Images can range from animal portraiture, action or behaviour, as well as the wider habitats of wildlife, to artistic interpretations of the natural world. They will be judged on their quality, style ...
Audun Rikardsen (Norway) depicts a polar bear from a seal’s perspective as it gazes down a breathing hole in the Arctic sea ice. When Audun spotted polar bear tracks close to a seal hole, he drilled ...
Revealing active behaviour that adds to our understanding of the nature of a species. Jens Cullmann (Germany) gets eye-level with an African bullfrog as it lunges for an African babul butterfly – and ...
Revealing the personality of an individual or an intimate group of animals in a thought-provoking or memorable way. Andrew Parkinson (UK) spies a black vulture over the carcass of a yacaré caiman in ...
From Monday 19 October until Thursday 3 December 2026, Wildlife Photographer of the Year invites nature photography ...
Images can range from animal portraiture, action or behaviour, as well as the wider habitats of wildlife, to artistic interpretations of the natural world. They will be judged on their quality, style ...
Focusing on nature’s occupation or cohabitation in a human-dominated environment, whether capturing the magic of the commonplace or the surprise of the unexpected or normally unseen. Marie Bell ...
Demonstrating style and artistic intent, this body of work should show a breadth of skill and vision while illustrating consistent quality. Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas (Germany) reveals the exquisite ...
Telling a powerful story, these images should have both individual quality and combined narrative power. Pictures can be challenging, uplifting, provocative or revelatory and should illustrate how our ...
Reflecting the simple beauty or complex artistry of nature. Images can be in colour or black and white and although may not match the criteria of other categories, they must remain true to nature.