Reporting on the vital influence and importance of marine environments for us or the planet. Images can be taken above or below the water. They should convey a message – symbolic or actual – whether ...

Revealing the most interesting or memorable behaviour of any of the multitude of smaller animals without backbones – whether on land, in the air, or in water. Clay Bolt (USA) is dazzled by an orchid ...

A new project, known as KRILLGUARD, launches today which aims to protect the Southern Ocean ecosystem by focusing on Antarctic krill, a keystone species in the ecosystem. Rising ocean temperatures are ...

The KRILLGUARD researchers have developed ‘DNA probes’ to identify important genes within the krill’s sequenced genome. As ...

Blue-ringed octopuses are undeniably stunning. When they are alarmed, these animals will show off the eponymous iridescent blue rings that cover their body and arms. But their adorably small size and ...

A distant relative of spiders and scorpions is the new namesake of a Natural History Museum scientist.

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. Jannico Kelk (Australia) illuminates a ...

Darya Ostapenko (Russia) watches a red fox as it chases a mouse through the snow-dusted grass. Darya had been observing this red fox regularly over the course of a year in Pavlovskiy Park near Saint ...

Larry Taylor (USA) shows an ermine clambering between rocks, with its white fur framed by the black crevice. Larry saw a flash of white against a canyon in Yellowstone National Park. It was an ermine ...