Martin Willis / Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) pair preening during courtship, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia

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

Winfried Wisniewski / African Lion (Panthera leo) males nuzzling, Masai Mara, Kenya

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

Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) mother cleaning fawn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) doe cleaning newborn fawn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) doe smelling newborn fawn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) pair greeting, South Dakota

Richard Du Toit / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) trio nuzzling, Itala Game Reserve, South Africa

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...

Suzi Eszterhas / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother with four day old calf, Tonga

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Tiger (Panthera tigris) female with cubs, native to Asia