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.