The Big Picture
Now in its fourth year, the California Academy of Sciences’ renowned BigPicture Photography Competition celebrates some of the world’s best photographers and the year’s most striking images. Judged by elites in the field of nature and conservation photography, the competition’s winning images highlight Earth’s biodiversity and illustrate the threats our planet faces. Each photo, in its own way, inspires viewers to protect and conserve the life around us. Here we present this year’s winning shots, as well as some of our personal favorites.
by Alexandre Bonnefoy

by Filippo Borghi

by Peter Mather

by Britta Jaschinski

by Ralph Pace

by Kallol Mukherjee

by Jodi Frediani

by Denise Ippolito

by Jon Cornforth

by Ami Vitale

by Franco Banfi

In light of recent findings by the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, the previous winner of BigPicture’s Terrestrial Wildlife category, “Ecosystem” by Marcio Cabral, has been removed from this gallery.
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