Forest Passage. An adult African elephant stands with its calf among fever trees, moving through the woodland during the rains. 📷 Christian Hartmann

A young red fox kit stands alert on mossy ground, its soft coat and oversized ears showing the early stages of development. 📷 Joren de Jager

A damselfly grips a blade of grass, its compound eyes and body covered in morning dew. 📷 Isabel Grosser

Winter Watch. An Amur leopard sits on a snow-covered outcrop, overlooking forested hills at sunset in Russia’s Far East. 📷 Thomas Vijayan

Blue lupines rise on the valley slopes as a braided glacial river winds across the Icelandic valley floor beneath Kirkjufell. 📷 Filip Hrebenda

A sunbittern stands on a river rock and spreads its wings, the bold eye-like patterns are used to startle predators and signal during courtship. 📷 Amilcar Print

Grotto. In unexplored, untouched underwater caves, the enchanting play of sunlight reveals an ecosystem teeming with life. 📷 Alexej Sachet

Shock Collar. With one fierce shake, a lone lion shrugs off the storm, flinging rain with a halo of force. 📷 Sachin Rai

The mighty Australian wedge-tailed eagle has a wingspan stretching over 2.8 meters, razor-sharp talons for crushing, and the audacity to hunt kangaroos. 📷 Hamid Salimy

A thorny devil moves across red desert gravel near Mount Magnet, its camouflaged body covered in defensive spines. 📷 Mick Fullerton

A Dalmatian pelican's elastic throat pouch stretches wide as it secures a freshly caught fish. 📷 Tony Wanders

Giant lobelia rosettes rise through cold mist, their frost-lined leaves and towering flower spikes adapted to high-altitude conditions in Afroalpine landscapes. 📷 Christian Hartmann

A troop of gelada navigates a sheer basalt escarpment in the Simien Mountains. 📷 Christian Hartmann