Photo Contest
night-blooming cereus by Debra Thomas

2009 Photo Contest 

A night-blooming flower glows from within, revealing a visiting insect. A whale looms just feet from a photographer's lens. A bald eagle and its prey appear frozen in midair. See a slideshow of this year's Photo Contest winners and our new gallery of honorable mentions


Photographers: Enter the 2010 Photo Contest

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Photos from the Garden

Aromatic aster by Perry Eckhardt

Gold-medal gardening

See photos of native plants that take home the gold for beauty and wildlife friendliness.  Maybe there's room in your yard for a wildlife champion.

Photo Contest Winner

National Wildlife cover Dec-Jan 2010

The story behind our winning cover photo

Photographer Bernie Friel explains the extraordinary photo set-up that allowed him to capture the one-in-a-thousand image that won first place in our Photo Contest and wound up on our cover

Photo of the Week

Camera and butterfly by Vinod Bartakke

See our favorite photos

Each week, our editors choose a favorite nature photo to share with our readers. Check out our Photo of the Week, selected from 2009 Photo Contest entries.

Tips from Rob Sheppard

red eft by Rob Sheppard

7 tips for photographing small animals

No need to go on safari to get great wildlife shots; photographer and editor Sheppard shares how he takes amazing photographs of insects, reptiles and other tiny creatures close to home.

Ask the Pros

California poppy by Rob Sheppard

Introducing our photo pro panel: New Year's Resolutions

Meet the group of professional photographers and editors who will help answer your photography questions (and ours). First up: photo resolutions for the New Year.

Caption Contest

masked weaver by Richard Adams

Got captions? Enter our contest!

Check out some of our favorite photos of animals with attitude. Enter our monthly contest and see the January winner and runners-up.

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