Gabriel Rojo / Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) female and newborn baby, nose to nose in grassland. La Pampa Province, Argentina.

Mary McDonald / Adult Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) holding baby, Hirwa group, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) preening chick in the breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage...

Neil Aldridge / Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) reassuring her tiny pup at the entrance to their den, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.

Krijn Trimbos / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair in courtship display, The Netherlands. March.

Michael Pitts / Diver on the wreck of the US Submarine tender USS Macaw, sunk in the World War II due to a navigation error, Midway atoll, Pacific Ocean. Model released.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) female 'Malui' tending to her stillborn infant, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 2011.

Onne van der Wal / Tethered tender floating on clear waters in the Exumas, Bahamas, Caribbean. June 2009.

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee 'Fifi' (44-years-old) rests with her ninth baby 'Furaha' (one-week-old) {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Nigel Cattlin / Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica), tender shoots used for cooking in South East Asia. Thailand.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female preening fledgling on a branch, Tartumaa county, Southern Estonia. June

Mary McDonald / Adult Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) holding baby , Hirwa group, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda