Amazing Images from the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter

Sometimes the real story in a photograph is a detail you don't notice at first. Andrea and Maceo Grammatico of France were Highly Commended for this image of a venomous fer-de-lance viper in Costa Rica. Getting the picture was so intense, they didn't realize until examining the photo later that a mosquito was biting the snake on its head! That's why it's titled Biting Back. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition from the Natural History Museum in London has announced their winners for