David Tipling / Long-eared owl (Asio otus) flying over meadow in late afternoon, Glandford, Norfolk, UK. February.

David Tipling / Long-eared owl (Asio otus) flying over meadow and looking for prey in late afternoon, Glandford, Norfolk, UK. February.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) stretching wing to warm it in sunlight as another sleeps beside it, Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia.

Andy Rouse / Jaguar (Panthera onca) sleeping during heat of day. Pantanal, Brazil

Andy Rouse / Jaguar (Panthera onca) sleeping during heat of day. Pantanal, Brazil

David Fleetham / Panorama of Napili Bay in the late afternoon, Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. October 2021.

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) in late afternoon light, The Netherlands, Europe. March.

David Fleetham / Boats in Lahaina harbour in the late afternoon light, Maui, Hawaii.

Bruce Thomson / Southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) at entrance to burrow complex in late afternoon, Blanchetown, South Australia.

Bruce Thomson / Southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) at entrance to burrow complex in late afternoon, Blanchetown, South Australia.

Bruce Thomson / Southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) at entrance to burrow complex in late afternoon, Blanchetown, South Australia.

Bruce Thomson / Yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) sitting on rocks in late afternoon sun, Idalia National Park Queensland, Australia.