Wildlife

The winners of the 2022 Nature inFocus Photography Awards feature an assortment of extraordinary moments, including a rare glimpse of a jaguar prowling through a village, a pair of feral dogs encountering a porcupine, and a wolf taking on a termite mound.

From a shy raccoon waving hello, to a penguin that's had enough of its friend's squawking, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Award finalists have again delivered a most entertaining array of hilarious animal antics.

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year is one of the world's longest running photo competitions and this year's extraordinary winners cover everything from a surreal visit to a village populated by polar bears to close-up look at strange bee mating behavior.

A parasitic fungus exploding out of the body of its host has taken top prize in the BMC Ecology and Evolution photography competition, a unique contest run by scientists and designed to creatively highlight the relationships between different species.

In its third year, the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year contest has quickly become an impressive nature photo contest. This year’s highlights range from a glimpse at a caracal hunting in Tanzania to a shot of a moth covered in tiny balls of pollen.

Presented by the California Academy of Sciences, the BigPicture Competition annually delivers an incredible collection of nature photographs. This year’s shots span from a bizarre cactus bee mating ritual to a surreal glimpse at a sea star spawning.

What happens when you spray a big territorial carnivore in the face with the hormone oxytocin? Researchers working in a South African wildlife reserve have been experimenting with the effects of oxytocin on lions in an attempt to answer that question.

In its second year, the World Nature Photography Awards presents a dazzling array of wildlife from across the globe, including a humpback whale in front of the New York City skyline, an orangutan striking a pose, and a glimpse at ants working together.

A new study has found that nearly half of all bald and golden eagles in the USA suffer from chronic and/or acute lead poisoning, which the research team believes is the result of these birds scavenging the remains of animals shot with lead bullets.

MRSA is an antibiotic resistant superbug often found infecting vulnerable hospital patients. Thought to have emerged as a result of excessive antibiotic use, a new study is suggesting a strain of MRSA actually first appeared 200 years ago in hedgehogs.

Although a great number of wild animals were killed by Australia's recent bushfires, many more now have nowhere to hide from predators. New biodegradable "habitat pods," however, could give smaller creatures such hiding places.

From a lioness racing after her prey, to a pack of wild dogs herding a bear, this year's Nature inFocus Photography Contest delivers a spectacular assortment of wonderful wildlife imagery celebrating the best of the nature photography in 2021.