See 15 Stunning Images That Won the German Society for Nature Photography’s Annual Contest

From a lunging frog to the majestic movements of penguins, the honored photographs capture the wonder of wildlife and beauty of natural landscapes

Two Alpine ibexes butt heads, slamming their horns together in a powerful battle that can be heard from far away. They wandered up the slope together afterward. © GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026, Tobias Büttel

Standing on a rugged slope in the Swiss Alps, Luca Lorenz stared out at a frigid world of drifting snow and rock hollows, which offered small respite from the wind to any animals that might find them. In one of these alcoves, he spotted a creature so seamlessly matched to the environment that it could easily go unnoticed.…