Fabio Pupin / Peringuey's desert adder, (Bitis peringueyi), sidewinding on dune, Namib desert, Namibia, February . Non-ex.

Tony Heald / Elephant (Loxodonta africana) babies playing, Etosha National Park,Namibia.

John Shaw / Common giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) bending to drink at a waterhole, with another standing on the opposite side of the pool reflected in the water. Klein Namutoni waterhole, Etosha National Park, N...

John Shaw / Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) catching larvae with its extended tongue. In the Namib desert near Swakopmund, Namibia.

Emanuele Biggi / Aardvark (Orycteropus afer), young individual walking, Namibia. Captive, rescued individual.

Lucas Bustamante / African lion (Panthera leo) resting, Etosha National Park, Harare Province, Namibia.

Lucas Bustamante / Female African lion (Panthera leo) face portrait, Etosha National Park, Harare Province, Namibia.

Gerald Haas/ BIA / Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus), Etosha National Park, Namibia

Cyril Ruoso / Feral Horses (Equus caballus) gathering around waterhole, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.

Vincent Grafhorst / Namib Sand Gecko (Palmatogecko rangei) in desert, Namibia

Vincent Grafhorst / Namib Sand Gecko (Palmatogecko rangei) in desert, Namibia

Vincent Grafhorst / Namaqua Chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) in desert, Namibia

Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) with full moon rising, Namib Desert. Namibia.

Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) with full moon rising, Namib Desert. Namibia.

Ingo Arndt / Desert chameleon walking away from camera {Chamaeleo namaquensis} Namibia

Christophe Courteau / Ostriches (Struthio camelus) running in the distance in a mirage, Sossusvlei, Namib-Nauckluft National Park, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Greater flamingoes (Phoenicopterus ruber) and Lesser flamingoes (Phoeniconaias minor), Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Peringuey's adder (Bitis peringueyi) buried in sand, flicking tongue, hunting, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Male BurchellÕs zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) pulling the head of a dead pregnant female that died due to complications whilst giving birth, trying to wake her up, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Par...

Ingo Arndt / Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) at colony, Cape Cross, Namibia, December

Ingo Arndt / Quiver Tree (Aloe dichotoma), Namib Desert, Namibia.

Ingo Arndt / Quiver Tree (Aloe dichotoma), Namib Desert, Namibia.

Ingo Arndt / Dwarf puff adder / Sidewinder snake crossing sand {Bitis peringueyi} Namibia

Ingo Arndt / African wild dog portrait {Lycaon pictus} Namibia. Taken under controlled conditions.

Ingo Arndt / Cheetah head portrait {Acinonyx jubatus} Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Desert chameleon crossing sand leaving tracks, Namibia {Chamaeleo namaquensis}

Ingo Arndt / Sossusvlei,Namib desert, Namib Naukluft NP, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Desert chameleon on sand, Namib Naukluft NP, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Dead trees in Namib desert, Namib Naukluft NP, Namibia

Francois Savigny / Evening light on sand dunes, Sossusvlei NP, Botswana, Southern Africa

Ingo Arndt / Desert Chameleon {Chamaeleo namaquensis} walking on hot sand, Namibia.

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia

Christophe Courteau / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) swimming across Chobe River, trunks raised above surface for breathing, Chobe National Park, border between Botswana and Namibia.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) and Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae) group in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) male at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) female, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) sub-adults at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) at sunset, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) at sunrise, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Jack Dykinga / Abandoned homes in the diamond mining ghost town. Kolmanskop, near the Skeleton Coast, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Dead Vlei, with dessicated 900 year old trees standing in the salt pan surrounded by towering red sand dunes. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Dead Vlei, with dessicated 900 year old trees standing in the salt pan surrounded by towering red sand dunes. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Dead Vlei, with dessicated 900 year old trees standing in the salt pan surrounded by towering red sand dunes. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Deadvlei, with dessicated 900 year old trees standing in the salt pan surrounded by towering red sand dunes. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Sossusvlei World Heritage Site, with curving red sand dunes and acacia trees. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Sossusvlei World Heritage Site, with curving red sand dunes and Acacia trees. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Abandoned homes in the diamond mining ghost town. Kolmanskop, near the Skeleton Coast, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Wrecked ship with cormorant colony, on Namibia's skeleton coast, Dorob National Park, Namibia. July 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Deadvlei, with dessicated 900 year old trees standing in the salt pan surrounded by towering red sand dunes. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. June 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) at sunset with moon, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) small herd at waterhole at sunset, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Neil Aldridge / African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) resting on a sandbank in the middle of the Chobe River between Botswana and Namibia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Namib sand snake (Psammophis namibensis) in sand dunes, Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) aerial view of herd on sand, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) aerial view of herd on sand, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / A misty sunrise over tree silhouette in Deadvlei, Namibia

Wim van den Heever / Oryx (Oryx gazella) lone animal standing on the top of a red dune, Sossuvlei, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) two walking across sand dunes, aerial view. Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) trees with red dunes, Namib desert, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia. August 2015.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn tree (Vachellia erioloba) trees with red dunes and mist, Namib desert, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia. August 2015.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) with the Milky Way at night, and light pollution from town in the distance, Keetmanshoop, Namibia. Colours accentuated digitally.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) with the Milky Way at night, and light pollution from town in the distance, Keetmanshoop, Namibia. Colours accentuated digitally.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) with the Milky Way at night, and light pollution from town in the distance, Keetmanshoop, Namibia. Colours accentuated digitally.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) with the Milky Way at night, and light pollution from town in the distance, Keetmanshoop, Namibia. Colours accentuated digitally.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) with the Milky Way at night, Keetmanshoop, Namibia. Colours accentuated digitally.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) with the Milky Way at night, Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) with the Milky Way at night, Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) mother and calf having a drink at night with perfect reflections. Etosha National Park, Namibia. Taken with infrared camera.

Wim van den Heever / Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) bull having a drink at night with perfect reflections. Etosha National Park, Namibia. Taken with Infrared camera.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) with red dunes, and star trails, Namib desert, Sossusvlei, Namibia. Composite.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) with red dunes and the milky way behind, Namib desert, Sossusvlei, Namibia. Composite.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) at night with red dunes behind. Namib desert, Sossusvlei, Namibia. Composite.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) with sand dunes, Namib desert, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) with sand dunes, Namib desert, Deadvlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver Tree forest, (Aloe dichotoma) at dusk. Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) surfing out on wave.Walvisbay, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) herd reflected in waterhole. Etosha National Park, Namibia, June.

Wim van den Heever / Two Gemsbok bulls (Oryx gazella) males fighitng, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) feeding in shallow water at dawn, Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Sand dunes with some desert vegetation at base, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, June 2015.

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd with calves, walking in procession to a waterhole in sand storm, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) bathing at waterhole at night with moon, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa. Taken with infrared camera.

Eric Baccega / Angolan giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) reflecting in waterhole at sunset, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) with setting sun, Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Etosha, Namibia, Sequence 4 of 5

Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Etosha, Namibia,

Wim van den Heever / Sunrise landscape in Sossusvlei, Namibia, July 2014.

Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female stalking in grass, Etosha Namibia

Wim van den Heever / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) viewed from above, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver tree forest (Aloe dichotoma) at night with stars and the milky way, Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Quiver tree forest (Aloe dichotoma) at night with stars and the Milky Way, Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Etosha, Namibia, Finalist in the Mammals Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015.

Roland Seitre / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) resting, Namibia

Sergey Gorshkov / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) in sand dunes, Namibia. Finalist in the Mammals Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2015.

Solvin Zankl / Brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) stalking fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 1/8

Solvin Zankl / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 3/6