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"For three years, I had tried many times to get a decent photo of this species, but I hadn't yet succeeded. What you see before you is a dream fulfilled" – Young wildlife photographer scoops top youth prize in major bird photography competition
NEWS After spotting a Plain-backed Antpitta in El Queremal, Colombia, this young photographer discovered a true treasure of a bird in the woods and a detail that made this award-winning Canada Warbler photo even more special
Photo of tiny seahorses gathered around their 'father' after being released into the world wins prestigious award. "We spent countless hours searching in difficult conditions, with no guarantee of finding a single seahorse," says photographer
UPDATE When the jury looked at this award-winning underwater photograph, the panel went silent. Now it takes the top prize in this year's Ocean Photographer of the Year competition
Hunt for the greatest sports imagery begins: World Sports Photography Awards 2027 is officially open
News The Champions League of photography, the Super Bowl of imaging, the Olympic Games for camera nerds can only mean one thing: the World Sports Photography Awards is back and open for entries
"I spotted a female Common Merganser with a flatfish take to the air to protect her catch from other mergansers. I was thrilled to snap this frame, but I worried it wouldn’t be tack sharp. It was!" says award-winning photographer
NEWS Photographer captures a female Common Merganser in razor-sharp flight at 1/2500sec in Nova Scotia, Canada, adding another prestigious international award to her growing collection
"I've never seen anything like it": photographer captures haunting contrast between life and death as Northern Gannet hangs from fishing line beneath nesting cliffs – the image now wins prestigious conservation award
UPDATE Wildlife photographer's powerful monochromatic image, showing a dead Northern Gannet hanging from discarded fishing line beneath a nesting colony has won a major award
"I spent 10 days scouting and waiting at the Halema'uma'u Crater before the Kīlauea volcano erupted," says award-winning nature photographer who captured a white-tailed tropicbird rising above volcanic gases and red lava
NEWS This photographer captures birds in spectacular environments, and his powerful shot of a tropicbird at the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has now won the top prize in the Birds in Landscapes category at the Audubon Photography Awards
"I walked for hours through a unique desert landscape in northern Chile, where the rugged terrain traps sea mist in ravines" – Photographer's rare shot of 'the ghost of the desert' honored with major wildlife award
NEWS Francisco Castro Escobar approached Chile's largest owl slowly, silently and patiently, to capture this award-winning image showing the bird of prey with its yellow eyes, perched on a spiny cactus branch
He waited 3 years for this "once-in-a-lifetime shot": after 200 hours patiently watching, 17-year-old photographer finally captured it and won top prize in a popular wildlife competition
NEWS The wildlife photographer calls it his "dream shot", capturing a hobby with its talons poised to pounce on a dragonfly over the water in eastern England
Photographer wins dream Canadian Geographic gig for wildlife portfolio including dramatic shot of puffin and cute fox portrait
News Newfoundland-based David Sturge has won the 2026 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year award and begins a two-year stint as a photographer with Canadian Geographic
Award-winning 16-year-old photographer now highlighted in world’s leading wildlife photography competition with an almost perfectly aligned bird and airplane DSLR image
NEWS After his previous success with a split-second wildlife shot that many spend years trying to capture, the young photography talent is now shortlisted for another prestigious award
