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Travel the world to meet species in trouble and the conservationists trying to save them.

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Animal Portraits and overall winner: Leopard path by Zhou Zhefeng, China.

The winning images in this year’s BBC Wildlife camera-trap competition – of hungry cats, pugnacious bears and curious chinchillas – show why a picture isn’t always just a picture.

Coyote pups by Lucas Hall.

From a leaping red squirrel to a spotted bowerbird display, here are some of the editor's favourite images from the third BBC Wildlife camera-trap photo competition.

© Heather Irvine

Now in its fourth year, our art competition has welcomed more brilliant work from talented artists spreading their wings to create spectacular images of the world's wildlife. 

©  Joanna Ross and Andrew Hearn

From a daring jackal punching above its weight to mischievous monkeys and rare panthers, here are the images that came out top in the second BBC Wildlife camera-trap photo competition.

Red brocket deer Camera-trap Photo

From a frolicking giraffe to curious trumpeters, here are some of the Editor's favourite images from the second BBC Wildlife camera-trap photo competition.

Jackal vs lion photo

These extraordinary images of a fearless black-backed jackal running rings around a male lion, taken by Ken Stratford of the Ongava Research Centre in Namibia, emerged as a worthy winner of our second Camera-trap Photo of the Year competition.

Wandering albatrosses, Prion Island, by Chris Rose

Two internationally acclaimed wildlife artists, John Gale and Chris Rose, survived a hurricane to highlight the plight of albatrosses threatened with global extinction.

Curious possum camera-trap wildlife photograph by Stuart Park

Our inaugural camera-trap photo competition welcomed entries from around the world. They included captivating portraits, rare behaviour and astonishing new discoveries. Editor Sophie Stafford picks the best of the rest... 

 

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Our inaugural camera-trap photo competition welcomed entries from around the world. They included captivating portraits, rare behaviour and astonishing new discoveries. 

A mother cares for her baby

Andy Rouse photographed the mountain gorillas in their last stronghold; the Virunga volcanoes in Rwanda.