Photographer Shares Funny Side of Her Wildlife Photography
A wildlife photographer has shown that nature doesn't need to be picture-perfect after she shared a series of funny animal photos.
Treefrog Looming in the Darkness Wins Ecological Society Photo Contest
A treefrog peering into the darkness of a tropical rainforest has won the 2022 British Ecological Society photography competition.
Photographer Becomes Online Sensation With Stunning Cat Portraits
A photographer has become an online sensation for his beautiful and quirky photos of cats.
Photographer Captures Rare Portraits of the Summer Lives of Polar Bears
A photographer spent 33 days in the northern reaches of Canada observing and documenting the lives of polar bears in the summer.
Photographer Mike Coots Captures the Spellbinding Gaze of Wild Sharks
Photographing the fiercely intense yet beautifully captivating essence of sharks are just a few of shark advocate Mike Coots's many delights and ambitions. In his latest images from a trip off Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Coots skillfully manages to interpret aspects of the animals that are often misconstrued or feared due to negative portrayals in media.
Conjoined Cats Win Comedy Pet Photo Awards
The Comedy Pet Photo Awards has announced the winners of the 2022 competition with top honors going to Kenichi Morinaga with his photo of two cats sitting on a fence that makes them appear as if they are headlessly conjoined.
9 Tips For Capturing Wildlife in Motion
OM SYSTEM Ambassador and wildlife photographer Buddy Eleazer has traveled the world in search of unique moments that tell the stories of the world’s most fascinating animals.
‘Cowspines’ Photo Series Captures Abstract Bovine Landscapes
Living on a farm, photographer Kate Kirkwood became accepted by two herds of cows grazing nearby. While getting to know the inquisitive but gentle animals, Kirkwood captured a unique series of bovine abstracts she calls "Cowspines."
26 of the Funniest Finalists in the 2022 Comedy Pet Photo Awards
The humorous pet photography competition, the Comedy Pet Photo Awards 2022, has announced this year's finalists, all of which will compete for cash prizes later this fall.
Photographing Iceland’s Cultural Icon: The Icelandic Horse
Photographer Donal Boyd has a mission to conserve nature through visual advocacy. In this case, his photos of Iceland's symbol of culture and heritage explore the connection between nature and humanity of his home country through portraiture.
Guilty-Looking Dog Wins Britain’s Naughtiest Pet Photo Contest
A humorous pet photo contest has named the naughtiest pets in the United Kingdom. A one-year-old puppy named Laya was crowned as the overall winner after she was caught with a guilty look on her face with destroyed couch pillows and feathers all over the floor around her.
Photographing the American Pika, a Tiny Indicator of Climate Change
Above treeline winds howl as blowing snow turns my world white. It’s six in the morning and I’ve just reached my destination at 12,500 feet, somewhere deep in the Uncompahgre Wilderness.
The Winning Photos from the 2021 Nature Photographer of the Year
The Nature Photographer of the Year Competition has named its 2021 winners. An initiative of Nature Talks, the organization is behind an annual photo festival as well as organizes masterclasses and portfolio reviews.
The Year’s Best Photos of Pets Caught with Silly Poses and Expressions
The Animal Friends Comedy Pet Photo Awards 2021 has announced a selection of its front runners to date, featuring pet photobombs, kisses, funny poses, derpy smiles, and more.
Best Entries So Far From the 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
While there are still six weeks left to submit entries, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has published the front-runners for its 2021 competition that includes a pouting boxfish from Curaçao and a laughing lion from Tanzania.
15 of the Funniest Finalists from the 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards
It's that time of year again. Our favorite time of year. The time of year when we get to share the finalists (and eventually the winners) of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. A chance to remind ourselves that wildlife isn't always so majestic... sometimes it's downright silly.
Photo of a Curious Hare Wins Nature Photographer of the Year 2020
The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) has revealed the winners of this year's GDT Nature Photographer of the Year: a stunning set of images of the natural world that range from wildlife photos, to landscapes, to "water," which got a special category all its own this year.
