© Alison Tuck / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Alison TuckOttershawUnited KingdomTitle: Now which direction is my nest?Description: A windy day on Bempton Cliffs during the nesting season.Animal: GannetLocation of shot: Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, UK

© Andrew Mortimer / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Andrew MortimerMelbourneAustraliaTitle: If I have seen further...Description: If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giant [frog] s. In a bore casing on a minesite tenement around 2 hours drive from Leonora, there live a colony of frogs. Slightly too short to see over the PVC casing, they make do wherever they can.Animal: FrogLocation of shot: Leonora

© Andrey Giljov / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Andrey GiljovSt. PetersburgRussian FederationTitle: Welcome to Zen Lemur Yoga Course!Description: Instructor Lemur demonstrates perfect enthusiasm, reaching high to embrace the universe. Student Lemur contemplates whether enlightenment is worth this much effort before breakfast. Flexibility? Optional. Dramatic flair? Mandatory."Animal: Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)Location of shot: Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar

© Annette Kirby / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Annette KirbyWhyallaAustraliaTitle: Go awayDescription: This was taken in Japan where I was observing a White-Tailed Sea Eagle putting their fish in a hole and protecting it. This one had a fish and saw another Eagle coming in to try and steal it.Animal: White Tailed Sea EagleLocation of shot: Hokkaido Japan

© Antoine Rezer / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Antoine RezerBonneFranceTitle: Territorial Defence OperationDescription: Rest day in Iceland after a scientific field session of 5 weeks in Greenland. White tailed eagle was harassed by a goeland !Animal: white tailed eagle and goelandLocation of shot: NW Iceland

© Beate Ammer / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Beate AmmerWarwickAustraliaTitle: "The Frog Prince of the Grape Vine"Description: Meet the Frog Prince of my little garden — he's been lazing around guarding my grape vine, waiting for a kiss, but I think he's just here for the grapes. This charming amphibian seems to have mistaken the vine for his royal court, lounging among the plump fruit as if he's the monarch of the orchard.Animal: Green Tree FrogLocation of shot: Southeast QLD, AUSTRALIA

© Bingqian Gao / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Bingqian GaoLondonUnited KingdomTitle: What do you mean I need to see a dentist?Description: A porcupine fish that has a mouthful of algae and seems to have trouble closing his mouth. So he has this eternal shocked look, and his dental hygiene is probably bothering me more than it's bothering him!Animal: Porcupine fishLocation of shot: Baja California Sur, Mexico

© Bret Saalwaechter / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Bret SaalwaechterTracyUnited StatesTitle: I Just Can't Wait To Be KingDescription: While photographing a pride of lions in the Serengeti, I watched as a group of cubs channeled their innter toddler tantrum, relentlessly demanding milk and attention from their mother, much to the exasperation of the adult lions. Life in the dry season is no picnic—lions are anxiously waiting for the Great Migration and the feast it promises—but it makes for some incredible wildlife behavior and these cubs were the stars of the show. For over an hour, they followed their mother around a famous Serengeti kopje—those iconic rocky outcrops that dot the landscape—alternating between trying to suckle and play. Each time the mother, already in a foul mood from the sweltering heat, would give a quick roar of disapproval and escape the circus. But the cubs, like any persistent little ones, would chase her down, nipping at her and yelping for more attention. This back-and-forth drama played out again and again, until I captured the perfect moment: the entire pride, in perfect unison, seemed to say, “Not this again!”Animal: LionLocation of shot: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

© Chris Stanley / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Chris StanleyGlendaleUnited StatesTitle: All SmilesDescription: Flame Skimmer Dragonfly lands on the stalk of an Aloe Vera plant and flashes a quick smile for the camera.Animal: Flame Skimmer DragonflyLocation of shot: Glendale, Arizona USA

© Christy Grinton / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Christy GrintonNorth SaanichCanadaTitle: Bad Hair Day!Description: A mother Grey Squirrel was moving her babies to a new nest. The grass she was running in was wet from the nights rain. After she moved her last baby into the nest, she popped her head out while her tail was still sticking out. It looked like she had just come out of the shower and ran to answer the door.Animal: Grey SquirrelLocation of shot: Victoria, British Columbia

© David Fettes / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025David FettesChobhamUnited KingdomTitle: Great Hair DayDescription: An umbrella bird was sitting on the ground and seemed to be unwell or injured (we summoned a vet - not an easy find where we were.) Initially its feathers on its head wee swept back so I could see its eyes and beak but then it pulled the forwards - and disappeared!Animal: Umbrella BirdLocation of shot: Pantanal, Brazil

© David Rice / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025David RiceLake Forest ParkUnited StatesTitle: OMG he's at it again!Description: Crazy morning antics of the Red-Crowned CranesAnimal: Red-Crowned CraneLocation of shot: Kushiro Shitsugen National Park in East Hokkaido

© Diana Rebman / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Diana RebmanPortlandUnited StatesTitle: Relaxing in the trees!Description: This Yellow-cheeked Gibbon was just hanging out in the trees. Looks like he's waiting for a beer to be served.Animal: Yellow-cheeked Gibbon, maleLocation of shot: Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam

