Edwin Giesbers / Female Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) sitting, holding two young. One is her own offspring, the other was rejected by its birth mother, and so this female has adopted it. Both young are 3 months old.Capt...

Anup Shah / Nile crocodile holding newly hatched young in mouth {Crocodylus niloticus} Kenya

David Pattyn / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in early morning light removing its own feathers, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, Europe. 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.

Guy Edwardes / Woman walking holding umbrella walking through dark woodland near Symondsbury, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. August 2020

Maxime Aliaga / Keepers holding hands of infant Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) as they walk to 'forest school' ,Quarantine centre of SOCP (Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program) near Medan, North Sumatra

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Child holding up a migratory locust, Southern Chad. September 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / A child holding a migratory locust ,he has caught, South of Chad. September 2019.

Klein & Hubert / European ground squirrel / Souslik (Spermophius citellus) standing in a carpet of flowers of Stork's bill (Erodium cicutarium) and holding in his paws a Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flower before eating it,...

Oriol Alamany / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla berengei) female holding newborn baby, from Titus Group in the Visoke rainforest, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, August

Marie Read / Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) holding an acorn in its bill whilst perched on tree stump, with autumn foliage, New York, USA, October.

Shane Gross / Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) holding on to a branch of a sea fan coral. Malapascua, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Wildlife carer Margit Cianelli holding Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) orphan, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. Model released.

Jen Guyton / Park ranger holding a Temminck's ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), after rescuing it from poachers. This individual was later released back into the wild. Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Mary McDonald / Adult Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) holding baby, Hirwa group, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Klein & Hubert / Rookery of Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks in creche, a big one holding his wing over the head of a smaller one, Antarctica.

Klein & Hubert / Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) hanging in banana tree, holding a flower, Masola, Madagascar.

Klein & Hubert / Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) in banana tree, holding stalk of flower, Masaola, Madagascar.

Jen Guyton / Park ranger holding a Cape pangolin / Temminck's ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), rescued from poachers. This picture was taken shortly before freeing the pangolin. Gorongosa National Park, Moza...

Andy Rouse / African Lion (Panthera leo) female carrying young cub. Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. August.

Wim van den Heever / African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) male holding his youngsters safely under his wings whilst walking. Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) male holding his youngsters safely under his wings whilst walking. Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) plucking Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Edwin Giesbers / Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) babies hand holding onto adults fur. Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar

Jeff Rotman / Person holding large Cannabis bud, in organic Marijuana farm, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, June 2015. . Marijuana has legalized in the state of Colorado, and this farm produces Marijuana for medical and ret...

Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) hunting fish, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.

Suzi Eszterhas / Hyacinth macaw (Anadorhynchus hyacinthinus) eating palm nut. Pantanal, Brazil.

Sven Zacek / Otter (lutra lutra) eating Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) in Southern Estonia, January.

Anup Shah / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) female 'Gremlin' aged 40 years holding her daughter 'Glitter's' baby daught aged 2 months and her own infant son aged 2 years. With 'Glitter' aged...

Fiona Rogers / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) female 'Gremlin' aged 40 years holding female baby aged 2, her granddaughter. Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Gremlin took the new born baby from he...

Fiona Rogers / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) female 'Gremlin' aged 40 years calling while holding her baby granddaughter aged 2 months and her own infant son aged 2 years. Gombe National Park,...

Cyril Ruoso / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) female holding hands with baby whilst hanging from liana. Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Cyril Ruoso / Man with Chamec spider monkeys (Ateles chamek) holding onto him as he walks through sanctuary. Ikamaperou Sanctuary, Amazon, Peru. October 2006.

Cyril Ruoso / Common woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha) climbing over keeper in Ikamaperou Sanctuary, Amazon, Peru. October 2006.

Sven Zacek / American mink (Mustela vison) on ice with Common frog (Rana temporaria) prey, Tartumaa, Estonia, January. Introduced species.

Sven Zacek / American mink (Mustela vison) shaking off fur on ice with Common frog (Rana temporaria) prey, Tartumaa, Estonia, January. Introduced species.

Sven Zacek / American mink (Mustela vison) running on ice with Common frog (Rana temporaria) prey, Tartumaa, Estonia, January. Introduced species.

George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) taking off with fish prey in mouth, Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cheesemaker holding a hard cheese, with equipment in the background. Triglav National Park, Slovenia, October 2014.

Nick Upton / Adult Herring gull (Larus argentatus) scavenging left over food, St.Ives, Cornwall, UK, June. Editorial use only.

Anup Shah / Dusky leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus) in tree, one holding baby . Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.

Staffan Widstrand / Great white egret (Egretta alba or Ardea alba) catching cyprionid fish or carp in fish farm, Pusztaszer Protected Landscape, Kiskunsagi, Hungary, May

Cyril Ruoso / Surrogate mother holding orphan Bonobo (Pan paniscus) and her own baby Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) in mud collecting nesting material, collecting nesting material, with golden bokeh affect in puddle, Svalbard, Norway, June.