Photography

Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026

A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored photographs. Nearly 9,000 entries were submitted to organizers by member photographers from 15 countries.

By Alan Taylor
A bullfrog leaps after a moth, missing it, and falling with its mouth open and tongue out.
© Jens Cullmann / GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026
Practice Makes Perfect. First Place, Other Animals. A young African bullfrog fails to catch its prey.
An elephant calf seeks shelter from the sun beneath its mother.
© Preeti John / GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026
Shelter. Second Place, Mammals. An elephant calf seeks shelter from the blazing sun in the only available shade—the body of its mother. Photographed in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

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Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.
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