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

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

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

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) peering through leaves of bushes, Ranthambhore, India. December

Suzi Eszterhas / Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) male hanging in tree, Sloth Island, Guyana

Erlend Haarberg / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) hiding in a tree trunk, Klaebu, Norway, September.

Tim Laman / Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) Beti, juvenile female, daughter of Beta, in the trees, Batang Toru Forest, Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Project, North Sumatran Province, Indonesia

David Perpinan / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) incubating eggs on nest, alarm calling as a predator flies overhead, Scotland,UK, June.

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

Guy Edwardes / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with Egret (Ardeidae sp) on back wtih tourists watching from boat in background. Chobe River, Botswana. 2017.

Theo Bosboom / Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) hiding behind a stem, Meinerswijk, Arnhem, the Netherlands, July.

Staffan Widstrand / Praying mantis nymph silhouetted through leaf,. Raja Ampat, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea