The World Nature Photography Awards celebrates the planet's beauty and photographers while highlighting what's at risk.

That’s Washington State Park in De Soto, Missouri. Just about an hour’s drive southwest of St. Louis sits this 2,147-acre natural wonderland that somehow remains one of Missouri’s best-kept secrets.

Kanab might be the most famous “unknown” town in Utah. This little desert community has been the backdrop for hundreds of Western movies and TV shows, yet somehow remains delightfully uncrowded.

These striking landscape images showcase how water, climate and ancient rock formations guide the evolution of life on Earth.

Earth is stunning. From Iceland’s spectacular fire and ice landscapes to Yemen’s otherworldly Socotra dragon trees, our home ...