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New Orleans
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Photo contest contestant Jarrod Castaing of Sydney, Australia snapped this shot among the ruins of this ancient temple complex
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Photo contest contestant Andrey Antov captured his daughter sharing a moment with a beluga whale
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A beautiful image by photo contest contestant Kyaw Zaw Lay captures a sleepy young monk
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Photo contest contestant Lois Summers captured these penguins mid-dive off the Antarctic Peninsula
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Photo contest contestant Joshi Daniel captured this shot in Kannur, Kerala, India
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In Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers are preparing for a new array that will stretch across 10 miles
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Among the organisms documented by photographer Rachel Sussman are 80,000-year-old aspen trees and 600,000-year-old bacteria
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Photographer Indranil Sengupta snapped this photo at a Puli Kali procession during the annual Onam festival in Kerala, India
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This beautiful long exposure by photo contest contestant Mike Beauchamp captures the night sky as it circles around Polaris, the North Star
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Giant snakes, lost footage, secret histories and more in this wrapup of our most watched videos of the year
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New York–based photographer Shinichi Maruyama has a knack for capturing motion on film
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Before the weather turns cold, take one last walk in the woods with these beautiful autumn photos submitted by our readers
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Meet the artist who burns her creations to amazing effect
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Over 48,000 photos were entered in the Veolia Environnement contest; these 10 were among the most stunning
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Two photographers ventured deep into the forests of central Africa to capture touching photos of a 33-year-old wild silverback and his clan
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Abandoned mansions, ghostly twins and murders of crows are just a few of the scariest entries from past photo contests
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Photographer Zed Nelson traveled the world documenting how body improvement has practically become a new religion
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An editors' pick from our ongoing 10th annual photo contest
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Artist Evan Roth's award-winning work puts the action in interaction
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