Alan Palazon

News A photographer recorded the “extraordinary” moment a humpback whale gave birth to its calf, in what is believed to be a world-first drone feat

News The image tells the story of Riley, a young drover on the rural Roma Road in Australia, with every element of the scene combining perfectly to complete the visual narrative

News NASA flight engineer Anil Menon snapped this image of the eye of the storm with his iPhone from aboard the International Space Station

opinion The man behind AI-generated images that have caused a ruckus after recently being displayed at a major photography exhibition has defended his work – and, even as a photographer who dislikes AI, I agree with him

News Scientists have tracked an individual Sundra clouded leopard for over 6 years using a network of camera traps on Borneo as part of a wider 15 year study

News Astrophysicists used a solar telescope fitted with a high-speed camera to capture the frames, which revealed Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, a process they now think may be key to understanding how the Sun generates heat

News Indian photographer Manas Khasnabish was highly commended at last year’s event for his endearing image of monkeys sitting in on the lesson – and you can now enter the 2026 awards

News From solar and lunar eclipses to meteor showers, August 2026 is a big month for astrophotography: here’s a summary of NASA’s top tips for enjoying the spectacles

Callie Soden is the 2026 International Pet Photographer of the Year, with a creative portfolio of canine captures, including a composite of her pooch praying at a church altar

News What might seem like a harmless photo can be deeply offensive to others – and this girl posing at Auschwitz-Birkenau is a strong reminder that, sometimes, it’s best to put the camera away

NEWS Camera traps using low-cost hardware paired with open-source AI models can be an accurate, scalable and non-lethal tool for monitoring bees

NEWS Japanese photographer Ryuhei Suguri took this incredible shot of a solitary mangrove beneath the starry Milky Way sky, snagging a win at the 2026 Mangrove Photography Awards

News People are getting their hands on original Google Pixel smartphones for its lifetime unlimited storage plan, which, to this day, Google still honors

News Conservationists used camera traps to capture footage of the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, also recording the ecstatic moment they rediscovered the "mythical" avian thought to be extinct for well over a century

News According to a recent survey, “dining at a nice restaurant” is the only thing that trumps taking photos for Brits abroad, with the average holidaymakers now snapping over 250 frames per trip

NEWS The Arctic bobtail squid, a marine creature that emits bioluminescence to evade predators, has been photographed in the wild for the first time, in sub-zero waters off the coast of Greenland

NEWS This photograph of an elephant dying in a Sri Lankan dump has won a second major international award – but despite its growing recognition, the conservation crisis continues to claim lives

News Yoree founder Charlotte Riddley says the app’s neuroscience-backed “emotional AI” selects only the most “meaningful” images from device galleries, doing away with camera-roll fatigue once and for all

NEWS Gaurav Patil is the 2026 Mangrove Photographer of the Year for his image of a discarded fishing net glowing under UV light entangled in a mangrove, highlighting the growing threat "ghost gear" poses to these marine ecosystems

AI The Australian wildlife photographer and media personality recently gave his take on AI, honing in on perhaps the most overlooked criticism: that it makes truly impressive, real images seem lackluster