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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.

©  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.

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... 

 

© Mark Rayan Darmaraj

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. 

Wildlife trade opening page

Every year, 200 million live animals pass through Heathrow. Most are part of the legal worldwide trade, but many rare species of wildlife are not. James Fair meets the team looking through your luggage. With exclusive photos by Charlie Best. 

Orangutan mother and her baby in Tanjung Puting National Park

Wildlife photographer Brian W Matthews shares some of his favourite photos from his latest visit to the Orangutan Foundation in Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Cotton-top tamarins article spread

If you’re a cotton-top tamarin, every day is a bad hair day. Anne Savage shares the action-packed lives of some of South America’s craziest-looking monkeys.