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Grizzly bear charging
© Andy Rouse / naturepl.com
Male Anna's hummingbird hovering
© Diane McAllister / naturepl.com
Young tigress frightened by dead leaf
© Herman Brehm / naturepl.com
Sloth bear cub riding on mother's back
© Axel Gomille / naturepl.com
Low angle Dalmatian pelican beak
© Bence Mate / naturepl.com
Black woodpecker flying through snow
© Markus Varesvuo / naturepl.com
African elephant investigating with trunk
© Anup Shah / naturepl.com
Young fox cubs sitting back to back on hay bale
© Fabrice Cahez / naturepl.com
School children learning about reef ecosystems
© Jurgen Freund / naturepl.com
Cane toad leaping
© Rolf Nussbaumer / naturepl.com
Atlas moth defensive display
© Sandesh Kadur / naturepl.com
Bonobo baby sucking mother's finger
© Anup Shah / naturepl.com
Horseshoe crab swimming on its back
© Jurgen Freund / naturepl.com
Gentoo penguin group on iceberg
© Andy Rouse / naturepl.com
Herd of wild Carpathian ponies running in snow
© Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / naturepl.com
Chanterelle fungus spore dispersal pattern
© Yves Lanceau / naturepl.com
Golden eagle swooping
© Angelo Gandolfi / naturepl.com
Orphaned baby elephants walking with keepers
© Lisa Hoffner / naturepl.com
Aerial view of Lake Natron
© Juan Carlos Munoz / naturepl.com
Jumping spider on leaf
© Rolf Nussbaumer / naturepl.com

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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.

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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.

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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.