The 2024 Nature’s Best Photography International Awards (NBP) recently announced 11 categories and 100 outstanding photographs. Among these, many images of wildlife have made a significant impression on photography enthusiasts.
This photograph was taken by Mangesh Ratnakar Desai at the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India. Photo: Mangesh Ratnakar Desai.
An encounter between a heron and a fish captured by Xiaoping Lin at Yundang Lake, Xiamen, Fujian, China. Photo: Xiaoping Lin.
A fight of bald eagles at Hood Canal, Kitsap County, Washington, USA. Photo: Michael Despines.
A moment of a parrot biting a lizard’s tail at Keloadev National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. Photo: Hira Punjabi.
A cormorant hunting in the Baja California Sur Peninsula, Sea of Cortez, Espiritu Santo Islands, Los Islotes Rockeries, Mexico. Photo: Franco Banfi.
A Toco toucan in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica. Photo: Greg Basco.
A red-throated diver in Suomenniemi, Finland. Photo: Jari Heikkinen.
A great egret at the Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Uncertain, Texas, USA. Photo: Michael Zheng.
A great horned owl or tiger owl in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Photo: Isabel Guerra Clark.
A Bengal tiger “hugging” a tree at the Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India. Photo: Krishna Daga.
A rare sight of African lion cubs drinking water at the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana. Photo: Keith Bannerman.
A Masai giraffe nuzzling a calf in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Photo: Thomas Nicholson.
A playful moment of a tiger cub in the snow at Canada Lynx, Northern Ontario, Canada. Photo: Thomas Vijayan.
A South American tapir under the Olho d’Água River in Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Photo: Marcio Cabral.
Two puma cubs in Patagonia, Chile. Photo: Ralph Lee Hopkins.
A mother and baby Indian pangolin in Matale, Sri Lanka. Photo: Heshan Peiris.
A white rhino and its calf at Solio Game Reserve, Kenya, UK. Photo: Jules Oldroyd.
A Gelada family with a baby at Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Photo: Marco Gaiotti.
An American bison and calf “facing off” in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Photo: Lara Ferraro.
A brown bear hunting for food at Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA. Photo: Barrett Hedges.
An olive baboon at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Photo: Steve Mattheis.
The “sweet kiss” of mountain rabbits in the Monadhliath Mountains, Scotland, UK. Photo: Andy Parkinson.
A bee and butterfly playing with a turtle by Lake Tres Chimbadas, Peru. Photo: Hung Tsui.
A red-billed sparrow perched majestically on the horn of a wildebeest. This moment was captured in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo: Luisa Pericoli.
An osprey hunting in Oceanport, New Jersey, USA. Photo: William Page Pully.
A spotted leopard and its cub at Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Photo: Daryl Yeo.
An Ecmine weasel stuck in a crevice in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Photo: Larry Taylor.
A humorous moment of an emperor penguin in Antarctica captured in front of the camera. Photo: Thomas Vijayan.
To capture this photograph, photographer Brett Freliche’s fingers and face were numb from the cold water in Hudson Bay. Photo: Brett Freliche.
A cute moment of a sleeping emperor penguin chick in Atka Bay, Antarctica. Photo: Stefan Christmann.
A leopard seal hunting at Paradise Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula. This is one of the largest seal species in the world, characterized by a coat with leopard-like spots. Photo: Matty Smith.
Diving with a sperm whale in the Caribbean Sea. Photo: Franco Banfi.
A free diver with a silky shark at Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Photo: Wayne Lai.
A rock sparrow perched near a metal gate post, acting as a territorial guard. Photo: European Stonechat.
A Tule elk caught in a barbed wire fence at Point Reyes National Seashore, California, USA. Photo: Jim Coda.
The rescue of a chimpanzee at the Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: Marcus Westberg.
Young fish drifting among Moon Jellyfish at Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Photo: Michael Patrick O’Neill.