© Erkko Badermann / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Badermann ErkkoKirkkonummiFinlandTitle: Landing Gears DownDescription: Red-throated Loon landing like a FloatplaneAnimal: Red-throated LoonLocation of shot: Finland

© Geoff Martin / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Geoff MartinLittle BookhamUnited KingdomTitle: Hornbill In A HurryDescription: This hornbill was spooked by the incoming tawny eagle and decided a quick exit was probably wise. Its ungainly departure was captured in a sequence of shots but this one for me perfectly captured the panic of the hornbill at that moment. The hornbill safely escaped although I doubt the tawny eagle was seriously interested in tackling that hornbill beak anyway.Animal: Southern Yellow-Billed HornbillLocation of shot: Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

© Grayson Bell / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Grayson BellBiddefordUnited StatesTitle: “Baptism Of The Unwilling Convert”Description: These two frogs were fighting over their territory in our pond in Maine. It looked to me like one of them was getting baptized against his will. I thought it was kind of a funny situation.Animal: Green FrogLocation of shot: Biddeford, Maine USA

© Henri Szwinto / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Henry SzwintoBoldre Nr LymingtonUnited KingdomTitle: Peek a BooDescription: A Sri Lankan Elephant playing peek a booAnimal: Asian ElephantLocation of shot: Sri Lanka

© Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha VinodAngodaSri LankaTitle: Bad mouthingDescription: These are two siblings the smaller one being the female leopard. They were playing with each other and for a moment the male just put his arm on her shoulder and appereared as if he is bad mouthing of another leopard.Animal: Sri Lankan LeopardLocation of shot: Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

© Jenny Stock / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025jenny stocksydneyAustraliaTitle: SmilerDescription: I kept returning to this little smiling little fish that was popping in and out of its little home - a hole in the coral. Its face was so expressive and characterful. The challenge was to get it comfortable with me being there and then for her to face me directly. It was a peek-a-boo moment!Animal: Bluestriped Fangblenny fishLocation of shot: Philippines

© Jessica Emmett / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Jessica EmmettSingaporeSingaporeTitle: Battle HugDescription: Two Asian water monitors were locked in battle right by a main path in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio park, Singapore. A battle of strength and wills never looked so affectionate!Animal: Asian water monitorLocation of shot: Bishan-Ang Mo Kio park, Singapore

© John Speirs / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025john speirsobanUnited KingdomTitle: it is tough being a duckDescription: duck bathingAnimal: golden eyeLocation of shot: argyll

© Kalin Botev / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Kalin BotevSofiaBulgariaTitle: Monkey CircusDescription: A troop of baboons was playing in a tree in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Several baboons were jumping off the tree, going around again climbing back and jumping down again while one of the baboons was standing on the tree, tossing the jumping baboons.Animal: BaboonLocation of shot: Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

© Lars Beygang / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Lars BeygangHersbruckGermanyTitle: Outdoor smoking zoneDescription: On a cold morning I was outside taking photos at a local pond. The temperatures made the breath quite visible against the sun. I noticed a loud call from a garden fence nearby where this male mallard called a few times. It really looks like he is smoking a cigarette outside in its garden, since it is not allowed to smoke inside.Animal: MallardLocation of shot: Neumarkt, Bavaria, Germany

© Laurent Nilles / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Laurent NillesReulandLuxembourgTitle: Oh my!Description: A young baboon looking up as an elephant approaches, unsure whether to stand his ground or to run away. He decided to flee shortly after the picture was taken.Animal: Baboon, elephantLocation of shot: Lower Zambezi, Zambia

© Liliana Luca / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Liliana LucaBolognaItalyTitle: Fonzies advertisingDescription: Il lemure (sifaka) dopo che a finito di mangiare ha iniziato a leccarsi le dita e mi e venuta subito in mente la pubblicità degli famosi croccantini di mais e formaggio, i Fonzies.Animal: Propithecus coronatus (Lemure)Location of shot: Madagascar

© Magnus Berggren / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Magnus BerggrenluleåSwedenTitle: Black Woodpecker camouflaging as an arrowDescription: While a black woodpecker flew by, I captured a stunning photo just as it tucked its wings, creating the perfect illusion of sheer speed.Animal: Black WoodpeckerLocation of shot: Luleå, Sweden

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© Mark Meth-Cohn / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Mark Meth-CohnMILNTHORPEUnited KingdomTitle: Aaaaaww Mum!Description: Caring Gorilla mum giving her infant a big sloppy kiss!Animal: GorillaLocation of shot: Rwanda

© Massimo Felici / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Massimo FELICIRietiItalyTitle: Darling, please stop!Description: During a heavy rain, the male shakes his mane several times, annoying his partner.Animal: LionsLocation of shot: Tanzania, Serengeti.

