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Southern Lion | Heinrich Neumeyer

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A Badger bringing a ground squirrel back to its den where she had one cub. I thought the baby would run out to meet her but instead she dropped the squirrel inside the den. Badgers can be aggressive and have some set of teeth on them.

American Badger | Karen Maloy Brady

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Southern Lion | Yaron Schmid

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A lion cub refuses to exit the inside of a giraffe carcass despite the prompts from his mom. Fun is fun even if you are playing in blood and gore and not dirt.

Taken at Pondoro Game Lodge, South Africa Photographed by Robert Prehn

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A large cinnamon black bear surveys his surroundings from atop the bison carcass in mid-May. The bison died after falling through the ice. The bear preferred the safety of the forest nearby as most black bears do, but came out occasionally to enjoy this carcass.

American Black Bear with American Bison carcass | Bill Little

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It a cat eat dog world out there. An unusual scene of a leopard feeding on a black-backed jackal; he is a young male leopard who was thrown into early independence when his mother died and is doing very well making ends meet.

African Leopard | Chad Cocking

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Arrowhead is dying. She was found with a cancerous tumor and was even presumed dead the previous year, her apparent disappearance blamed on nearby villagers - though in the end she turned out to still be alive and breathing.

This is her on her last leg: as thin as ever yet still finding the strength to attack crocodiles, a rare prey amongst tigers. She takes after the iconic females of her bloodline and I will surely miss her when she goes with them, the old Ladies of the Lakes.

Arrowhead the crocodile killer Ranthambore National Park, India Photographed by Sudhir Shivaram

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"Nature's Harsh Reality." This was one of the sadder moments I've witnessed. A Male Burrowing Owl hunted a female Blackbird and broke the heart of her mate. The male Blackbird tried his best to defend her and kept at the owl for long after she was gone. I then watched the male Burrowing owl fly over to his female and they mated. Often a male Burrowing will kill a larger prey to impress his mate.

Burrowing Owl & Red-winged Blackbird | Dorothy Arnold

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Rüppell’s Griffon with Plains Zebra carcass | David Bygott

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Lion and Spotted Hyena | Clint Ralph

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African Leopard | Yaron Schmid

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A group of male chimps 'Hugo, Mike & Leakey' cluster around the remains of a Red Colobus monkey which they killed. A female 'Miff' with ventral infant begs for scraps. Colobus was one of their favorite prey species.

Chimpanzee with Red Colobus carcass | David Bygott

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EVERY SCAR TELLS A STORY. Male lions mostly carry scars and each scar tells a story. A story of being brave, of protecting the pride and a story of rivalry. A male lion often receives his scars in a battle with another male lion that came into his territory. The task of the male lion is to protect the territory of his pride. The corresponding fights are always intense and not seldom lead to the death of a lion. But sometimes, if they’re lucky, they can escape with a few cuts and bruises. To me it's always fascinating to observe different male lions. Each of them have scars and I always wonder what kind of fights might have happened in their life... Spotted in Kruger, October 2024.

Southern Lion | Sebastian Homuth

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Northwestern Wolf | James Yule

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Southern Lion | Nelis Wolmarans

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Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Ruzhdi Ibrahimi

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Red-backed Shrike | Parallax Kms