Call of the wild! Breathtaking photos of exotic wildlife in their natural environment will be showcased at the 2023 Nature inFocus Photography Awards
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These extraordinary, award-winning photographs of exotic wildlife in their natural habitat are truly breathtaking.
Out of 24,000 possible candidates, these photos were chosen as the best photos of the year at the 2023 Nature inFocus Photography Awards.
The collection features a portrait of a bonobo as she cares for a mongoose pup as a pet captured by Christian Ziegler.
Another image shows one of the rarest cats in the world, the Amur leopard, caught with a camera trap.
Category winners will receive a cash prize of £480 and the Photographer of the Year will receive a cash prize of £950.
An Olive Ridley sea turtle tries to swim away from its confines, the remains of a ghost net. The photographer who encountered this person successfully freed him
After a hearty meal, this playful lion has decided to roll over and relax. Never mind the flies all around trying to interrupt your siesta
One of the rarest cats in the world, the Amur Leopard is sure to earn your sighting. The critically endangered feline faces several threats, including poaching for its fur
This stunning action shot captures a rarely seen natural history moment where the legendary Arrowhead of Ranthambhore fishes an Indian softshell turtle out of the lake for lunch
The last great ape to be described, the Bonobo, is one of our closest relatives. Here, a wild bonobo who has captured a mongoose pup cares for him as a pet
If the essence of Ranthambore could be captured in one frame, this would be it. Only once in a blue moon does the landscape get this foggy at Ranthambore. And when a tiger chooses the opportune moment to mark its presence, it almost feels too good to be true
The atmospheric blue brush strokes, the warm sunset glow on the Indian Skimmers orange bills, and the bokeh on the body of water; what’s not to love about this image?
Symbiotic relationships abound in the natural world! But none are as juicy and sugary as the mutualistic relationship between ants and aphids
Brown Boobies spend a significant portion of their lives in the open ocean. Their clumsy nature on land earned them their namesake, derived from the Spanish word bobo, meaning stupid or foolish
The bristles are the brightly colored guard hairs of the snail moth larvae. The glittery effect is because mushrooms give off spores
A pod of spinner dolphins dive back into the beautifully lit waters of the Pacific creating this stunning scene of a cetacean avalanche
For Nubian ibexes, the high-altitude rocky terrains are their home. The vulnerable ibex species is known for many things: large semicircular horns, the ability to scale mountains with ease, and the territorial battles males engage in during the rutting season
On one of his dives, the photographer found these Atlantic Goliath Groupers surrounded by silver schools of Bigeye Bass, which were being ignored in favor of larger prey