SEE BN FAVORITE NATURE SCIENCE PHOTO 2015 AWARD WINNERS NOW

We’ve gathered the best photos submitted to some of the best Nature Science photo competitions of 2015 to share with you today. Check them out below.

Image: by Jessica Kirste. Red Fox at Island Beach State Park, New Jersey. The Nature Conservancy Photo Contest. Grand Prize Winner.

Image: by Kris Thornton. Yosemite at Night. The Nature Conservancy Photo Contest. 1st Runner Up.

Image: by Nathan Lane. Alaska Glacier. The Nature Conservancy Photo Contest. First Runner Up.

Image: by John Nordstrand. Jumping Through the Sunset at Carpinteria Beach, California. The Nature Conservancy Photo Contest. 2nd Runner Up. 

1. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY PHOTO CONTEST

Selected from over 17,000 submissions, these stunning photographs from the The Nature Conservancy Photo Contest (2015) make us want to get outside! The Nature Conservancy addresses the world’s conservation threats in the hopes of establishing a “New Wild,” which was the focus of this competition.

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Image: by Georg Popp. Cypress Fall Colors. AFNI’s Asferico International Nature Photography Competition. Runner Up in Landscape category.

Image: by Jackson Miles. A Whaleshark Swarmed by a School of Bigeye Trevally. AFNI’s Asferico International Nature Photography Competition. Runner Up in The Underwater World category.

Image: by Audun Rikardsen. Playful Walrus. AFNI’s Asferico International Nature Photography Competition. Runner Up in The Underwater World category.

Image: by Pierluigi Rizzato. Four Jackals. AFNI’s Asferico International Nature Photography Competition. Runner Up in the Mammals category.

Image: by Marco Antonini. Beech Forest. AFNI's Asferico International Nature Photography Competition. Runner Up in the Plants and Fungi category.

Image: by Oscar Diez. The Labyrinth. AFNI’s Asferico International Nature Photography Competition. Runner Up in the Plants and Fungi category.

Image: by Daniel Pinheiro. Butterfly Effect. AFNI’s Asferico International Nature Photography Competition. Runner Up in the Other Animals category.

Image: by Jan Pedersen. Bird of the Aztec Gods. AFNI’s Asferico International Nature Photography Competition. Absolute Winner.

2. AFNI’S ASFERICO INTERNATIONAL NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Check out the winning photographs from the Asferico 2015 International Nature Photography Competition, one of the best naturalistic photography contests in the world. Sponsored by AFNI (Associazione Fotografi Naturalisti Italiani), the call was for subjects photographed in their natural environments.

Image: by Matt Clark. Jet Star. The Weather Channel’s It’s Amazing Out There Photo Contest. Grand Prize Winner.

Image: by Rick Beldegreen. Rockhopper Penguins Storm the Beach. The Weather Channel’s It’s Amazing Out There Photo Contest. 2nd Place Winner.

Image: by Luke Collins. The Crossing. The Weather Channel’s It’s Amazing Out There Photo Contest. 3rd Place Winner.

Image: by Sue Jarrett. Great Egret Display. The Weather Channel’s It’s Amazing Out There Photo Contest. Finalist.

Image: by Danny Levin. Earlybird. The Weather Channel’s It’s Amazing Out There Photo Contest. Finalist.

Image: by Rick Beldegreen. King Penguin Line Dance. The Weather Channel’s It’s Amazing Out There Photo Contest. Finalist.

3. THE WEATHER CHANNEL’S “IT’S AMAZING OUT THERE” PHOTO CONTEST

It’s true. It’s amazing out there! The Weather Channel’s It’s Amazing Out There Photo Contest turned out some incredibly beautiful winners, selected from over 40,000 submissions!

Image: by Stefano Zardini. Sauna in the Sky. The National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Merit Winner.

Image: by Eduard Gutescu. Romania, Land of Fairy Tales. The National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Merit Winner.

Image: by Beth McCarley. A Night at Deadvlei. The National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Merit Winner.

Image: by Stéfane Bérubé. The Power of Few. The National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Merit Winner.

4. THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST

The National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest’s winners are among our favorite photographs of 2015. Ten top winners were chosen from almost 18,000 entries. And they are spectacular!

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Image: by Jonathan Fuhrmann. Room with a View. National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. 

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Image: by Michelle Valberg. A Moment in Khutzeymateen. National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. 

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Image: by Leo Collazo. A view of the surface of the Perito Moreno glacier while hiking on top of its amazing structure. The Nature Conservancy Photo Contest.