What's new
Rewilding at Wildscreen
Nature Picture Library is delighted to be supporting the presentation Rewilding – a Visual Journey to be given by Peter Cairns and Laurent Geslin as part of the Wildscreen Festival in Bristol on Thursday 18th October at 7.30pm. Please see here for more details.
Nature Picture Library launches new print site
NPL now has a new print site selling a variety of attractive print products, including framed art prints. In addition to the images displayed in our print galleries, many other photos from the main NPL site are also available to purchase for print use. Just email us to find out more.
Congratulations to Alex Mustard on his MBE!
We are proud to announce that Alex Mustard has been awarded the MBE for services to underwater photography in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Explore our new expanded gallery of Alex’s amazing work…
Swift Awareness Week starts 16th June
The UK’s first Swift Awareness Week starts on Saturday 16th June, aiming to focus attention on this iconic bird of summer skies, its declining numbers and conservation needs. To find out more, view our Helping Swifts gallery.
NPL at Footage Marketplace
We will be at Footage Marketplace in London on Wednesday 13th June. There is still time to register if you’d like to meet us there and find out more about our growing footage collection. We’ve compiled a showreel of our most popular clips, to give you a taster of video from NPL!
Pangolins under threat
Pangolins are now the world’s most trafficked mammal – all 8 species are either threatened or endangered. View our new gallery of pangolin stills and clips to find out more.
Featured Story
Animal Architecture
From birds' nests and termite mounds, to beaver dams and coral reefs, journey through the fascinating world of animal architecture. Photographer Ingo Arndt documents these marvels of natural engineering in beautiful detail, both in the wild and in the studio. To view our full story PDF, including text, click here.
Latest Highlights
Best of September 2018
New material added to the site includes wildlife and landscapes from Wild Wonders of China, landscapes of the Siberian wilderness, bioluminescent squid, shoebill storks and urban hyenas, plus brown bears and wolves in the wild, charismatic owls, and a range of great marine life. Take a look at our September highlights gallery to find out more.
Supporting Conservation
By licensing images, you can help!
We support conservation by making a quarterly donation from our sales revenue to a charity or specific project which is making a difference. This quarter we are supporting Bristol Schools Nature Reserve. We also offer discounted reproduction fees to conservation organisations. Visit our conservation page to find out more.
Photographer of the month
Jen Guyton
Jen Guyton is a photographer and ecologist who has spent ten years travelling and working on wildlife and conservation projects in Africa. She recently won the Plants and Fungi category of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018. View her new gallery here.
Book of the month
Life on Earth
4th October will see publication by William Collins of the 40th Anniversary Edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth. We are delighted to have supplied more than 100 images for the book View our gallery of bookplate images, many of which are also available to order as prints.
