Nature Life (12 photos)

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is considered one of the most respected photography competitions. It has been running since 1965. In 2025, the organizers received 60,636 entries from 113 countries. We present the 21 best photographs, as voted by the jury.

Andrea Dominici (Italy) found a longhorn beetle and reacted to the noise of equipment destroying its habitat.





Audun Rikardsen (Norway) captured seagulls trying to catch fish in nets in the Atlantic during the polar night.



Dennis Stogsdill (USA) captured a caracal hunting a lesser flamingo in Serengeti National Park.

Luka Lorenz (Germany) captured red-throated loons early at dawn.



Luka Lorenz (Germany) lay on the dewy grass to get a better look at a blackbird. Four deer emerged from the fog and stopped to assess the situation.



A curious seal enjoying the sound of the rain.



Ralph Pace (USA) showed a shark embryo attached to the base of a giant kelp.



Sebastian Fröhlich (Germany) filmed a springtail scurrying through air bubbles in a swamp.



Simone Baumeister (Germany) captured this image of an orb-weaving spider spinning a web on a pedestrian bridge, with the lights of cars passing below in the background.



Javier Aznar González de Rueda (Spain) Despite their fearsome reputation, rattlesnakes do not attack humans. This specimen was spotted at night on a road near



Qingrong Yang (China) captured the moment one fish snatched its prey right from under the beak of a little egret.



Chien Lee (Malaysia) used an ultraviolet flashlight to reveal the fluorescent world of an insect-attracting carnivorous plant.