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 / 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...

Ann & Steve Toon / Photographer Ann Toon photographing Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, January 2016. Model released.

John Shaw / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) stretches on a downed tree. Zimbabwe. September.

Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) group on rocks, Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos

Marie Lochman / Sandy Bight - Cape Arid National Park, South west, Western Australia, October 2010

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.

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 / 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

Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) group on rock in the waves, Cape Hammond, Fernandina Island, Galapagos

Tui De Roy / Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), two on rock. Bird drying wings in foreground with other sitting on nest in background. Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos.

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

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

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) grazing on algae, Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) swimming, Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) group basking on coast, Cape Hammond, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Ann & Steve Toon / Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) male courtship display, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) running, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.

Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) with young, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.

Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.

Ann & Steve Toon / Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) feeding on a Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) spreading its hood, retreats into hole, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, January.

Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) emerging from a Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra) burrow, hunting and smelling with its tongue, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, January.

Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) hunting, chasing a Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra), De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, December.

Tony Phelps / Puff adder (Bitis arietans) moving into ambush position under a bush, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, January.

Tony Phelps / Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) troop exiting den, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, June.

Ingo Arndt / Cape gannets (Morus capensis / Sula capensis) at nesting colony, zooming from tight to wide shot, Lamberts Bay, South Africa, December

Ingo Arndt / Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) at colony, Cape Cross, Namibia, December

Ingo Arndt / Cape Gannet (Sula capensis) perched on a rock whilst calling, nesting colony, Lamberts Bay, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) barely alive, with Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) quills through his abdomen. Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) at waterhole at night with plains zebra (Equus quagga), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, September

Ann & Steve Toon / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) drinking at waterhole at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, September

Ann & Steve Toon / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) drinking at waterhole at night, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, September

Bence Mate / African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) play fighting, Mkuze, South Africa

Neil Aldridge / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on Pincushion protea (Leucospermum sp) in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Cape Town, South Africa. Endemic.

Neil Aldridge / African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) preening themselves on rocks at the Boulders Beach colony near Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) porpoising, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, July.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) with sunrays, Cape Point, South Africa, March.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) near surface, Cape Point, South Africa, March 2015

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) predating Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa, July. Sequence 3 of 3

Ann & Steve Toon / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) male standing in landscape, Table Mountain National Park, Western Cape, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Spring wildflowers, Papkuilsfontein farm, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa, September 2015

Ann & Steve Toon / Spring wildflowers, Papkuilsfontein farm, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa, September 2015

Ann & Steve Toon / Spring wildflowers, Papkuilsfontein farm, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa, September 2015

Wim van den Heever / Table Mountain viewed from across the sea at sunset, Cape Town, South Africa

Wim van den Heever / Aerial view of Cape Town city with Table Mountain, South Africa, taken from helicopter, May 2011

Wim van den Heever / Aerial view of Cape Town city with Table Mountain, South Africa, taken from helicopter, May 2011

Wim van den Heever / Aerial view of Cape Town city with Table Mountain, South Africa, taken from helicopter, May 2011

Wim van den Heever / African Wild dogs or Cape hunting dogs (Lycaon pictus) at close range taken from ground level, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd chasing away Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) surfing out on wave.Walvisbay, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) bull breaking apart octopus. False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching, at decoy seal, Seal Island, False Bay, off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. July.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Shark spotter, in front of black flag at the Kalk Bay post. It provides a warning to ocean goers that visibility is bad and the shark spotters may not see a white shark if it does enter the bay. West...

Wim van den Heever / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) diving for fish during annual sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa. June.

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) with setting sun, Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Tony Phelps / Parachute daisies (Ursinia anthemoides) Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa.

Luke Massey / Cape pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) foraging at night. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

Neil Aldridge / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) feeding on a Pincushion protea (Leucospermum sp) in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Cape Town, South Africa. Endemic to the fynbos region of South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Knysna turaco (Tauraco corythaix) in tree, Kariega Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Solvin Zankl / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 3/6

Tony Phelps / Parachute daisies (Ursinia anthemoides) flowering, Vergelegen, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa, July.

Graeme Guy / Pintado Petrel (Daption capense) flying, South Island, New Zealand

Juan Carlos Munoz / Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) Kokerboom Forest, Nieuwoudtville, Namaqualand, Northern Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Masked weaverbird (Ploceus velatus) nests in palm tree, Namaqualand, Northern Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) Kokerboom Forest, Nieuwoudtville, Namaqualand, Northern Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) in fynbos vegetation, West Coast National Park, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa Non-ex.

Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. Non-ex.

Ann & Steve Toon / Baby ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) using its tail for shade, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. Non-ex.

Hougaard Malan / Sunny summer day at Hole in the Wall. Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa. May 2013. Non-ex.

Hougaard Malan / Aloes below the snow-capped peaks of the Swartberg. Near Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa. June 2009.

Hougaard Malan / Sunny summer day at Hole in the Wall. Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa. June 2012.

Hougaard Malan / Lighthouse at sunset. Kommetjie, Cape Town, South Africa. November 2008.

Hougaard Malan / Pristine white beach with table mountain beyond under a clear blue sky. Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. November 2011.

Hougaard Malan / Pristine white beach with table mountain beyond under a clear blue sky. Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. November 2011.

Hougaard Malan / Cathedral rock at sunrise. Pondoland, Eastern Cape, South Africa. June 2012.

Hougaard Malan / Flowering aloes with cathedral rock beyond. Pondoland, Eastern Cape, South Africa. June 2012.

Hougaard Malan / Large wave crashing against rock shelf. Luphathana, Pondoland, Eastern Cape, South Africa. June 2012.

Hougaard Malan / Waterfall over deep, narrow gorge. Magwa Falls, Pondoland, Eastern Cape, South Africa, June 2012.

Hougaard Malan / Waterfall over deep, narrow gorge. Magwa Falls, Pondoland, Eastern Cape, South Africa. June 2012.

Hougaard Malan / Sunset along Chapmans Peak pass. Cape Town, South Africa. August 2011.

Hougaard Malan / Rainbow over the Augrabies waterfall in flood. Augrabies National park, Northern Cape, South Africa. January 2011.

Hougaard Malan / Sunrise over Diaz Beach. Cape Point National Park, Cape Town, South Africa. February 2012.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Black-footed Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) pair courting, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Chris & Monique Fallows / Black browed albatros (Thalassarche melanophrys), Cape Point, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) breaching, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.