Nature Picture Library
Nature Picture Library is a specialist photo & footage agency for the professional market, representing more than 500 of the world's best nature and wildlife photographers and videographers.
Our website http://www.naturepl.com provides access to more than 500,000 images and videos covering every aspect of the natural world, including wild animals, plants, landscapes, environmental issues, marine life, pets and native peoples.
Nature Picture Library is based in Bristol close to the world-renowned BBC Natural History Unit.
We represent many of the cameramen and producers working for the Unit and our collection includes many unique and unusual images relating to wildlife films.
We are often able to source rare footage from our contributors. For any enquiries about our video content, email [email protected] or call +44 (0)117 911 4675.
Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) swimming near sea ice, Antarctica.
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) bulls fighting, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Smith's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi) defensive behaviour, Chobe National Park, Botswana.
Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) feeding its chicks at nest site, Germany. June.
Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) flanged male feeding, Sabah, Borneo. Critically endangered.
Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) eating fruit, Sabah, Borneo.
Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) female eating small fruits, Sabah, Borneo. Critically endangered.
Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) female eating small fruits, Sabah, Borneo. Critically endangered.
Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) juvenile suckling from its mother, Sabah, Borneo. Endangered.
Bornean elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) bathing in river, Sabah, Borneo. Endangered.
Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) juveniles fighting and begging adult for food, Germany. July.
Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) reaching up and biting off a branch, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.
Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) grooming and feeding at water's edge, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.
Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) fighting, and feeding at water's edge, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.
Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) feeding in a river after sunset, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.
Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) with beak full of sand eels, Hornoya, Norway. July.
Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) hunting insects in the seaweed, Paracas National Reserve, Peru.
Aerial shot of iceberg A23a, encountered in the Southern Ocean near the Weddell Sea. January. 2024.
Aerial shot of iceberg A23a, encountered in the Southern Ocean near the Weddell Sea. January. 2024.
Aerial shot of iceberg A23a, encountered in the Southern Ocean near the Weddell Sea. January. 2024.
Drone shot of iceberg A23a, encountered in the Southern Ocean near the Weddell Sea. January. 2024.
Timelapse of the sunrise over a lake in the mires, Muddus National Park, Sweden. August.
Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) feeding on a branch in shallow water, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.
Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) juvenile feeding on leaves, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.
Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) juvenile feeding among vegetation, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.
Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) reaching up to grab a branch, feeding and swimming off, Switzerland.
Aerial shot of iceberg A23a, encountered in the Southern Ocean near the Weddell Sea. January. 2024.
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) hunting a Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), Kenya.
Malabar giant squirrel / Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) eating flowers, Karnataka, India.
Rain quail / Black-breasted quail (Coturnix coromandelica) male calling, Pune, Maharashtra, India.