Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio 33

Pore over all 100 pictures awarded in the fifty-ninth Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition (announced in October 2023), together with the stories of what they reveal, how they were created and why each photographer chose to take it.

The variety of subjects is rich and diverse, from wild regions, remarkable behaviour and portraits of creatures you may never have seen before, to reportage of vitally important ethical and environmental issues.

Chosen by an international panel of judges from around 50,000 entries, the images are the work of photographers from dozens of countries and represent a worldwide range of styles and ways of seeing nature.