We’re thrilled to present our wildlife photo contest’s top 20 photo submissions.
These stunning images showcase the incredible diversity and beauty of wildlife worldwide. Take a look at the winners and let these captivating shots inspire your love for nature.
The following photos are presented in order of the most audience votes.
1. A Mother Monkey Feeding Her Baby in Lawachara National Park, Sylhet
Grand Winner
Photographer’s Name: Syed Sajidul Islam
Location of Photo: Sreemangal, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Description: The bond between the mother monkey and her baby in their natural habitat in the forest.
2. On a Mission
Photographer’s Name: Dorothy Dillon
Location of Photo: Ponce Inlet, Florida, USA
Description: A snowy egret peruses the water’s edge at in search of its next meal, its image mirrored in the wet sand all around it on a beach in Florida.
3. First Light
Photographer’s Name: Ian Anthony Echual
Location of Photo: Wright Patman Lake Texarkana, Texas, USA
Description: It was a cold morning when I visited the lake, and this mocking bird welcomed me with a pose.
4. On the Hunt
Photographer’s Name: Juanita Layne
Location of Photo: Masai Mara, Kenya
Description: I watched this pride of lions attempt and fail to attack a young buffalo. They were then chased by the whole herd. As they are walking away, in this photo, they are exhausted, battered and still very hungry.
5. Name a Fish After Your Ex
Photographer’s Name: Ally Bebbling
Location of Photo: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA
Description: September 2024, Lake Clark National Park.
6. Wild Mustangs of Maricopa
Photographer’s Name: Richard Sovis
Location of Photo: Maricopa, Arizona, USA
Description: These horses are wild and they venture close to our town with their goals and colts.
7. Mighty Bull Elk With Cute Little Shadow
Photographer’s Name: Amol Bhagwat
Location of Photo: Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky, USA
Description: It was one of the Autumn morning when I saw this Elk was grazing. Suddenly Bull Elk gave this picturesque pose where its own shadow can be seen on his body. You can also see Fall colors in the sunlight background. Nice morning.
8. Roaring Through the Dust
Editor’s Choice
Photographer’s Name: Jeena Jhaveri
Location of Photo: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Description: I got this shot of the Lion in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This is a rescue Lion, and every Monday, there’s a “Feast of the Beasts” where the lions get their biggest meal. The gate opens, and all three lions come running at once, and you have half a second to get the perfect shot.
9. Monarch Butterfly
Photographer’s Name: Sandra Cunha-Rocha
Location of Photo: Santa Cruz, California, USA
Description: Went to see one of the locations monarchs migrate to on the California coast.
10. Blue-Winged Mountain Tanager Gets Photo-Bombed by Red-headed Barbet
Photographer’s Name: Sylvia Guarino
Location of Photo: La Florida Birding, Colombia
Description: Birding the KM 18 area near Cali, Colombia offers many species of birds to see and fincas (farms) to bird from. The birds are wild but always game to accept a handout. The Blue-winged Mountain Tanager was happy with the offering but not thrilled that the female Red-headed Barbet was about to crash his party. Although field birding is especially exciting as you never know what you will see, birding at the fincas is a much better way to get a clear look and clear click of some extraordinary birds.
11. Red Panda
Photographer’s Name: Emily Mahadeo
Location of Photo: Central Park Zoo, NYC, USA
Description: This photo was taken in the middle of a winter storm. There were little to no people at the zoo and I felt like I made a personal connection with the animals on that day, one of them being this amazing Red Panda.
12. Dwarf Mongoose
Photographer’s Name: Ganesh Ambhore
Location of Photo: Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri, USA
Description: A dwarf mongoose was playing around the house coming out of the garden pipe hole. Perhaps trying to catch the other mongoose from the family.
