The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has released its 2025 National Wildlife Photo Contest winners, including some truly stunning photos of nature and wildlife. The federation shared the winning photographs in a press release and posted several of them to its social-media platforms.
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“In reviewing this year’s photo contest entries, our judges noted a couple of unmistakable themes,” wrote the NWF in its press release. “First, there are astonishing glimpses of nature’s sheer strength, from an onrush of lava in Iceland to a shimmering burn set to contain a wildfire in Pennsylvania. And then there are surprises that defy the everyday: a night bus of nautical hitchhikers, a fox straight out of a fairy tale. That ability to amaze—that’s also the power of nature.”
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This year’s grand prize went to Kathleen Borshanian of St. George Island, Alaska. Borshanian’s winning photo shows a female blue Arctic fox perched atop of a 1,000-foot sea cliff.
See some of the 2025 National Wildlife Photo Contest winners below:
More winners here:
NWF says its 2026 contest opens on January 14.
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