first giant panda ever born in France, age 10 months. Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher, France

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Giant panda cub (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) captive. Yuan Meng, first Giant panda ever born in France, now aged 8 months, Beauval Zoo, France

Eric Baccega / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) juvenile female stretching hand out towards camera, member of the Kabirizi group, Virunga National Park, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa,...

Eric Baccega / Caribbean manatee or West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) mother with baby, age two days, captive, Beauval Zoo, France

Eric Baccega / Caribbean manatee or West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) mother with baby, age two days, captive, Beauval Zoo, France

Eric Baccega / Caribbean manatee or West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) mother with baby, age two days, captive, Beauval Zoo, France

Eric Baccega / Caribbean manatee or West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) mother with baby, age two days, captive, Beauval Zoo, France

Eric Baccega / Caribbean manatee or West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) mother with baby, age two days, captive, Beauval Zoo, France

Eric Baccega / Female Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) looking around and grooming, with four cubs playing nearby, Naknek Lake, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, July.

Eric Baccega / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) feeding on a Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, June.

Eric Baccega / Female Harp seal (Phoca groenlandicus) surfacing at breathing hole looking at her pup, Magdalen Islands, Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, March.

Eric Baccega / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming in front of an iceberg, Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, June.

Eric Baccega / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) at the sea surface. Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, June.

Eric Baccega / Small herd of Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) feeding in a blizzard, Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Eric Baccega / Pack of Grey wolves (Canis lupus) howling in the snow, captive. Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, March. Captive.

Eric Baccega / Pack of Grey wolves (Canis lupus) greeting one another and expressing submissive behaviour,captive, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, July. Captive.

Eric Baccega / View of the lava lake in Nyiragongo volcano at night, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Eric Baccega / Female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) grooming, with two cubs playing nearby, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada, February.

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd with calves, walking in procession to a waterhole in sand storm, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) bathing at waterhole at night with moon, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa. Taken with infrared camera.

Eric Baccega / Angolan giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) reflecting in waterhole at sunset, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Eric Baccega / Young woman from the Bodi tribe displaying elaborate scarification on the skin of her back, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Young man from the Bodi Tribe having new scars made on his chest with razor blade, to make decorative skin scarifications. Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Portrait of woman from the Mursi tribe, traditionally decorated and painted, wearing a large clay lip plate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Portrait of woman from the Mursi tribe, traditionally decorated and painted, wearing a large clay lip plate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Toposa tribe man with elaborate facial skin scarifications, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Men from the Mursi tribe decoratively scaring skin, one man scars the arm of another one by lifting the skin with an acacia spine and cutting it with a razor blade, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Sulphur formation, Dallol Volcano, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Dallol hot spring with salt concretions coloured by sulphur, potassium and iron, Dallol Volcano, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Dallol hot spring with salt concretions coloured by sulphur, potassium and iron, Dallol Volcano, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, March 2015.