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

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

David Fleetham / A Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) at surface to breathe, over shallow reef, Hawaii USA.

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.

Klein & Hubert / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf playing in savanna, Kenya, Africa.

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.

David Fleetham / Endangered Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) stretches neck to be cleaned by Yellow tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens) and Goldring tangs (Ctenochaetus strigosus), North Pacific, Hawaii, USA.

Doug Gimesy / Sub-Antarctic / Brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) flying away with egg stolen from a Royal penguin colony (Eudyptes schlegeli), Macquarie Island, Australian Territory. December.

Etienne Littlefair / Mertens' water monitor (Varanus mertensi) in water, split level view, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia. October. Winner of the threatened species criteria in Australia Geographic Natu...

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 / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) calling mate,Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March

Doug Gimesy / Royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) walks along the beach. Sandy bay, Macquarie Island, Australian Territory.

Doug Gimesy / Royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) collects a pebble for its nest on the beach. Sandy bay, Macquarie Island, Australian Territory.

Denis-Huot / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) drinking and landscape, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya

Jeff Foott / Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) sub adult male feeding on vegetation, close up. Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, Africa.

Charlie Summers / Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) on Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) mound, in snow. A reintroduction programme is underway with approximately 300 individuals of this critically e...

Charlie Summers / Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) leaving a Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) burrow whilst hunting for prey on snow covered prairie. Colorado, USA. January.

Charlie Summers / Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at edge of Prairie dog (Cynomys sp) burrow, hunting for prey. A reintroduction programme is underway with approximately 300 individuals of this critically endang...

Maxime Aliaga / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) female with infant. The female Marconi had been rehabilited by SOCP program. She had a baby in 2017 born in the forest of Jantho, Aceh province where she was been rel...

Maxime Aliaga / Flanged male Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) male, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra

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

Franco Banfi / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) accompanied by pilotfish (Naucrates ductor) swimming near the surface. Vulnerable. Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

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 / Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) portrait. Rhode Island, New England, USA. August.

Andy Murch / Smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena). Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Andy Murch / Scoophead shark (Sphyrna media), released specimen. Isla Chepillo, Rio Bayano, Panama.

Andy Murch / Rasptail skate (Raja velezi) resting on sea floor. La Paz Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Andy Murch / Happy Eddy (Haploblepharus edwardsii) amongst Cape sea urchin (Parechinus angulosus) and starfish. False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. June.

Andy Murch / Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) mouth wide open, feeding in shallow water, surrounded by fish. South Bimini Island, Bahamas.

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

Shane Gross / Dugong (Dugong dugon) feeding on Tapegrass (Halophila stipulacea), accompanied by juvenile Golden trevally fish (Gnathanodon speciosus). Marsa Alam, Egypt.

Shane Gross / Dugong (Dugong dugon) male and juvenile Golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) shoal swimming over Turtlegrass (Halophila stipulacea) seagrass bed. Marsa Alam, Egypt.

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.