© Meline Ellwanger / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Meline EllwangerBozemanUnited StatesTitle: The ChoirDescription: A hilariously lucky moment I caught of these these three lions yawning at the same time.Animal: African LionLocation of shot: Masai Mara

© Michael Lane / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Michael LaneAvingtonUnited KingdomTitle: Steller Eagles Practice Kung Fu TangoDescription: Photographed in very early morning light from a boat sailing from Rausu, Hokkaido in Northern Japan. These two eagles were fighting over the fish held by the right hand eagle under his claw. The decisive moment captured the kick with both eagles extending the same wing upwards as if in a synchronised dance. The golden light at dawn and shadows complete the image. The image is a successful winner in FIAP International competitions but only published in their catalogues.Animal: Steller EaglesLocation of shot: Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan

© Michael Stavrakakis / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Michael StavrakakisMelbourneAustraliaTitle: Paint Me Like One of Your Forest GirlsDescription: Our jungle photoshoot turned Titanic real quick. This fabulous female orangutan found her stage, caught the perfect light, and struck a pose like she’d been waiting her whole life for this moment.Animal: OrangutanLocation of shot: Borneo, Indonesia

© Miles Astray / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Miles AstrayMontrealCanadaTitle: F L A M I N G O N EDescription: We’ve all seen a flamingo, but have you ever seen a flamingone? Only an AI could make that up. Or did I just make that up? With AI-generated content remodelling the digital landscape rapidly while sparking an ever-fiercer debate about its implications for the future of content, its creators, and its consumers, I entered F L A M I N G O N E into the AI category of the 1839 Awards. That oddball took home two awards, which were revoked when I revealed that the emphasis of this surreal creature is on real, as in real animal, real photograph. The idea was to prove that Mother Nature and her human interpreters can still beat the machine, and that creativity and emotion are more than just a string of digits. The picture shows a flamingo whose head is apparently missing, but I promise it’s there somewhere. In fact, the bird is just going about its morning routine at a Caribbean beach, head tucked beneath the torso to give the plumage a good cleaning.Animal: FlamingoLocation of shot: Aruba

© Paula Rustemeier / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Paula RustemeierPreußisch OldendorfGermanyTitle: Hit the dance floor! Foxes in a breakdance battle.Description: I frequently visited these three young playful fox siblings and they often went for play sessions in the sand, just like that particular evening. The movements are always very fast, the moments very short. The foxes run from one side to another. It wasn't until I checked my photos back at home that I saw this funny picture, where it looked like the fox in the middle was showing off some breakdance skills!Animal: Red foxes (vulpes vulpes)Location of shot: Netherlands

© Peter Reinold / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Peter ReinoldKentUnited StatesTitle: Stretch your LegDescription: Actually just out on capturing alligators but then this guy showed up and performed right in front of the everyone on the boardwalk. Not everyone was so excited about this guy than me.Animal: Eastern Lubber GrasshopperLocation of shot: Everglades, Florida, USA

© Ralph Robinson / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Ralph RobinsonCambridgeUnited StatesTitle: Pied Piper of PenguinsDescription: Our last day of shooting in the Falkland Islands, after a week of island hopping, was at Volunteer Point, a headland on the east coast of East Falkland, northeast of Stanley. It received its name in 1815, when the sealing ship Volunteer left a boat's crew there to collect seal skins while it went in search of opportunities elsewhere. Volunteer Point is notable for having about 2000 pairs of king penguins breed here, at the most northerly part of their range. King penguins were once nearly extinct in the Falklands, and Volunteer Point contains most of the Falkland population.I spent most of the day lying on my belly, often in the sand, watching the Kings. What a show! Not far away, a shepherd tended his flock of sheep, and it appeared for a moment that these king penguins were leading the way. Long Live the Kings!Animal: King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)Location of shot: Falkland Islands

© Stefan Cruysberghs / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Stefan CruysberghsScherpenheuvelBelgiumTitle: Squirrel airborne: surrender modeDescription: This flying squirrel looks like it’s throwing in the towel mid-air—arms wide, total surrender!Animal: Red squirrelLocation of shot: Belgium - Diest

© ValtteriMulkahainen / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Valtteri MulkahainenSotkamoFinlandTitle: Smile, you're being photographed.Description: When I was photographing bears, this one year old bear cub saw it and started smiling at me. Apparently he had already had to pose in front of photographers.Animal: Brown bearLocation of shot: Martinselkonen village, Suomussalmi district. Finl

© Warren Price / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Warren PriceUpper GravenhurstUnited KingdomTitle: Headlock!Description: Two Bridled Guillemots in the midst of a domestic dispute. The island of Hornøya is always a hectic mix of chaos and noise, squabbling seabirds vying for space and nesting sites. Sometimes you just want to bite your neighbours head off … literally !Animal: Bridled GuillemotsLocation of shot: Hornøya, Norway.

© Yann Chauvette / Nikon Comedy Wildlife / The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025Yann ChauvetteQuebec CityCanadaTitle: The wigDescription: A Greater One-Horned Rhino feasting on aquatic fine dining, diving underwater and getting back up with a new wig made out of his delicious meal.Animal: Greater One-Horned RhinoLocation of shot: Chitwan National Park, Nepal