Pete Oxford / Vintage car on road in Havana, capital of Cuba, Caribbean 2011

Andy Rouse / African lion (Panthera leo) female carrying young cub, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Highly commended in the African Wildlife Category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female resting with cubs on glacier. Svalbard, Norway, July.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female and cubs feeding on Whale carcass. Svalbard, Norway, July.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and two cubs feeding on Whale carcass. Svalbard, Norway, July.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and cubs, standing on sea ice. Svalbard, Norway, July.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and cubs resting on sea ice. Svalbard, Norway, July.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female and cubs, one cub walking up slope of ice in foreground. Svalbard, Norway, July.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and cubs feeding on Whale carcass. Svalbard, Norway, July.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and cubs feeding on Whale carcass, on iceberg. Svalbard, Norway, July 2018.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female and cubs play fighting. Svalbard, Norway, March 2018.

Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) group on ice, female and cubs feeding on Whale carcass. Svalbard, Norway, June 2018.

Gabriel Rojo / Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) female and newborn baby, nose to nose in grassland. La Pampa Province, Argentina.

Felis Images / Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), female and cubs in morning light, cub biting mother's leg. Gir National Park, Gujarat, India. Photo Phillip Ross/Felis Images

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) female with suckling calf. Vava'u Islands, Tonga.

Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) female and ten chicks aged a few weeks. Marana, Arizona, USA. May.

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) mother and four month old cubs playing, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile. Siena International Photo Awards 2022 - Remarkable Artwork Award. Awarded in Ani...

Heather Angel / Northern white cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) female standing in tree with baby aged two weeks. Parents captive bred and released. Wild Elephant Valley / Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China, 2...

Ingo Arndt / Female Puma (Puma concolor) with two cubs aged around four months, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, July.

Mark Raycroft / Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) mother nursing calf, Newfoundland, Canada

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother and calf at waterhole, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) mother and eight-month-old cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) mother and four-month-old cubs, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) six-week-old cub nuzzling mother, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) mother playing with her six-week-old cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) five-week-old cub playing with mother's tail, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) five-week-old cub playing with mother's tail, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) mother and five-week-old cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) mother grooming five-week-old cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) five-week-old cub playing with mother, Jao Reserve, Botswana

John Shaw / Snow monkey or Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) female with baby clinging to her back. Jigokudani, Japan, February.

Jiri Lochman / Brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) female with young, Kingston Forest, Western Australia, October.

Yashpal Rathore / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) tigress (T32) feeding on Spotted deer / Chital (Axis axis) killed by her earlier that day while her young cub watches. Kanha National Park, Central India. Camera...

Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a female Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and calf surrounded by Killer whales (Orcinus orca), mother hits sideways with her tail fluke to drive Killer whales away, Skjervoy, Tro...

Cyril Ruoso / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) mother with young drinking, Anja Park, Madagascar

Stefan Christmann / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) female hauled out with pup, Atka Bay, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. October.

Eric Baccega / Female Uganda kob (Kobus kob thomasi) suckling calf. Murchisson Falls National Park, Uganda. February.

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Maui, Hawaii

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female on the nest with nestling hidden under wing. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. April.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female and nestling on nest in tree stump. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. May.

Oriol Alamany / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) female with two cubs climbing a canyon cliff at dusk at 4400 metres, Spiti valley, Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, Himalaya mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India, February

Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) mother cleaning fawn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) doe cleaning newborn fawn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) doe smelling newborn fawn, Montana

Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) female with baby, portrait. Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) mother and cubs, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) mother and young cubs, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) mother and young cubs, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) mother and cub, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Giri Cavale / Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female with cub, Kabini, Nagarahole National Park, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Karnataka, India.

Franco Banfi / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) young male trying to copulate with a female. The calf of the female was in the way so the male is trying to chase it away. Dominica.

Hiroya Minakuchi / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mothers and calves, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Hiroya Minakuchi / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Paul Williams / Moose (Alces alces) female with twin calves, Baxter State Park, Maine, USA, June.

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

David Fleetham / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), mother and calf swimming just below surface in front of the West Maui Mountains. South of Lahaina, West Maui, Hawaii.

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) mother and joey, Mount Lofty, South Australia, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) mother with joey, Maloney Beach, New South Wales, Australia

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) mother with joey jumping, Maloney Beach, New South Wales, Australia

David Perpinan / Female Rock sparrow (Petronia petronia) feeding chick inside nest, filmed with an infrared camera, Spain, June.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) female, stationary with calf heading to surface for breath of air. Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific.

Suzi Eszterhas / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) rehabilitator, Isabel Luevano, with one day old orphan duckling, International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California

Andrew Peacock / White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) mother and calf in grassland, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya

Mary McDonald / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) female with baby age, 4 months, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Sylvain Cordier / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), female with two cubs, on a barrier island outside Kaktovik, Alaska, USA.

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

Matthew Maran / Beaver (Castor fibre) female feeding on willow bark with her two kits, River Otter, Devon, England, UK, July. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA)...

Denis-Huot / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), female and calf at sunset, with Abdim's storks in flight, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Mustang (Equus caballus) mother and foal, Oshoto, Wyoming

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Mustang (Equus caballus) mother and foal, Oshoto, Wyoming

Anup Shah / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) sixteen month old baby female, named Gossamer, in tree, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Fiona Rogers / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) five year old juvenile female, named Fadhila, playing with her three year old brother, named Fifty, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Chien Lee / Pygmy Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) mother and young, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Five Films / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) defending pup on beach, chasing male away, Horsey, Norfolk, November.

Alfred Trunk/ BIA / Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) mother carrying chick, Upper Austria, Austria

Tui De Roy / Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) parents and chicks along coast, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Tui De Roy / Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) pair calling near chicks, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Anup Shah / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) fifteen year old mother carrying her twenty-one month old daughter, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Suzi Eszterhas / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother with four day old calf, Tonga

Eric Baccega / Caribbean manatee or West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) mother with baby, age two days, captive, Beauval Zoo, France

Eric Baccega / Caribbean manatee or West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) mother with baby, age two days, captive, Beauval Zoo, France

Eric Baccega / Caribbean manatee or West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) mother with baby, age two days, captive, Beauval Zoo, France

Brian Bevan / Pair of Reed warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) feeding young at nest, Bedfordshire, England, UK, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of a litter of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets sleeping on top of their mother, with another piglet joining, Germany, January. Captive.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of a litter of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets sleeping on top of their mother, with another piglet joining, Germany, January. Captive.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of a litter of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets sleeping on top of their mother, Germany, January. Captive.

Paul Bertner / Fantastic Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) mother and young, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Giant Crab Spider (Sparassidae) mother with spiderlings, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Michael Quinton / Dall's Sheep (Ovis dalli) ram, lamb, and ewe, Yukon Territory, Canada

Konrad Wothe / Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) mother with chicks, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Dave Bevan / Two male Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) fighting in surf, with a female and juvenile nearby, Norfolk, England, UK. December.

Christophe Courteau / Female Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) playing with baby, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

Sandesh Kadur / Female Dussumier's malabar langur (Semnopithecus dussumieri) feeding with baby, picks it up and walks away, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India. 2016.

Dave Bevan / Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding chicks at nest, removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.