Nature
Royalty-free nature photography from independent photographers: landscapes, coastlines, forests, mountains, weather and the small details of the natural world. Every image is a real photograph, licensed for commercial and editorial use from 1 credit.
10,158 images
An elephant, Loxodonta africana, walking next to a river, wide angle shot.
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A Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer, perched on a dead tree.
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An elephant, Loxodonta africana, and her calf suckling.
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An elephant, Loxodonta africana, walking through foliage.
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A female leopard, Panthera pardus, walking next to water.
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A lantern placed next to a river during sunset.
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A Brown-hooded kingfisher, Halcyon albiventris, perched on a branch.
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A vervet monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, sitting in a tree.
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An African hawk eagle, Aquila spilogaster, perched on a dead tree.
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A female leopard, Panthera pardus, lying in a tree, close-up.
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A lioness, Panthera leo, standing on a fallen over tree.
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A close- up of a female leopard, Panthera pardus.
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A lioness, Panthera leo, sitting on a fallen over tree.
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A Londolozi reserve sign, sunset lit.
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A giraffe trio, Giraffa, standing together, side profile.
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A silhouette of two giraffes, Giraffa, during sunset.
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A male leopard, Panthera pardus, lying down on a branch.
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Two elephants, Loxodonta africana, greet each other, with a sunset backdrop.
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A male leopard, Panthera pardus, hunting in long grass, in black and white.
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An elephant calf, Loxodonta africana, standing next to its mother, with its trunk in…
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Lion cubs, Panthera Leo, lying on the ground, next to the rest of their pride.
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An elephant calf, Loxodonta africana, standing next to its mother, with its trunk in…
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A close-up of a crocodile, Crocodylidae, camouflaged by mud.
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A lioness snarls while her cubs attempt to suckle, Panthera Leo.
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About our nature stock photos
Our nature collection is built from photographers who work outdoors for a living, so you get real light, real weather and real places rather than composited scenes. It ranges from wide landscapes — mountain ranges, valleys, big skies over open country — to intimate details: frost on a leaf, moss on a stone wall, the pattern of ripples on a lake.
Nature imagery works hard across a lot of briefs. Sustainability and environmental reports, tourism and travel marketing, wellbeing and healthcare campaigns, packaging and interiors all lean on it. When you are choosing, look at the quality of the light first: soft morning and evening light photographs well on screen and in print, while harsh midday sun tends to flatten a scene. Landscape-orientation frames suit website heroes and presentation slides; portrait frames suit social stories and print covers, and you can filter for either above.
Every image here is covered by our Standard royalty-free licence — websites, social media, presentations, marketing and print runs up to 500,000 copies, worldwide and without an expiry date. Standard images are 1 credit (£6) and Premium images 3 credits, and the full-resolution file is available to download the moment you check out.