Bence Mate / Great white egret (Ardea alba) preening feathers in snow, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

Bence Mate / African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.

Wim van den Heever / Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in darkness, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) in fynbos vegetation, West Coast National Park, Western Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Anup Shah / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) young male approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara Nationa Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Melvin Grey / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) portrait, Red-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) removing parasites. Nakuru, Kenya.

Sandesh Kadur / Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) grazing on sedges, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania.

Eric Baccega / Two Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) perched on Cape buffalo's horns. (Syncerus caffer) with heron in the background. Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.

Chris Mattison / Dorper sheep, a South African breed of domestic sheep developed by crossing Dorset Horn and the Blackhead Persian sheep. Near Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape, South Africa

Denis-Huot / Close up of male African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) head showing the 'boss' where the base of the horns are fused together, Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa.

Denis-Huot / Close up of male African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) head showing the 'boss' where the base of the horns are fused together, Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa.

Anup Shah / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) approaching camera with curiosity, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Richard Du Toit / Two Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) fighting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, December.