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National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year 2017 contest: Last call for entries

There are just a few days left to enter the travel photography contest and stand a chance of a winning 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos.

13 days ago

By David Sim

Animal and Wildlife Pictures Travel pictures Photography Competition Pictures

World's rarest cat: Watch Amur leopard cubs make public debut at German zoo

The yet-to-be named male cubs at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany were born on 22 April.

13 days ago

By Nandini Krishnamoorthy

Orcas tore out a great white shark's liver, stomach and testes with 'surgical precision'

And it's not the first time this has happened.

14 days ago

By Lydia Smith

Sharks South Africa

The megalodon was the largest shark to have ever lived - now we know how it disappeared

A third of the marine megafauna is thought to have disappeared 2-3 million years ago.

15 days ago

By Léa Surugue

Going nuts for pandas: Two bears arrived in Berlin as Germans prepare warm welcome

Men Meng and Jiao Qing arrived after a 12-hour-flight from Chengdu in southwestern China.

17 days ago

By Associated Press

David Bowie's alter ego Ziggy Stardust gets 100-million-year-old wasp tribute

The extinct species has been named Archaeoteleia astropulvis, which partly translates from Latin to 'star dust'.

17 days ago

By Lara Rebello

How giant Burmese pythons regenerate their organs

They can double the size of their heart.

18 days ago

By Léa Surugue

Unbelievable footage shows injured giant squid clinging to man's surf board

'It was quite badly injured and barely alive when I caught it', James Taylor wrote.

19 days ago

By James Tennent

South Africa

Ferocious praying mantis holds humming bird suspended and feasts on its head in rare photo

According to the photographer, the spindly insect then dropped the bird before preparing to go after fresher prey.

19 days ago

By Lara Rebello

There's nothing more terrifying to the mountain lion than the voice of a 'super-predator'

Mountain lions were comfortable with croaking frogs, but they would flee at the voice of a human.

21 days ago

By Martha Henriques

Conservation

Cases of whale entanglement off US west coast are at an all time high

In 2016, 71 separate cases of whale entanglement were reported.

21 days ago

By Léa Surugue

Shark filmed swimming close to pier in Cornwall while families holidayed nearby

Internet fish spotters seemed to think it was a juvenile basking shark.

22 days ago

By James Tennent

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Amazing time-lapse video shows banana slug munching on a dandelion leaf

"This is potentially the best thing I've ever filmed."

22 days ago

By James Tennent

Kennel Club Dog Photographer of the Year

Man's Best Friend: Winners of Kennel Club 2017 Dog Photographer of the Year competition

Now in its 12th year, the international competition received almost 10,000 entries from 74 different countries around the globe.

22 days ago

By David Sim

Animal and Wildlife Pictures

Peculiar sea creatures found in deep Australian abyss

Scientists found a peanut worm, a flesh eating crustacean and a sea pig 4,000 metres down under the sea.

25 days ago

By Léa Surugue

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Taylor Review fudge will do nothing to prevent the gig economy's race to the bottom

10 hours ago

By James Bloodworth

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National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year 2017 contest: Last call for entries

World's rarest cat: Watch Amur leopard cubs make public debut at German zoo

Orcas tore out a great white shark's liver, stomach and testes with 'surgical precision'

The megalodon was the largest shark to have ever lived - now we know how it disappeared

Going nuts for pandas: Two bears arrived in Berlin as Germans prepare warm welcome

David Bowie's alter ego Ziggy Stardust gets 100-million-year-old wasp tribute

How giant Burmese pythons regenerate their organs

Unbelievable footage shows injured giant squid clinging to man's surf board

Ferocious praying mantis holds humming bird suspended and feasts on its head in rare photo

There's nothing more terrifying to the mountain lion than the voice of a 'super-predator'

Cases of whale entanglement off US west coast are at an all time high

Shark filmed swimming close to pier in Cornwall while families holidayed nearby

Amazing time-lapse video shows banana slug munching on a dandelion leaf

Man's Best Friend: Winners of Kennel Club 2017 Dog Photographer of the Year competition

Peculiar sea creatures found in deep Australian abyss

Taylor Review fudge will do nothing to prevent the gig economy's race to the bottom

Taylor Review fudge will do nothing to prevent the gig economy's race to the bottom

Splatoon 2's single-player Hero Mode feels fresh despite very few changes

Splatoon 2's single-player Hero Mode feels fresh despite very few changes

Yemen is suffering at the hands of Saudi Arabia - and the UK is profiting

Yemen is suffering at the hands of Saudi Arabia - and the UK is profiting