Photography

December 20, 2022

Photography Contest Honors the Incredible Wildlife at Kenya’s Maasai Mara

As one of Africa's most important wildlife reserves, Kenya's Maasai Mara is filled with countless animal species. This makes it a go-to place for wildlife photographers wishing to take images of the leopards, elephants, cheetahs, lions, and giraffes that populate the reserve. Since 2018,  The Greatest Maasai Mara Photographer of the Year contest has honored these photographers by highlighting the best images taken on the reserve.

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December 16, 2022

Incredible Aerial Photos Highlight Beauty of Great Flamingo Migration

By day, Raj Mohan works a corporate job, but in his spare time, he is an award-winning wildlife photographer who loves exploring India's rich biodiversity. For nearly a decade, he has traveled around the country and developed his aerial photography. One recent adventure included documenting the annual flamingo migration at Pulicat Lake in Tamil Nadu. His aerial images of this incredible migration are a feast for the eyes.

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December 13, 2022

Winners of British Ecological Society Photo Contest Celebrate the Diversity of Nature

The glowing eyes of a treefrog in Peru earned photographer Roberto Garcia Roa the grand prize of the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition. Roa, a conservation photographer and evolutionary biologist at Lund University, took the image in Tambopata. This region of Peru is currently threatened by gold mining, making his photograph a stark reminder of the nature that could be lost as the industry develops.

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December 9, 2022

Winners of the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Show the Silly Side of Nature

The winners of the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have been announced and the images are as delightful as you might expect. American wildlife photographer Jennifer Hadley was named the overall winner for her charming look at a lion cub making a clumsy attempt to get down from a tree. For her efforts, she'll receive a once-in-a-lifetime safari in Kenya's Masai Mara.

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