Juergen & Christine Sohns / Minden / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf, Addo National Park, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Minden / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) female in Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) woodland, Kruger National Park, South Africa

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

Klein & Hubert / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with Yellow-billed oxpckers (Buphagus africanus) drinking at waterhole in dry season, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa.

Jen Guyton / Mozambican wildlife veterinarian Mercia Angela on her daily walk with Boogli, a female Cape pangolin confiscated as infant by Gorongosa's law enforcement team. Boogli's mother had already b...

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

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

Richard Du Toit / Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) Kruger National Park, Limpopo 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.

Andy Murch / Bronze whaler shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) group feeding alongside Cape gannet (Morus capensis) during sardine run. Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa. June.

Bence Mate / Wild dog (Lycaon pictus) two pups playing in dust, Mkuze, South Africa. August. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2020.

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

Klein & Hubert / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd crossing the Luangwa river, Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Oriol Alamany / Rock arch in Spitzkoppe mountains, Namib Desert, Namibia, October

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.

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

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.

Ann & Steve Toon / RF - African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in water, trunks touching, Zimanga game reserve, South Africa. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ann & Steve Toon / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) silhouetted in dust storm. Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) on the move, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.. Second place in the Mammals Category of the GDT European Nature Photographer of the Year Competi...

Fabio Pupin / Peringuey's desert adder, (Bitis peringueyi), sidewinding on dune, Namib desert, Namibia, February . Non-ex.

Ann & Steve Toon / Photographer Ann Toon photographing Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, January 2016. Model released.

Ann & Steve Toon / Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) drinking at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Medium repro only

Staffan Widstrand / African bush elephant, (Loxodonta africana) two head to head playing, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / RF - Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) group of three perched on branch, squabbling, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Southern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) two, with one in foreground, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) preening, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) in flight, about to land, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / RF - African bush elephant, (Loxodonta africana) at night, reflected in waterhole, South Africa

John Shaw / Common giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) bending to drink at a waterhole, with another standing on the opposite side of the pool reflected in the water. Klein Namutoni waterhole, Etosha National Park, N...

John Shaw / Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) catching larvae with its extended tongue. In the Namib desert near Swakopmund, Namibia.

Tony Heald / Elephant (Loxodonta africana) babies playing, Etosha National Park,Namibia.

Klein & Hubert / African lion (Panthera leo) portrait, South Africa

Klein & Hubert / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) standing on the burrow, warming up while facing the sun, Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Guy Edwardes / Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica) spitting venom. Kruger, South Africa. Controlled conditions.

Guy Edwardes / Leopard (Panthera pardus) captive, South Africa

Guy Edwardes / Leopard (Panthera pardus) climbing tree, silhouetted against the sun, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / A young White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) leaves a secure enclosure known as a boma in the Okavango Delta, northern Botswana, after being translocated from South Africa as part of efforts to rebu...

Neil Aldridge / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) mother and calf, prepare to leave a boma - a secure enclosure - in the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana after being translocated from South Africa as part of...

Neil Aldridge / Blindfolded and tranquilised adult White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with a tracking tag lies and recovers in the Okavango Delta, northern Botswana, following a translocation operation that invol...