Wildlife photographer of the year

Fernando Faciole’s Image Fernando Faciole (Brazil) watches an orphaned giant anteater pup follow its caregiver at a rehabilitation…

Néo Koslowski’s Image Néo Koslowski (Germany) braves the weather to portray this lark paused, head to wind, eyes…

Fortunato Gatto’s Image Fortunato Gatto (Italy) chances upon an icy puddle in a south Icelandic bog, where frozen…

Hussain Aga Khan’s Image Hussain Aga Khan (Switzerland) frames a gracefully agile Amazon river dolphin, also known as…

Tomasz Michalski’s Image Tomasz Michalski (Poland) watches a Eurasian spoonbill fly over a flock of greater flamingos standing…

Kutub Uddin’s Image Kutub Uddin (Bangladesh/UK) spots a line of alien-like slime moulds on a fallen tree. Kutub…

Sebastian Frölich’s Image Sebastian Frölich (Germany) finds a springtail among a galaxy of neon green gas bubbles in…

Ralph Pace’s Image Ralph Pace (USA) beautifully illuminates the egg case of a swell shark, tethered to the…

Jake Stout’s Image Jake Stout (USA) encounters a snapping turtle as it glides over lake vegetation in New…

Dennis Stogsdill’s Image Dennis Stogsdill (USA) witnesses a caracal hunting a lesser flamingo in the Serengeti National Park,…

Marina Cano’s Image Marina Cano (Spain) stumbles upon a group of cheetahs after they’ve caught a Günther’s dik-dik…

Shreyovi Mehta’s Image Shreyovi Mehta (India) spots a bronze-winged jacana (right) approaching a purple swamphen. Shreyovi was hidden…