Edwin Giesbers / Female Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) sitting, holding two young. One is her own offspring, the other was rejected by its birth mother, and so this female has adopted it. Both young are 3 months old.Capt...

Mary McDonald / Masai giraffe {Giraffa camelopardalis} mother nuzzling baby, Lower Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chick begging hard for food from a parent. Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, October.

Edwin Giesbers / Orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus) portrait of mother and baby, Semengoh Nature reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, Endangered

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Adult Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) leaning over chick, Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, October.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) with small chick. Snow Hill Island colony, Antarctica, October.

Mark Taylor / Tabby-point Birman cat with paw round Sandy Netherland-cross rabbit.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Female Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) with calf just after giving birth on the Nadym tundra. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Christophe Courteau / African lion (Panthera leo) lioness licking cub, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa, June

Edwin Giesbers / Female Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) [Sandy, born 29.04.82] sitting, holding two young. One [Samboja, born 09.06.05] is her own offspring, the other [Dayang, born 01.12.05] was rejected by its birth mot...

Mark Taylor / Cavapoo (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel x Poodle) puppy licking ginger kitten

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby kitten and agouti Lop rabbit.