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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest announced its highly commended images for 2025, showcasing stunning and diverse wildlife photographs from around the world, including Arctic wolves, lions, penguins, and elephants, highlighting both natural beauty and conservation issues.
The article provides a preview of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 61 exhibition, showcasing stunning images of wildlife and nature from around the world, highlighting both the beauty and threats faced by various species, and encouraging conservation efforts.
British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani wins the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award for his image "Ice Bed," featuring a napping polar bear on an iceberg off Norway's Svalbard archipelago. The dreamy scene, chosen from a record 50,000 entries, aims to inspire hope amidst the challenges of climate change and habitat loss. The image, along with four highly commended finalists, will be exhibited at the Natural History Museum in London until June 30.
Nima Sarikhani wins the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for her captivating image of a polar bear sleeping on sea ice in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, highlighting the beauty and fragility of the planet. The image serves as a poignant reminder of the detrimental impacts of climate warming and habitat loss on polar bear populations, as the Arctic region faces decreasing sea ice due to rising temperatures. Sarikhani's photograph aims to inspire hope and raise awareness about the urgent need for wildlife conservation amidst the challenges posed by climate change.
Nima Sarikhani wins the 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award with a captivating image of a polar bear sleeping on an iceberg, highlighting the beauty and fragility of our planet. Other highly commended images include a turtle and dragonfly interaction, a mesmerizing starling murmuration, lionesses sharing parenting duties, and a stunning capture of the northern lights illuminating moon jellyfish.
Nima Sarikhani won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for her captivating image of a polar bear sleeping on sea ice in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. The photograph, titled "Ice Bed," shows the bear clawing out a space to sleep on a small iceberg under the midnight sun. Sarikhani's image serves as a poignant reminder of the impact of climate change on the polar bear's habitat and has sparked strong emotions worldwide. The area where the photo was taken is among the most isolated in the world and is home to 19 polar bear populations that rely on sea ice for travel and hunting. However, increasing temperatures and decreasing sea ice pose significant challenges for the bears' survival.
Nima Sarikhani wins the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his captivating image "Ice Bed," featuring a young polar bear falling asleep, highlighting the beauty and fragility of our planet. The competition, organized by the Natural History Museum, also recognized four "Highly Commended" finalists and will showcase the People’s Choice Award images in an exhibition in London until June 2024.
British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani wins the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award with a stunning image of a young polar bear on an iceberg, highlighting the beauty and fragility of our planet. Four other outstanding finalists were "highly commended," including images of a happy turtle, starling murmuration, shared parenting among lionesses, and aurora jellies. The winning and finalist images will be displayed online and at London's Natural History Museum until 30 June.
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice 2023 finalists have been announced, featuring stunning images of wildlife from around the world. The selection includes photographs of Gelada monkeys in Ethiopia, an Adelie penguin approaching an emperor penguin and its chick in Antarctica, a barn swallow flying over a meadow in Germany, a polar bear snoozing on receding ice in Norway, a Balkan pond turtle snapping at a dragonfly in Israel, a murmuration of starlings in Rome, a bull elephant surrounded by stray dogs in Sri Lanka, and a mudskipper defending its territory from a crab in Australia.
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year's People's Choice Award is open for public voting, with 25 outstanding images shortlisted from nearly 50,000 entries. The selection includes a variety of captivating wildlife photographs, such as a polar bear sleeping on an iceberg, a pair of hares seemingly kissing, and an Adélie penguin approaching an emperor penguin and its chick. Some images also highlight the negative impact of human activity on the environment, including a young fox dining on trash and a male elephant walking through a heap of rubbish. Voting is open until January 31, and the winner and top four images will be announced in February.
This week in science news, researchers discovered a hidden reservoir of water beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, identified the brain's ability to distinguish between real and false memories, and mapped the continent of Zealandia. Additionally, neanderthal DNA was found to be linked to increased pain sensitivity, NASA revealed the Bennu asteroid sample return mission, and a stunning image of a golden horseshoe crab won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Gaza is facing a severe humanitarian crisis as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, with power outages and limited access to essential resources. The death toll has risen to at least 2,500, and Palestinians fear being cut off from the world. In Israel, violence from Hamas has targeted small communal towns called kibbutzim. Meanwhile, House Republicans have nominated Steve Scalise for House speaker, but he lacks enough votes for full House election. In other news, the London Museum of History has announced the winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, showcasing the fragility of life on Earth. Additionally, researchers explore the potential health benefits of cold plunging, and NASA has analyzed the first bits of the asteroid sample brought back to Earth.
Laurent Ballesta has been named the Wildlife Photographer of the Year for 2023, becoming only the second photographer in the competition's history to win twice. His winning image features a golden horseshoe crab in the waters off Pangatalan Island, Philippines, with three small fishes tracking its movements. The photograph captures the contrast between the powerful and slow crab and the speedy and fragile fish. The Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year title was awarded to Carmel Bechler for his picture of two barn owls perched in a derelict building. Other category winners include images of toad tadpoles feasting on a dead sparrow, orcas "wave washing" seals, a tussle between two male Nubian ibexes, a beached orca, firefly flashes in the forest, and an ibex photographed after a cold night in the mountains.
French underwater photographer and marine biologist Laurent Ballesta has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 competition for his luminescent image of a horseshoe crab on the seafloor. The image captures the beauty of the ancient species, which is now threatened by habitat destruction and overfishing. Other winning photographs highlight the impact of human activity on wildlife, including deforestation for tourism and pollution in rivers. The exhibition aims to inspire action and advocacy for the natural world.
A photographer captured a rare photo titled "Forest Rodeo" of a macaque monkey riding a sika deer on Japan's Yakushima Island. Macaques and sika deer have a symbiotic relationship, with the deer cleaning up after the monkeys and the monkeys grooming the deer. While sometimes the rides are just for fun, macaques have also been observed trying to mate with the deer. The photo is one of the highly commended entries in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.