If you’re planning to enter our Animal Kingdom round, which launches next week, take these tips from three of last year’s top ten photographers

The connection between nature and creativity comes in many forms. Here, artists, writers and musicians talk about the different ways in which they take inspiration from the outdoors - and share the places that fuel their imagination

Join Mark Johnson for an evening in nature, as he captures the beauty of foxes bathed in evening sun

We get close to woodpeckers, birds of prey and raccoon dogs in Estonia, in the company of wildlife pro Paul Browning

How did you get into photography? I learned about environmental reporting on a student-run publication, The Planet, at Western Washington University. Then I worked as a photojournalist for the city’s

Leah Wood became a painter by way of opening for David Bowie and sashaying down the catwalks, but Nature now lights up her artistic imagination and underpins her efforts to campaign for the environment