Nature Photography: The best nature photography of 2025
BBC 22 th. December 2025 By: Isabelle Gerretsen, Martha Henriques, Katherine Latham an Jocelyn Timperley. (Credit: Daniel Sly and OPY) Here are the most eye-catching shots of the natural world from 2025. From the depths of the oceans to deserts, mountains and the remote Amazon, this year's most extraordinary nature photography brings us glimpses of the diversity and awe of the natural world. This year we meet acrobatic gorillas, maritime lions and grinning bears. Gamma, a desert lioness, guards a Cape fur seal carcass out of view on a beach in Namibia (Credit: Griet Van Malderen) Maritime lion In this incredibly striking photo, a lionness gazes into the distance on a pebbled beach on Namibia's Skeleton Coast, as tempestuous waves crash in the background. A small group of desert lions have left their hunting grounds and moved to the Atlantic Ocean in search of prey. Read more about how Griet Van Malderen captured this drama...