Buzzing Ball of Cactus Bees Wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Buzzing Ball of Cactus Bees Wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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The winners of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have been announced, with American photographer Karine Aigner nabbing the Grand Title award for a photo of a ball of cactus bees.

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The Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year title was granted to 16-year-old Katanyou Wuttichaitanakorn from Thailand for his photo titled “The beauty of baleen” below, which depicts a Bryde’s whale as it surfaced close to his boat. The photo was the winner of the 15-17 Years old category as well.

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Ekaterina Bee watches as two Alpine ibex spar for supremacy. It was near the end of a spring day trip with her family that Ekaterina spotted the fight. The two ibex clashed horns and continued to trade blows while standing on their hind legs like boxers in a ring.

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10 Years and Under

Ismael Domínguez Gutiérrez reveals a monochromatic scene as an osprey sits on a dead tree, waiting for the fog to lift.

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11-14 Years

Daniel Mideros takes a poignant portrait of a disappearing habitat and its inhabitant. Daniel set up camera traps along a wildlife corridor used to reach high-altitude plateaus. He positioned the cameras to show the disappearing natural landscape with the bear framed at the heart of the image.

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Animals in their Environment

José Juan Hernández Martinez witnesses the dizzying courtship display of a Canary Islands houbara. José arrived at the houbara’s courtship site at night. By the light of the moon, he dug himself a low hide. From this vantage point he caught the bird’s full puffed-out profile as it took a brief rest from its frenzied performance.

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Animal Portraits