Photographer Captures Coalition of 5 Cheetahs Crossing Crocodile-Infested River
Photographer Arnfinn Johansen recently captured a beautiful series of photos that show a coalition of male cheetahs (yes, that's what it's called) attempting a dangerous crossing of the flooded, crocodile-infested Talek River.
Photo of Gutsy Urban Fox Wins 2020 Mammal Photographer of the Year
The Mammal Society has announced the winners of the (oddly-specific) Mammal Photographer of the Year competition, awarding the top prize to an amateur photographer from East London who captured a local fox staring him down through a car's windscreen, looking for food.
This May Be the Oldest Known Photo of a Living Animal
There are plenty of well-known firsts in the history of photography, but the question of what the oldest animal photo is has thus far been an unsettled one. But a newly-surfaced photo of cows may possibly be the oldest animal photograph discovered thus far.
Sony a9 Firmware 6.0 Adds Animal Eye AF, Interval Timer and More
If you own the Sony a9, it's time to head over to the Sony website and download some new firmware. The long-awaited Firmware Version 6.0 has finally been released, adding Eye AF, an Interval Timer, and more to the high-speed Sony sports shooter.
Playful Portraits of Kittens Mid-Pounce
Photographer Seth Casteel made his viral name by photographing dogs and puppies, dogs and puppies underwater to be exact. But for his latest project, Pounce, he's ventured over to the dark side ... where they are kittens.
Adorable Portraits of Rescued Baby Sloths
Photographer and conservationist Sam Trull originally moved to Costa Rica to study primates... then she met her first sloth. It was Slothlove at first sight, which is, incidentally, also the title of her first photo book dedicated to adorable portraits of rescued sloths.
Heartwarming Portraits of Senior Dogs Pay Tribute to Aging Pets
The artist statement Nancy LeVine sent us for her series Senior Dogs Across America begins with a paragraph that left this writer in tears—a tribute to the two dogs she had to let go of. "I loved them passionately," she writes. "To the quiet, exquisite presence of each aged dog, I honor them with this work."
Rare Shot of Duck Family Earns Photog Nature Photographer of the Year
Photographer Andreas Geh wasn't going to enter his photo of a goosander family into any competitions, but friends and fellow photographers insisted. And it's a good thing they did, because Geh's photo earned him the title of GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2016.
Dogs and Peanut Butter: A Match Made in Photo Book Heaven
If you have a dog, you know the magic of the substance known as peanut butter—a small smudge on their nose and they'll be busy for the next 30 minutes. And now, animal photographer Greg Murray is capturing this magic in his photo book For the Love of Peanut Butter.
Polish Photographer Shares Her Passion for Pooches with Extraordinary Puppy Portraiture
Alicja Zmyslowska is a Polish photographer with a passion and a gift for capturing puppies... lots and lots of puppies. From family portraits of pooches and their siblings to sports photos of dogs running through courses, she photographs anything and everything that has to do with man’s best friend, and manages to make her photos stand out from the plethora of dog imagery out there.
BTS with Carli Davidson: The Photographer Behind the Viral ‘Shake’ Series
Carli Davidson's photos and slow motion video of dogs shaking off water and spittle have been a huge hit with people all over the world. In October, the photos were even immortalized in a book by the same name, and while she was working on that book, Nikon caught up with her at her Portland, OR studio.
Beautiful Studio Portraits of Birds in Flight
Photographer Paul Nelson spends the majority of his time shooting commercial work for big name clients like MAC Cosmetics or Target. But when the flow of work began to slow to a trickle over the past couple of years, he embarked on a personal project that he hoped would remind him why he loved photography.
Thus was born Aviary. Shot in partnership with Springbook Nature Center, the photo series captures beautiful studio-style portraits of birds taking flight as they're released back into the wild.
Displaced: Pictures of Illegally Imported Animals Being Rehabilitated in NYC
Each year, an estimated 300 million animals are brought into the United States illegally to serve as exotic pets. In New York, many of those animals wind up at the New York City Center for Avian and Exotic Medicine, where the trained practitioners there nurse them back to health.
Animal photographer Linda Kuo's new series Displaced tells these animals stories and seeks to draw attention to this rarely mentioned societal problem.