© 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. © 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. © Noah Marcheel / GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026 Mosquitoes on Fire. Second Place, Other Animals. I found these mosquitoes standing on a stone along a stream. The reflected sunlight in the background resembles a blazing fire. © Tobias Richter / GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026 Green Lines. First Place, Plants & Fungi. Spring fever in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, where mosses, ferns, and wood sorrel bring the rock ledges of cool, dark gorges to life. © Amit Eshel / GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026 Ancient Rivals. Second Place, Biodiversity—The Beauty and Significance of Natural Diversity. An Arctic wolf bearing traces of a …