New analysis reveals that current conservation efforts are not adequately protecting the most critical ecosystem services on which six billion people depend.

Ahead of COP16, we sat down with our butterfly expert to talk about her life, career and the power of perspectives.

Evoking atmosphere and a sense of place - with the habitat as a major element of the picture – to convey how an animal is an integral part of its environment. Igor Metelskiy (Russia) shows a lynx ...

Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod (Sri Lanka) finds this serene scene of a young toque macaque sleeping in an adult’s arms. Vinod was visiting Wilpattu National Park in north-west Sri Lanka with his ...

Evoking atmosphere and a sense of place - with the habitat as a major element of the picture – to convey how an animal is an integral part of its environment. Charles Davis (Australia) uses the day’s ...

Communicating the vital role of freshwater ecosystems, from mountain-tops-bogs and peat uplands, rivers and lakes to deltas, floodplains, marshes and mangroves. Images can be powerful through their ...

Evoking atmosphere and a sense of place - with the habitat as a major element of the picture – to convey how an animal is an integral part of its environment. Theo Bosboom (the Netherlands) shows how ...

Communicating the vital role of freshwater ecosystems, from mountain-tops-bogs and peat uplands, rivers and lakes to deltas, floodplains, marshes and mangroves. Images can be powerful through their ...

Evoking atmosphere and a sense of place - with the habitat as a major element of the picture – to convey how an animal is an integral part of its environment. Jan Leßmann (Germany) shows a barn ...

“As dolphins have a much larger lung capacity than humans, and take really deep breaths, they may inhale much higher doses of ...

Revealing the personality of an individual or an intimate group of animals in a thought-provoking or memorable way. John E Marriott (Canada) frames a lynx resting from the cold wind, with its fully ...

Reflecting the simple beauty or complex artistry of nature. Images can be in colour or black and white and although may not match the criteria of other categories, they must remain true to nature.