13. A Pink Pelican
Photographer’s Name: Adam Wryter
Location of Photo: Ljubliana Zoo, Slovenia
Description: My family and I were on a trip to Slovenia and since our zoo back home was shut down for many years, we decided to visit the Zoo while we were in Ljubljana. While walking beside a small pond, we heard unique bird sounds and when we followed that sound we found a big group of pink pelicans snuggling together and some were going for a drip or cleaning themselves up. This particular pelican caught my eye (and my camera) cause it was not moving like the others, it was like watching and posing for the camera. it’s intense eyes and pink hue are what made me stare at it for a long time even after I took the shot.
14. Desert Big Horn Sheep
Photographer’s Name: Peter Reinold
Location of Photo: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA
Description: Visited the state park for some landscape photos and while hiking came across a herd of big horn sheep. Hung out for a while in a safe distance and snapped pictures.
15. Paradise
Photographer’s Name: Victoria Valenta
Location of Photo: Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens in Dorset, England
Description: Golden pheasant is taking a stroll on a fresh morning at Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens in Dorset. A shy bird with a captivating palette of colorful feathers was taking care not to be spotted on his morning walk, but the lens of the camera managed to take this photo opportunity in his beautiful garden path covered with traces of pink flowers on the floor and different shapes of green vegetation all around. A pathway to paradise. Better yet, it might be that the small creature was proud to show his stunning residence for a brief moment but kept his head low immediately after so that nobody else finds this piece of heaven.
16. Bald Eagle Silhouetted
Photographer’s Name: Larry Farley
Location of Photo: Florida, USA
Description: Went out in a boat to line up eagle with the full moon.
17. Forever Love
Name of Photographer: Dennis Stewart
Location of Photo: Florida Everglades, USA
Description: In the heart of the Florida Everglades, a pair of nesting Great Blue Herons share a quiet moment, their bond as enduring as the wild they call home.
18. Conversation at the Lake
Name of Photographer: Teri Miller
Location of Photo: Evergreen, Colorado, USA
Description: I took this image on a cool summer morning after the fog had settled onto the lake, waiting in anticipation for the rising sun. I had been photographing a herd of elk swimming in the lake when I turned to see this heron hunting in the reeds. A blackbird approached and expressed displeasure at the heron – perhaps he was too close to a nest? Either way, I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time of this “conversation.” The sun was rising, the fog was lifting, the birds were perfectly silhouetted against the lake.
19. Family
Name of Photographer: Jacin Paynn
Location of Photo: St Louis Zoo, Missouri, USA
Description: St Louis Zoo at the right time.
20. Squirrel Pumpkin
Name of Photographer: Suchita Ambhore
Location of Photo: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Description: I clicked this picture of this squirrel on my patio while the fall season started. I kept the pumpkin with a scarecrow on the patio, and suddenly, the squirrels started coming to eat it. I kept watching the squirrels from my couch for a long time and took lots of videos and pictures of the squirrels. This is one of the best pictures so far I have taken of wildlife animals.
More Standout Entries
Title: Twilight Guardian
Name of Photographer: Reha Patel
Title: Male Peacock
Name of Photographer: Yonhui Foster
Title: The King has Returned
Name of Photographer: 1. Javier Donaghy
Title: Owl Eyes On You
Name of Photographer: Joe Gowac
Title: Roadside Scratch
Name of Photographer: Brent Nielsen
Title: Tree Hugger
Name of Photographer: Robert Palmer
Title: Elemental Elephant
Name of Photographer: Peter Carellini
Title: Motherhood
Name of Photographer: Pujan Prajapati
Title: The Deer Family
Name of Photographer: Pramod Kanakath
Title: New Life
Name of Photographer: Navin Bogg
Title: Weddel Seal Atop an Antarctic Glacier
Name of Photographer: Amy Ettinger
Title: Moose Tongue
Name of Photographer: Jill Atkins
Title: Lazy Days
Name of Photographer: Cody Meridith
Which ones are your favorite? Tell us in the comments.
Next Photo Contest: Natural Wonders
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