As fotos de vida selvagem mais impactantes do ano

A leatherback sea turtle leaves the beach where she laid her eggs at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, a few miles from Buck Island on St. Croix. Skerry's images were featured in "Why It's Important to Save Our Seas' Pristine Places."

A Sulawesi crested black macaque in the Tangkoko Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Untherthiner's images were featured in "For These Monkeys, It's a Fight for Survival."

Days of heavy rain, a common phenomenon in the Aleutian Islands, have drenched this bald eagle. Nigge's images were featured in "First Bird."

A pet saddleback tamarin hangs on tight to Yoina Mameria Nontsotega as the Matsigenka girl takes a dip in the Yomibato River, deep inside Manú National Park. Hamilton-James' images were featured in "This Park in Peru Is Nature in Its Full Glory’—With Hunters."

The artful dodgers of Wrangel Island, arctic foxes steal as many as 40 snow goose eggs a day and cache them for their pups. Gorshkov's images were featured in "Russian Refuge."

Snappers seen underwater near Seychelles Islands. Peschak's images were featured in "In the Seychelles, Taking Aim at Nature's Bullies."

A cassowary dad and two six-week-old chicks feeding on Pandanus fruit in Australia. Ziegler's images were featured in "Australia's Big Bird."

A poacher's snare cost this six-month-old cub its right front leg—and its freedom. The limb was amputated after the tiger had been enmeshed for three days in a snare in Aceh Province, Indonesia. Winter's images were featured in "A Cry for the Tiger."