A polar bear carves out a bed from a small iceberg before drifting off to sleep in the far north, off Norway's Svalbard archipelago.
A polar bear carves out a bed from a small iceberg before drifting off to sleep in the far north, off Norway's Svalbard archipelago.
Nima Sarikhani/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A cuckoo wasp is captured mid-air trying to enter a mason bee's clay burrow as a smaller cuckoo wasp cleans its wings below.
A cuckoo wasp is captured mid-air trying to enter a mason bee's clay burrow as a smaller cuckoo wasp cleans its wings below.
Frank Deschandol/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A bull elephant kicks over garbage as it scavenges for rotten vegetables and fruit at a dump in Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka.
A bull elephant kicks over garbage as it scavenges for rotten vegetables and fruit at a dump in Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka.
Brent Stirton/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A pair of lionesses devotedly groom one of the pride's five cubs in Kenya's Maasai Mara.
A pair of lionesses devotedly groom one of the pride's five cubs in Kenya's Maasai Mara.
Mark Boyd/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A pygmy round-eared bat returns to its termite-nest home as two well-camouflaged family members look out from the entrance in the lowland forests of Costa Rica.
A pygmy round-eared bat returns to its termite-nest home as two well-camouflaged family members look out from the entrance in the lowland forests of Costa Rica.
Dvir Barkay/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A mudskipper fiercely defends its territory from a trespassing crab in Roebuck Bay, Australia.
A mudskipper fiercely defends its territory from a trespassing crab in Roebuck Bay, Australia.
Ofer Levy/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Moon jellyfish swarm in the cool autumnal waters of a fjord outside Tromsø in northern Norway, illuminated by the aurora borealis
Moon jellyfish swarm in the cool autumnal waters of a fjord outside Tromsø in northern Norway, illuminated by the aurora borealis
Audun Rikardsen/Wildlife Photogr
A Balkan pond turtle shares a moment of peaceful coexistence with a northern banded groundling dragonfly in Israel's Jezreel Valley.
A Balkan pond turtle shares a moment of peaceful coexistence with a northern banded groundling dragonfly in Israel's Jezreel Valley.
Tzahi Finkelstein/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A young red fox takes advantage of a packed trash can before collection day on a street in London.
A young red fox takes advantage of a packed trash can before collection day on a street in London.
Matt Maran/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
An Adélie penguin approaches an emperor penguin and its chick during feeding time in Antarctica's Atka Bay.
An Adélie penguin approaches an emperor penguin and its chick during feeding time in Antarctica's Atka Bay.
Stefan Christmann/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A painting-like composition of bulrushes and quaking aspens is framed in a small corner of the Cabriel River in the Sierra de Albarracín mountains, Spain
A painting-like composition of bulrushes and quaking aspens is framed in a small corner of the Cabriel River in the Sierra de Albarracín mountains, Spain
Uge Fuertes Sanz/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Standing on a rock in the Judean Foothills of Israel, a red fox cub locks eyes with the shrew it had thrown up in the air moments earlier.
Standing on a rock in the Judean Foothills of Israel, a red fox cub locks eyes with the shrew it had thrown up in the air moments earlier.
Ayala Fishaimer/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Two courting mountain hares come together to touch noses in the Monadhliath Mountains in Scotland.
Two courting mountain hares come together to touch noses in the Monadhliath Mountains in Scotland.
Andy Parkinson/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A grizzly bear rises up on its hind legs and glances toward the photographer before returning to fish for salmon in the Chilko River in British Columbia, Canada
A grizzly bear rises up on its hind legs and glances toward the photographer before returning to fish for salmon in the Chilko River in British Columbia, Canada
John E. Marriott/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
The rarest species of wild dog in the world, the Ethiopian wolf, takes a rest among the highland vegetation of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains National Park
The rarest species of wild dog in the world, the Ethiopian wolf, takes a rest among the highland vegetation of Ethiopia's Bale Mountains National Park
Axel Gomille/Wildlife Photographer of the Year