Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Lion (Panthera leo) six week old cubs, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Lion (Panthera leo) six week old cub, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Lion (Panthera leo) male drinking at waterhole, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Lion (Panthera leo) male, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Lion (Panthera leo) juvenile male, Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pregnant female and juveniles on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pregnant female and juveniles on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pair on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pair on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pair on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pair on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) on alert, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) scratching itself, Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra), Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) group attacking Cape Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus), Tswalu Game Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Nectarinia afra) male on Pincushion (Leucospermum sp) flower, Western Cape, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) walking, silhouetted at dusk. Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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

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

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

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

Staffan Widstrand / African bush elephant, (Loxodonta africana) two head to head playing, 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

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

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.

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.

Bence Mate / African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) juveniles playing with the leg of an impala, trying to drag it in three different directions. Mkuze, South Africa. Commended in Glanzlichter photo competition 2020.

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...

Neil Aldridge / Five orphaned White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) calves feed from a trough at dusk at the Rhino Revolution orphanage near Hoedspruit, South Africa. The mothers of these rhinos were killed by poach...

Neil Aldridge / Team of vets and conservation staff move a sedated White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) into a comfortable resting position in a secure enclosure known as a boma during a translocation operation to...

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) with a long horn, Marakele National Park, South Africa.

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Leopard (Panthera pardus) male stalking, Sabi-sands Game Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) calves, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Knysna Turaco (Tauraco corythaix), Garden Route National Park, South Africa

Eric Baccega / Coalition of two African male lions (Panthera leo) resting on the banks of the Luangwa river, dry season, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Eric Baccega / Lioness (Panthera leo), aggressively rebuffing male lion banks of the Luangwa river, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

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.

Ann & Steve Toon / Spotted eagle owl (Bubo africanus) subadult at nigh by water, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, September

Ann & Steve Toon / Leopard / mountain tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) with elephant bull (Loxodonta africana) behind in water, Addo elephant national park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, September

Ann & Steve Toon / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) allo-grooming, iMfolozi game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, August

Ann & Steve Toon / Lion (Panthera leo) male snarling at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, September

Ann & Steve Toon / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) drinking at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa August

Ann & Steve Toon / Malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) feding at flower, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa, September

Ann & Steve Toon / Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea), Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa, September

Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) young male feeding on Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) prey, Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female, Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in defensive posture towards safari vehicle, Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii), Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) with Red-billed Oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) feeding on parasites in symbiotic relationship, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) males fighting, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Purple-crested Turaco (Tauraco porphyreolophus), Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) mother and calf, Itala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in territorial display, Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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

Sergey Gorshkov / Leopard (Panthera pardus) walking beside waterhole, reflected in the water at dusk. Londolozi Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) herd fleeing predator, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Winfried Wisniewski / Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax) flying, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) drinking at waterhole, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) drinking at waterhole at night, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) trio on guard, Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) on guard, Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Black-footed Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) pair on beach, Betty's Bay, Stony Point Nature Reserve, South Africa

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

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

Juergen & Christine Sohns / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother browsing with calves, Addo National Park, South Africa

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

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

Sebastian Kennerknecht / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) bulls fighting, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) juvenile at sunset, Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female feeding on sub-adult male Impala (Aepyceros melampus) prey in tree, Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) female grazing, Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Cape White-eye (Zosterops capensis) on Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis), Garden Route National Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) trio nuzzling, Itala Game Reserve, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) among yellow Pincushion (Leucospermum cordifolium) flowers, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa, September.

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...

Lucas Bustamante / African lion (Panthera leo) resting, Etosha National Park, Harare Province, Namibia.

Lucas Bustamante / Female African lion (Panthera leo) face portrait, Etosha National Park, Harare Province, Namibia.

Cyril Ruoso / Feral Horses (Equus caballus) gathering around waterhole, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.

Bence Mate / African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Bence Mate / African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) at night with full moon, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Bence Mate / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.