Jürgen and Stella Freund undertook an 18-month photojournalistic expedition into the heart of the Coral Triangle. Encompassing less than 2% of the world’s ocean area, the region is home to more marine species than anywhere else on earth. As the first ever Coral Triangle Day approaches on 9th June, Nature Picture Library is proud to showcase this exciting project. (Supported by WWF).
From close encounters with whales to tracking jaguars in Brazil, Mark Carwardine reveals in his latest book his personal choice of the ultimate wildlife experiences in the world. Explore our gallery of images from the book to find out more!
Want to know what wildlife and plants to watch out for in the UK countryside this month? Browse through our gorgeous April gallery of spring flowers, migrant birds and British mammals, including lots of brand new images.
Check out the best new images added to our site over the last month – dramatic African wildlife, otters in the wild, spring cuckoos, amazing roe deer and rare species from Chile and Australia.
We are proud to be exclusive image partner for 2020VISION – 20 photographers, 20 projects, 1 vision. Check out our new gallery page where this month’s focus is forests.
In March 2012 Eric Baccega photographed amazingly cute harp seal pups on the fragile ice in the Gulf of St Lawrence in Canada, the first to survive for 3 years, due to the effects of global warming melting the pack ice. View Eric’s lovely images and find out more about this story.
On March 6th Niger’s government established the Termit & Tin Toumma National Nature Reserve, which is the largest protected area in Africa and home to some of the world’s most endangered species. Find our more in our new Niger gallery.
Find out more about the world’s most threatened animals and view great new pictures of polar bears, snow leopards, whale sharks, maleo fowl and Haiti’s frogs.
The first ever expedition to explore the “Dragon Vent” in the Indian Ocean discovers bizarre creatures new to science, including the yeti crab.
Find out how humpback whales protect weddell seals from killer whales. Will the seals survive the killer whales’ wave-washing technique, as shown in the BBC’s Frozen Planet?
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