With a record of more than 9,000 funny animals’ entries in this year’s competition, the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has announced the winners .

There, keepers wear panda costumes sprayed with panda urine and feces to mask their human scent. “It looks so funny on the surface, but it's serious work, too,” Vitale said. The idea is to ...

Here's how Vitale, working for five years on the project, captured some of the wildest panda photos we've ever seen.