What's new
Introducing SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
We are delighted to represent the multi-photographer project making the case for a wilder Scotland through great images and inspiring story-telling. Explore the new dedicated gallery section or view the SCOTLAND: The Big Picture showreel.
Discover our new RF collection
We have a new premium Royalty Free collection with more than 2000 images.
Come and meet the NPL team at Fotofringe London on 27th April to find out more!
Jack Dykinga wins NANPA Lifetime Achievement Award
Jack Dykinga recently received the North American Nature Photography Association’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. To celebrate Jack’s award, we’ve updated his photographer portfolio with some great new images, including some of the plates from his new book A Photographer’s Life.
Eyecatchers!
Nature Picture Library has added a lot of fresh content in recent months, and some of our top picks are featured in our latest PDF, Eyecatchers. Filled with fantastic new images from the natural world, each one is accompanied by the photographers’ stories from behind the lens. You can also see the image gallery here.
Fruit fly flight secrets revealed
A new Caltech study reveals insights into the aerial acrobatics of fruit flies. To view Floris van Breugel’s images click here or contact us for more information.
Primates in Danger!
A new report shows that more than half of all primate species are threatened with extinction. Our new endangered primates gallery shows more than 100 species which are in special need of protection, including all the great apes and 87% of Madagascar’s endemic primates.
Featured Story
Spirit of the Sahara
Fennecs are the world’s smallest fox species, living in the world’s largest desert. Bruno D’Amicis spent two years working in southern Tunisia, battling political instability, frequent sandstorms and illegal trade, to document their lives and the ways fennecs are exploited by humans. View our gallery or story PDF, complete with full text.
Latest Highlights
Best of May 2017!
Latest highlights include Mediterranean whales, swimming hedgehogs, misbehaving baboons, and rare illustrations of extinct birds, plus material from Bolivia, India and new Canadian contributor Connor Stefanison. View our new 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 Reptile and Amphibian Group for Somerset. We also offer discounted reproduction fees to conservation organisations. Visit our conservation page to find out more.
Photographer of the month
Alex Hyde
Alex has established himself as an expert in macro photography. By understanding the behaviour of his subjects, he is able to capture intimate portraits of spiders, insects and other invertebrates in their natural habitats. Explore our new expanded and updated gallery.
Book of the month
Birds in Pictures
Birds in Pictures represents Markus Varesvuo's finest ever collection of bird images, the result of 40 years of patient observation and creative photography. The book will be published by New Holland in June 2016. Browse our gallery to see some of our favourite images from the book.
