The image below, one of a set captured by photographer Tibor Kerccz, isn't merely amusing. It beat out over 3,500 other entries from 86 different countries to be named the 2017 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards' grand winner.So it's not just funny. It's officially funny.
The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards are the brainchild of two photographers: Tom Sullam and Paul Joynson-Hicks, MBE. Created in partnership with Born Free, a U.K. animal rights and anti-poaching group, the awards are intended to raise conservation awareness while also letting people in on the softer, sillier side of nature.
These hilarious awards are the perfect conservation pick-me-up.
Preserving nature is important, but the topic can be make for a pretty heavy discussion sometimes. I know there are only so many sad polar bear pictures I can look at in a day.
But I'll watch that owl fall down a million times before it gets old.














Django and Sheldon Holland have a very special bond. They worked together several years ago in Kandahar, Afghanistan. That’s where Sheldon was stationed. Django was Sheldon’s war dog. They haven’t seen each other in two years. Sheldon had to go away to finish a contract with an American K9 unit, but he promised Django that someday they would live together in South Africa.
National Geographic hopes its 'Planet or Plastic?' campaign will spark an awareness in consumers to think about the trash they produce and to reduce the plastic they…













When life gets rough, it’s good to have a friend by your side.







The animal kingdom is indeed fascinating in many ways.







