Martin Dohrn / Group of lions (Panthera leo) at night, Masai Mara, Kenya. Photographed using 'Starlight Camera' technology without artificial lighting.

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard. Wild {Panthera uncia} Ladakh, India

Francois Savigny / Snow leopard. Wild. {Panthera uncia}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.

David Woodfall / Wild cat (Felis sylvestris) portrait, part of captive breeding project at Alladale Estate, Scotland, UK, October.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) with Bharal (Pseudois nayaur) prey, Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) hunting and stalking through the mountains in Serxu, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

Fabrice Cahez / Wild cat (Felis silvestris) walking, Vosges, France, June.

Fabrice Cahez / Wild cat (Felis silvestris) walking, Vosges, France, June.

Nick Garbutt / Wild snow leopard (Panthera uncia) climbing through rocky terrain. Ladakh Range, Western Himalayas, Ladakh, India.

Karine Aigner / Wild Bobcat (Lynx rufus) family of three cubs drinking water from bowl, with mother stretching . The mother chose to make her den underneath the house. Texas, USA, August. Taken with remote camera. Hi...

Laurent Geslin / Wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) walking at night, Jura Mountains, France. August. Contact us to download file - minimum fees apply.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul), Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) two sitting side by side, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red panda or Lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the humid montane mixed forest, Laba He National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) cub looking up at birds (out of frame) with mother in background, Khwai River, Botswana. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the Asferico Photography Competition 201...

Wim van den Heever / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) climbing up mountain slope, Hemis National Park, India, February.

Laurent Geslin / Wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) at night with city lights and sky glow behind, Switzerland. December. Taken with remote camera trap. Contact us to download file - minimum fees apply.

Laurent Geslin / Conservationists releasing radio collared wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) from Switzerland into Kalkalpen National Park, Austria, March 2013.

Laurent Geslin / Photographer Laurent Geslin putting back wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) kittens in den after a veterinary check up. Switerland, June 2014.

Laurent Geslin / Vet and KORA team putting a radio collar on wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) for translocation to Kalkalpen National Park, Austria from Switzerland. May 2011.

Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male in darkness, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Etosha, Namibia, Sequence 4 of 5

Fabrice Cahez / Wild cat (Felis sylvestris) in snow, Vosges, France, February.

Tony Heald / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) walking, Bandhavgarh National Park, India.

Gabriel Rojo / Wild puma (Puma concolor) walking across rocks, profile, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

Gabriel Rojo / Wild puma (Puma concolor) walking across rocks, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

Gabriel Rojo / Wild puma (Puma concolor) walking across rocks, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

Gabriel Rojo / Wild Cougar (Puma concolor) walking across rocks, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

Denis-Huot / African lion (Panthera leo) male shaking water off mane after rain, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. September.

Denis-Huot / Coalition of male Lions (Panthera leo) in grassland before storm, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / Lioness (Panthera leo) and Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) silhouetted at sunset, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / Lioness (Panthera leo) standing on fallen tree, silhouetted at sunset. Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

Ben Cranke / Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) walking down snow covered slope, Hemas National Park, Ladakh, India. Winner of the Long Lens catergory in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Ben Cranke / Jaguar (Panthera onca) drinking from the river's edge, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. August.

Andy Rouse / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) male 'Romeo T6' cooling off in waterhole during hot summer. Ranthambore National Park, India.

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) cub aged about 2 years approaching with curiosity - remote wide angle perspective . Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Fabrice CAHEZ / Wildcat (Felis silvestris) crouched low in woodland, Vosges, France, April

Michel Poinsignon / European wild cat (Felis silvestris) kitten portrait, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, captive.