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Denise's pygmy seahorse on a seafan
© Alex Mustard / naturepl.com
Lapwing group roosting
© Andrew Parkinson / naturepl.com
Cheetah female with young cubs
© Anup Shah / naturepl.com
Leatherback turtle hatchling heading towards the sea
© Graham Eaton / naturepl.com
Puffin pair taking off
© Andrew Parkinson / naturepl.com
Eastern grey kangaroo with joey in pouch
© Dave Watts / naturepl.com
Long-nosed tree frog, discovered in 2008
© Tim Laman / naturepl.com
Proboscis monkey female sitting in tree
© Edwin Giesbers / naturepl.com
Asian one-horned rhinoceros
© Sandesh Kadur / naturepl.com
Northern lights over glacier lagoon, Iceland
© Juan Carlos Munoz / naturepl.com
Blue ice melt pool in snow, The Pyrenees
© Inaki Relanzon / naturepl.com
Lemon shark at surface
© Alex Mustard / naturepl.com
Two Atlantic spotted dolphins
© Alex Mustard / naturepl.com
Killer whales hunting Weddell seal
© Kathryn Jeffs / naturepl.com
Red squirrel foraging in deep snow
© Andrew Parkinson / naturepl.com
Herd of wild Dulmen ponies running
© Kristel Richard / naturepl.com
Lightning flash, Bryce Canyon
© David Welling / naturepl.com
Young male lion reaching out with paw
© Anup Shah / naturepl.com
Red fox cub in late evening light
© Danny Green / 2020VISION / naturepl.com
Three edible frogs on a log
© Stefan Huwiler / naturepl.com

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Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan prepares for a dive in hole drilled in sea ice. Ross Sea, McMurdo, Antarctica.

Doug Allan – Freeze Frame

Doug Allan publishes Freeze Frame book and starts UK speaking tour in February 2012, having just been awarded his second Polar Medal. Marvel at our gallery of his best work and find out more about these projects.

Wild / feral Dulmen ponies (Equus caballus) close up of herd of mares and foals running

February Highlights

From long-nosed frogs to galloping ponies and cute cheetah cubs to nesting leatherback turtles, plus lots of great British wildlife and lovely landscapes, check out the best new images added to our site over the last month.

A male Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) swimming over seaweed, carrying eggs under his tail. Australia.A male Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) swimming over seaweeds, carrying eggs under his tail. Australia.

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…

European Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) resting in snow

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.

Brown Long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) drinking from a lily pond , Surrey, UK.

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.

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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!

Portrait of Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) with a blade of grass in its mouth.

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!

Orphan baby elephants playing football with keeper

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.

Boy swimming with baby hawksbill turtle

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.

Elephants at night

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.