22 Animal Photos Of NatGeo Traveler Photo Contest

The best of the best handpicked pictures straight from the animal kingdom. If you have taken a surprising and amazing photo, why not to participate in the contest? The 2015 Traveler Contest will run in the spring of 2015. Check back on the Traveler site for exact dates.

For our 25th annual photo contest, National Geographic Traveler magazine received more than 15,500 entries from skilled photographers from around the globe. Taken in locations ranging from Brazil to Kenya, the winning pictures show everything from quiet landscapes to surprising moments.

Photo and caption by José Mingorance

Photo and caption by Chris Schmid

Photo and caption by Robin Moore

Photo and caption by Graham McGeorge

Photo and caption by Sundell Larsen

Photo and caption by Daniel Sakal

Photo and caption by Dirk Kanz

Photo and caption by suzanne van dalsen

Photo and caption by Ondřej Záruba

Photo and caption by Ralph Pace

Photo and caption by Guillermo Ossa

Photo and caption by Alexander Poellinger

Photo and caption by Jayesh Mehta

Photo and caption by Richard Sidey

Photo and caption by Brad Lenear

Photo and caption by Francesco Filippo Pellegrini

Photo and caption by Mary Ellen Urbanski

Photo and caption by gilad guy

Photo and caption by Graham McGeorge

Photo and caption by Graham McGeorge

Photo and caption by Hannes Lochner

Photo and caption by Kellie Reifstenzel

(Image credits: NatGeo)