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RPS Woman Science Photographer of the Year a small group of atmospheric scientists move a fluxsled to the ice, this was the first instrument deployed on the new MOSAiC floe. ?Leap of Science? by Lianna Nixon (USA)

See the top shots in the Woman Science Photographer of the Year award

1 March 2023

From bioluminescent marine algae to soap bubbles, these stunning images are some of the winners and finalists for the inaugural RPS Woman Science Photographer of the Year competition

Cool photographs capture new geopolitics of the melting Arctic

22 February 2023

As global warming accelerates, the Arctic is changing fast. Gregor Sailer captures this deep shift in his photographs of military stations and ice monitoring kit, part of his exhibition called The Polar Silk Road

A red-eyed tree frog in its Costa Rican rainforest home

Some of the stunning winners of the Sony World Photography Awards

15 February 2023

From a sea turtle and diver swimming in harmony in Malaysia to a red-eyed tree frog in its Costa Rican rainforest home, take a peek at some of the winning entries in one of the most prestigious photography competitions

Magnificent photograph captures eruption of Fagradalsfjall volcano

8 February 2023

Olivier Grunewald took this image of the Icelandic volcano's central crater filled with lava, forming a fiery lake of liquid rock

Mongolia - Uvurkhangai province - Portrait of Ganbaatar Davaasuren (?Bukhuu? ) riding one of his horses.

Stunning photos show nomadic life of Mongolian goat herders

1 February 2023

Mongolia produces 40 per cent of the world's cashmere supply from its goats, but climate change and overproduction are threatening this unique way of life

Hellroter Ara oder Scharlachara, Ara macao, auseinadergefaltete Fl??gel sowie Hals und Schwanz, wie viele Ppageienarten f??llt er durch die extreme Farbigkeit seines Gefieders auf, sein Gefieder ist vorwie gend leuchtend rot, w??hrend der Ansatz der Oberfl??geldecken gelb und im weiteren Verlauf gr??n ist. Schwungfedern und R??cken sind leuichtend blau, er ist einer der gr????ten Papageien der Welt, Verbreitung: von Mexiko bis Zentralbrasilien, Lebensraum: feuchte Tieflandw??lder, Lichtungen, Savannen und Flu??ufer, L??nge von Fl??gelspitze zu Fl??gelspitze: 110 cm, Kopf-Schwanz 85 cm, Focus stack aus 3 Einzelaufnahmen

Close-up photographs capture feathers' dazzle factor

25 January 2023

Heidi and Hans-Jürgen Koch photographed various feathers housed at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin to create these vibrant images

Majestic photographs of the world's major telescopes

18 January 2023

Photographer Julian Abrams' new project, Everything Beautiful Is Far Away, celebrates some key telescopes from around the world – and the impressive structures that house them

Image taken from the Extinct & Endangerd exhibition by Levon Biss, in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History. The project shines a light upon insect decline and biodiversity, displaying insects that are either already extinct or under severe threat. The photographs by Levon Biss are created from up to 10,000 individual images using microscope lenses and contain microscopic levels of detail to provide the audience with a unique visual experience.

Endangered insects captured in vivid photographs

11 January 2023

Photographer Levon Biss's project Extinct and Endangered: Insects in peril combines thousands of shots of insect specimens to create these startlingly clear images

Dazzling photographs of flocking flamingos

4 January 2023

Travel and landscape photographer Raj Mohan has captured these stunning images of flamingos on Pulicat lake in Tamil Nadu, India. The birds occasionally travel there in response to changing conditions

Grotto in a berg, Terra Nova in distance Taylor and Wright (interior), Antarctica, 5th January 1911. British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images)

Telling the story of Antarctica through 100 objects

28 December 2022

The 250th anniversary of the first documented crossing of the Antarctic circle is being marked with a new book that traces the continent's history via 100 artefacts from around the world