A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition

A puffin raises its head, standing on the ground, backlit by low sunlight.

Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2025

A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition

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Glowing and dark sections of a huge cloudlike structure in space, backdropped by stars

The 35th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope

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A woman holds a child in her arms as they both look up toward the ornate ceiling of a basilica.

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An orca whale is seen swimming in a dark ocean, photographed underwater.

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