Bence Mate / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) at night with the milky way in the background, Gyulaj, Tolna, Hungary. August. Taken using long exposure with flash at night. Winner of the Mammals Category of the GDT Awards 20...

Staffan Widstrand / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) in old mixed conifer and broadleaf forest, Punia Forest Reserve, Lithuania, May.

Laurent Geslin / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) female with one-day baby, near Geneva, Switzerland

Laurent Geslin / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) litter of one-day babies, near Geneva, Switzerland

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Wild boar piglet (Sus scrofa) with leaf stuck on its nose, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.

Danny Green / Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in woodlands. Holland, Europe, November.

Fabrice Cahez / Three wild Boar (Sus scrofa) crossing snow covered field, Vosges, France, January

Martin Dohrn / Starlight camera image in moonlight of Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) feeding on carcass of Spotted deer stag (Axis axis) watched by Asian water buffalo (Bubalas bubalas) while the leopard (Panthera...

Fabrice Cahez / Group of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) silhouetted, Vosges, France, June

Klaus Echle / Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) piglets running. Black Forest, Germany, April.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) female moving through forest, defensive of piglets, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March 2011

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) female crossing forest track, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Did you know? In heraldry the boar is supposed to symbolise courage and a white boar was the badge of K...