Demonstrating 16 key aspects of wildlife photography, these pictures were all taken within a few days of each other during a trip to the Falkland Islands.

Few species of cetacean are as charismatic as the killer whale, and there’s no better place to see them – up close – than the waters around Vancouver Island. The beautiful city of Victoria is perfectly placed for whale watching cruises in the Juan de Fuca and Haro Straits off the island’s southern tip, where three resident orca pods can be found. Zodiacs, jet-powered catamarans and motor cruisers also head north along Johnstone Strait – another orca stronghold – but you can

Eastern Canada is a spectacular wildlife destination. Discover the best places to go to see whales, bears and other species. Cast your eye over a map of Eastern Canada and the Gulf of St Lawrence seems to lunge at the North Atlantic, its 1200km-long gullet framed in the wolf-head profile of Québec and Labrador. The world’s largest estuary (almost big enough to swallow the UK), the gulf is not only one of Canada’s most striking geographical features, but it’s also a magnet to

It was almost as if a giant pepper pot was being shaken over the island. I refocused my binoculars and the blizzard of swirling specks was still there – an agitated swarm of black particles, like angry bees fussing around a disturbed hive. “Storm petrels. Thousands of them.” Cathy Hurralde, one of the naturalist-guides on our weeklong Galapagos voyage, stood beside me at the railings of the Isabela II. “And there, see the frigatebirds too,” she said, as the 40-berth expediti