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2025's Best Wildlife Photos Showcase Nature's Wonders

12/22/2025

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National Geographic selected top wildlife photos of 2025, highlighting rare animal behaviors.
Ronan Donovan's beaver image shows its role in ecosystem protection.
Daniel Sly's photograph of a male eastern gobbleguts brooding its eggs was taken in Sydney Harbour.
Georgina Steytler's 'mad hatterpillar' and Simone Baumeister's orb weaver spider are recognized in Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Chien Lee's pitcher plant photo won in the Plants and Fungi category.

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National Geographic selected top wildlife photos of 2025, highlighting rare animal behaviors.
Ronan Donovan's beaver image shows its role in ecosystem protection.
Daniel Sly's photograph of a male eastern gobbleguts brooding its eggs was taken in Sydney Harbour.
Georgina Steytler's 'mad hatterpillar' and Simone Baumeister's orb weaver spider are recognized in Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Chien Lee's pitcher plant photo won in the Plants and Fungi category.