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Male Leach sea star (Leiaster leachi) broadcast spawning, releasing streams of sperm from its arms. Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 - Underwater category - Winner.

2022 Competition Winners
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False-coloured SEM (Scanning Electron Micrograph) of a Tardigrade (Tardigrada) amongst moss, from Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. This tardigrade is approximately 0.1 millimetres long. Digital composite. Image x1500 life size when printed 15cm wide.

Our Favourite Nature Photographs from 2022
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Four Scarlet Ibises (Eudocimus ruber) in flight with the moon visible in early evening sky, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela.

Bird Planet by Tim Laman
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American photographer Karine Aigner won the Grand Title in the 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition with her stunning image "A Big Buzz", showing a ball of cactus bees vying for a mate. Natural History Museum, London, UK, October 2022.

NPL Photographers Win Big in the 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards
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Red fox (Vulpes Vulpes) resting curled up close up, North London, England UK

NPL Photographer Talks at St George’s
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Dogs destined to be killed for their meat looking out from within a small and crowded cage at a slaughterhouse on Huu Hung Street. Behind this cage lie the charred bodies of two recently killed dogs, Hanoi, Vietnam. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Appalling Conditions in Vietnamese Wet Markets
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Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) resting on section of remaining ice as surrounding sea ice melts in high temperatures, Arctic Sea, Svalbard Islands, Norway. 7th July, 2022.

The 2022 Heatwave – The Damage Is Done
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Adult Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking along barrier island with ice rainbow in distance, off 1002 coastal plain of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Barter Island, Alaska, USA.
Cropped. August.

August 2022 Highlights
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Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) visually checking its surroundings before emerging, creating an amusing peekaboo effect. Hokkaido, Japan. March.

July 2022 Highlights
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Honeycomb / Cushion starfish (Pentaceraster alveolatus) composite image on black background showing colour variations Malapascua Island, Philippines, Indo-Pacific species.

May 2022 Highlights
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BEAK, TOOTH & CLAW: Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) swooping down calling with claws raised to threaten a Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in the entrance to a nest box the bird wants to nest in which is already occupied by the squirrel and its mate, Wiltshire, UK, March.

Domestic Dispute
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Children’s Books: Ideas & Concepts
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FLAMINGO by Claudio Contreras Koob
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Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) feeding on a Flame shell (Limaria hians) in a kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) forest, Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK..

January & February 2022 Highlights
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Tropical rainforest. Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

The Green Planet
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During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43 degreesC, in a desperate search for somewhere cooler and less exposed, Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) descend from the safety of the tree canopy looking for a cooler place. Yarra Bend Golf course, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. December, 2019.

Doug Gimesy – Ranger Rick Photographer of the Year 2021
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2021 Competition Winners
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Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck in morning light, UK. May.

Our Favourite Nature Photographs from 2021
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Hawthorn shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) on leaf, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. January

September & October Highlights
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La Palma volcano eruption
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Inuit hunters travelling by dog sleds at sunset during a long polar bear hunt, Cape York. Northwest Greenland.

Inughuit – Bryan Alexander celebrates 50 years of Arctic photography
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Melting ice sheet with massive waterfalls running off the Austfonna glacier, the third largest glacier in the world covering most of Nordaustlandet island, eastern Svalbard, Norway.

COP26 Countdown Photo Competition
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Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chick on the back preening in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May.

August 2021 Highlights
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Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cubs, Yuandudu and Huanlili, aged 8 months, side by side, Beauval ZooPark, France, April, 2022. Captive.

Panda Twins born in France
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