Traditional dress, Shichi-Go-San Festival, Tokyo, Japan

Young couple on beach sitting in a heart shaped imprint on the sand, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Adult elephant and calf, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Two young people in silhouette at sunset on cobbled street with colourful orange sky behind, Trinidad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Two young Jat women, one wearing traditional brass Jat tribal nose ring, jewellery and clothing, Bhidara village, Kutch, Gujarat, India, Asia

Two young girls walking in a street of the Old Town of Riga, Latvia, Baltic region, Europe

Two young Scandinavian women photographing the fjord at sunset with smartphone, Senja island, Troms county, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Back view of two young people and their beloved wolf dog sitting and hugging in an old town street staring at the sun, Piemonte, Italy, Europe

A young black Brazilian playing football with two female friends on Ipanema beach with the Dois Irmaos mountains in the distance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Two young women in traditional dress standing at the Western gateway to the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A young black Brazilian playing football with two female friends on Ipanema beach with the Dois Irmaos mountains in the distance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

An adult mother and her young Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) in a tree at Playa Blanca, Costa Rica, Central America

Two young women in traditional dress standing at the Western gateway to the Purple Forbidden City, Hue, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two young women watching sunset standing on mountain top, Senja island, Troms county, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Two young hikers canyoning up a river and standing in a cave in the rainforest, in front of a pristine waterfall, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Two young women hikers climbing the rocks on Hesten Mountain peak, Senja, Troms county, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Crowned plover or crowned lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) adult with two chicks, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Two cheerful young men running a fresh vegetable stall in the main city vegetable market, Bhuj, Gujarat, India, Asia

Portrait of two young women applying henna to hand, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Young women in typical Cuban dress holding fans, Habana Vieja, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Adult giraffe and calf feeding in Grumeti, Tanzania

Graffiti on walls in Werregaren Straat, Ghent, Belgium

Indian family three generations with pregnant young wife by auto rickshaw in Sadri town in Pali District of Rajasthan, Western India

Couple pass sign on Camino de Santiago Pilgrim's Way to Santiago de Compostela at Triacastela in Galicia, Spain

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) baby surfaces alongside two adults, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic, Europe

Old Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. February 11, 2022. Two young men delivering vegetables with their mule and cart in Old Cairo.

Two flying-foxes in care, juvenile male little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) and adult female black fying-fox (Pteropus alecto), Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub in snow. Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with two coy (cubs-of-year) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern side of Heleysundet in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chicks covered with mud and guano on Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult Antarctic Shag, (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) bransfieldensis) from breeding colony on the Antarctic Peninsula

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus) feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub swimming. Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for sockeye salmon with two year-old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub swimming. Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) trying to avoid hungry chick in Antarctica

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Mother and baby Plains Zebra (Equus quagga, formerly Equus burchelli). Young Zebra is inquisitive but stays close to mother. Kagera National Park, Rwanda, East Africa

Wild Adult Female and Baby Orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus). Endangered. Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis). Mother and albino calf. The Cape, South Africa

One of many entrances to megapode mound containing Komodo dragon egg chamber. Film crew found the nest the very day the eggs hatched after 9 month gestation. Young hatchling Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) and their egg cases.

This new born calf with its mother graceful glide together as the mother protects her calf and the calf learns essential behaviour to survive the open ocean. taken in Vava'u Tonga South Pacific

Humpback female and her calf Vava'u Tonga in the South Pacific, shot with a fisheye lens

