The 10 most incredible wildlife photos of the year

Every year, photographers across the globe submit tens of thousands of groundbreaking nature photographs to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition - a prestigious event developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London.

The winners of this year's competition, which attracted more than 42,000 entries from 96 countries, were announced Oct. 13.

Don Gutoski, a Canadian photographer, was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015? after snapping a haunting image of a red fox capturing another fox in the subarctic climes of Cape Churchill, Canada.

Check out all 10 of the winning photographs below. They're absolutely stunning.