Year of the Dragon
Celebrate the start of the Year of the Dragon by checking out our gallery of great dragon pictures. We have scary komodo dragons, ethereal seadragons, flying dragons, dragonflies and a host of dragon plants…
Wildsights of January 2012
Take a walk on the wildside and enjoy the January wildlife highlights of the British countryside, from winter wildfowl to breeding grey seals and displaying capercaillies.
Kim Taylor wins Grand Prize
Kim Taylor’s beautiful picture of a long-eared bat drinking has won the Grand Prize in the 2011 Denver Audubon “Share the View” photo competition. View his commended images or check out the full portfolio.
Welcome to our new homepage!
We hope you like our new homepage, which we’ve designed to keep you up-to-date about latest news and images from Nature Picture Library. The functionality of the site remains just the same as before – we haven’t made any changes to the familiar search, lightbox or order functions. Please do let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions. We would love to hear from you!
January Highlights
Choose from charging grizzlies, lions in action, bizarre cassowaries, Black Forest foxes and cute wildcats – check out the fantastic variety of new nature pictures added to the site in the last month!
Featured Story – Saving the Elephant Orphans
How do baby elephants cope without their mother and extended family? Lisa Hoffner’s heart-warming pictures reveal the amazing work of the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage and how the elephant orphans are eventually returned to the wild.
Coral Triangle
Juergen and Stella Freund spent 18 months exploring the world’s epicentre of marine biodiversity – a fragile habitat and vital economic resource. Immerse yourself in the vibrant coral seas between New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines. Project supported by WWF.
Featured Story – Night Life
How do lions hunt hippos at night? Find out how Martin Dohrn’s amazing images use revolutionary new technology to show animal behaviour in the dark.
Magic Moments
Goshawks hunting, ospreys fishing and a wealth of intriguing behaviour from the world of birds. Finnish maestro Markus Varesvuo’s new book showcases his magical bird photography, ideal for editorial or promotional use.
December Highlights
From bizarre proboscis monkeys and striking rattlesnakes to location shots from the new BBC Frozen Planet series, we’ve added some fantastic nature pictures from photographers in every part of the world to our collection in the last month. Explore the full gallery here.
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