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) chick head detail at colony on Useful Island near the Antarctic Peninsula. There are an estimated 2 million breeding pairs of chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic peninsula region alone, perhaps as many as 7.5 million breeding pairs in all of Antarctica. Their name derives from the narrow black band under their heads which makes it appear as if they are wearing black helmets, making them one of the most easily identified types of penguin. Other names for them are "Ringed Penguins", "Bearded Penguins", and "Stonecracker Penguins" due to their harsh call. They grow to 68 cm (27 in). The average adult weight of a Chinstrap Penguin is 4.5 kg (10 lbs). Weight can range from 3 to 6 kg (6.6-13.2 lbs), with males being slightly larger and weight varying based on where the penguin is in the breeding cycle. Their diet consists of krill, shrimp, and fish. On land they build circular nests from stones, and lay two eggs, which are incubated by both the male and the female for shifts of five to ten days. They can also breed on icebergs, though they prefer non-icy conditions. The chicks hatch after about 35 days, and have fluffy gray backs and white fronts. The chicks stay in the nest for 20?30 days before they go to join a creche. At around 50?60 days old, they moult, gaining their adult plumage and go to sea. The Chinstrap Penguin was first described by German naturalist Forster in 1781. Its specific epithet was often seen as antarctica, however a 2002 review determined the genus Pygoscelis was masculine, and hence the correct binomial name is Pygoscelis antarcticus.

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Mother and cub brown bear (Ursus arctos) walking the beach at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Asian Elephant, Indian Elephant (Elephas Maximus Indicus) wild adult female and juvenile. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

Curious king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding and nesting colony at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Sheep grazing on remote Heimaey Island, Iceland

Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) mother and calf. The Cape, South Africa

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) parent with two downy chicks on Pleneau Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula.

The Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus), Argentina, South America

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with two coy (cubs-of-year) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern side of Heleysundet in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Imperial shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) hitching ride on nudibranch (Chromodoris coi). Komodo, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with a single cub on fast ice floes in the Barents Sea, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chicks covered with mud and guano on Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub swimming. Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) wild adult female and cub, critically endangered, Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

Adult Magellan goose or upland goose (Chloephaga picta) with goslings on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus) disputing feeding rights on a fresh bearded seal kill, Spitsbergen, Norway

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult and chick at breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plains in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

A mother black bear (Ursus americanus) with two cubs near Mendenhall Glacier outside of Juneau, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Rissos Dolphin (Grampus griseus) adult and very young calf surfacing. Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean. MORE INFO: This calf still displays foetal folds from when it was curled up inside the womb. It is probably only a couple of weeks old.

Mother and calf humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing off the continental shelf west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway

Adult American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus galapagensis) feeding chick along the shoreline on Bartolome Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) with two cubs at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with two coy (cubs-of-year) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern side of Heleysundet in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) with two cubs at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus) disputing feeding rights on a fresh bearded seal kill, Spitsbergen, Norway

Mother and young son running on beach, Broad Haven South, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

Short finned pilot whale (globicephala macrocephalus)An adult and two young pilot whales. Canary Islands

A curious cow calf and escort humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) approach the boat underwater in the AuAu Channel, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

Wild Adult Female, Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), new pup, fresh born. Slaty Back Gull picking at placenta and discharge from fresh born. endangered, colony, rookery, haul out, raft, above water.Bering Islands (Bering Sea) Russia, Asia. MORE INFO: This sea lion in the largest member of the eared seals.

Adult Antarctic Shag, (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) bransfieldensis) from breeding colony on the Antarctic Peninsula

Adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in the act of feeding chick on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean.

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) parent with two downy chicks on Pleneau Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Gentoo penguin parent (Pygoscelis papua) with chicks in Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) avoiding hungry chick in Antarctica

Adult Nazca booby (Sula grantii) with chick at nesting site on Punta Suarez on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.

Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris),wild adult female and cub, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis). Mother and albino calf. The Cape, South Africa

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in territorial disputel near Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) feeding chick in Antarctica

Mother and baby Plains Zebra (Equus quagga, formerly Equus burchelli), stands alert, ears forward looking for danger. Young Zebra stays close to mother. Kagera National Park, Rwanda, East Africa

Adult Antarctic Shag, (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) bransfieldensis) from breeding colony on the Antarctic Peninsula

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with two coy (cubs-of-year) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern side of Heleysundet in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, adult female with 12 month old cub, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) parent with two downy chicks on Pleneau Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula.