Pete Oxford / Researcher Diego Mosquera recording data from camera traps used to study large mammals, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata fuscata) mother with rare white furred baby, Jigokudani Valley, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. June.

Steven David Miller / An orphaned juvenile Wombat (Vombatus sleeps soundly in the safety of her keepers arms. Bonorong Wildlife Park, Tasmania

Jabruson Motion / Eastern mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) juvenile climbing down a vine and sitting on young male. Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. 1996.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pup greeting its returning mother. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Roman Willi / Eurasian beaver (Fiber castor) adult swims towards a beaver kit. The kit then nuzzles the adult while it is grooming and then the adult swims out of frame, Lucerne, Switzerland, July.

Tui De Roy / Parent Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) feeding its chick, Genovesa Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Marie Read / Common loon (Gavia immer) on nest at water's edge, turning its egg, Michigan, USA. June.

Tony Wu / Banggai cardinal fish (Pterapogon kauderni) mouth brooding, with juveniles in mouth. Celebes sea, Pacific ocean, Indonesia.

Gerrit Vyn / Adult Swift foxes (Vulpes velox) caring for pup at den, Montana, USA. June.

Doug Gimesy / Gray-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) pup that was rescued during cold weather event. Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage, holds a juvenile feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus) that was found after bushfires devastated the Goongerah area, Victoria, Australia. February...