Andy Rouse / Maasai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) silhouetted by beams of light from setting sun, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Winner of the African section of the Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice...

Lisa Hoffner / Two orphan baby Elephants (Loxodonta africana) being affectionate. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nairobi Elephant Nursery, Kenya, July 2010.

Denis-Huot / Three Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) head and neck, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Thomson Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) male backlit in long grass. Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.

Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) male portrait through long grass . Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Feb 2012.

Pedro Narra / African lioness (Panthera leo) and cub, Etosha National Park, Namibia. January.

Tony Heald / Leopard (Panthera pardus) running, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Loic Poidevin / Leopard (Panthera pardus) resting in Accacia, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / Leopard (Panthera pardus) portrait, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Male African lion (Panthera leo) showing 'Fleman' gesture and marking his territory with his back legs. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Feb 2012.

Denis-Huot / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) juveniles, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female sitting on a termite mound. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Feb 2012.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) at water hole at night, taken with infra red, Okaukuejo pan, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Critically endangered species.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) female charging in water. This female had a newborn calf on the riverbank, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. January.

Lou Coetzer / Baby Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) spooked by Little egret (Egretta garzetta) in flight, Chobe River, Botswana, May, Vulnerable species.

Lou Coetzer / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) portrait, Chobe River, Botswana, March, Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / White rhino (Ceratotherium simum) mother and baby, Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Tony Heald / Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) showing flehmen response, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Crawshay's zebra (Equus quagga crawshayi) in evening light, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. March.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Grant's zebra (Equus burchelli boehmi) in a migration herd of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Ann & Steve Toon / Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) braying, Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, February

Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra herd crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective (Equus quagga burchellii). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Grant's zebra (Equus burchelli boehmi) herd with large cloud above, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby elephant its mother's trunk Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Lou Coetzer / Bull African elephants (Loxodonta africana) on river bank, Chobe River, Botswana, June, Vulnerable species.

Lou Coetzer / Three African elephants (Loxodonta africana) with African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) attacking, Chobe River, Botswana, August, Vulnerable species.

Lou Coetzer / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf bathing, Chobe River, Botswana, April, Vulnerable species.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) juvenile portrait, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January 2014

Mark MacEwen / Bull African elephants (Loxodonta africana) sparing, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.

Denis-Huot / Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) migrating herd, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Eric Baccega / Female Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) head portrait, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.

Lou Coetzer / Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) running, Chobe River, Botswana, August.

Denis-Huot / Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) male looking over territory, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Wildebeest (Connchaetes taurinus) running down bank of the Mara River during migration, Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / Head on portrait of African buffalo with Oxpecker birds {Syncerus caffer} Masai Mara , Kenya

Richard Du Toit / Aerial view of herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) on the move, Okavango delta, Botswana

Anup Shah / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) head portrait of male, with Cattle egret on its back (Bubulcus ibis). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February.

Richard Du Toit / African buffalo {Syncerus caffer} + Cattle egrets {Bubulcus ibis} Botswana, SavuteChobe NP

Anup Shah / Warthog and young sniffing {Phacochoerus aethiopicus} Masai Mara, Kenya

Sharon Heald / Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) herd drinking with Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) and Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua) and Burchell's Sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli) Etosha National Park, Na...

Eric Baccega / Topi (Damaliscus dorcas) female and calf, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.

Chris Gomersall / Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) herd grazing, Etosha National Park, Namibia, November

Denis-Huot / Thomson's gazelle (Gazella / Eudorcas thomsoni) males fighting, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Ann & Steve Toon / Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, January.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus). Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal, UNESCO World Heritage site,

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Oryx (Oryx gazella) looking back over its shoulder. Kalahari, Botswana, November.

Tony Heald / Gemsbok [Oryx gazella] two males fighting, Etosha National Park, Namibia, August