Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025: winners capture hidden beauty

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The results of the 61st edition of the awards have been announced by the Natural History Museum. Which is your favourite?

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/photography-uk/article/wildlife-photographer-2025-awards-results-pictures-2s2mkjtnx

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A brown hyena lurks in the ruins of an abandoned diamond-mining town in Kolmanskop, Namibia WIM VAN DEN HEEVER (SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN WILDLIFE)


The dewy web of an orb weaver spider in central Wales JAMIE SMART (UK; 10 YEARS AND UNDER)


Synchronised fishing in the once-polluted Yudlang Lake, southeast China QINGRONG YANG (CHINA; BEHAVIOUR: BIRDS)


A caracal clutches a lesser flamingo snatched from Ndutu Lake in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania DENNIS STOGSDILL (USA; BEHAVIOUR: MAMMALS)


A shadowy Eurasian pygmy owl in Germany LUCA LORENZ (GERMANY; RISING STAR AWARD)


Another orb weaver spider is caught in a kaleidoscope of headlights in Ibbenbüren, north Germany SIMONE BAUMEISTER (GERMANY; NATURAL ARTISTRY)


In the Lepini Mountains, central Italy, a longhorn beetle keeps watch over an abandoned logging machinery ANDREA DOMINIZI (ITALY; 15-17 YEARS)


Carnivorous pitcher plants lure in their prey by reflecting UV light in Kuching, Borneo CHIEN LEE (MALAYSIA; PLANTS AND FUNGI)


An Alpine ibex observes the sunrise over the foggy mountain pass of Col de la Colombière, France LUBIN GODIN (FRANCE; 11-14 YEARS)


A tiny red springtail among peat-bog algae in Platzertal, Austria SEBASTIAN FRÖLICH (GERMANY; WETLANDS: THE BIGGER PICTURE)


Three peppered moray eels hunt for dead fish at low tide off D’Arros Island, the Seychelles SHANE GROSS (CANADA; ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT)


Lesser tree frogs gather for a rain-triggered breeding event on Kaw Mountain, French Guiana QUENTIN MARTINEZ (FRANCE; BEHAVIOUR: AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES)


The egg case of a swell shark tethered to a giant kelp off Monterey Bay, California RALPH PACE (USA; UNDERWATER)


Western diamondback rattlesnakes at the annual rattlesnake round-up in Sweetwater, Texas JAVIER AZNAR GONZALEZ DE RUEDA (SPAIN; PHOTOJOURNALIST STORY AWARD)


The head capsules of a gum-leaf skeletoniser caterpillar block the sun setting over Torndirrup National Park, Western Australia GEORGINA STEYTLER (AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOUR: INVERTEBRATES)


Feeding time for the gulls as they raid the nets of a fishing vessel in Kvaenangen Fjord, Norway AUDUN RIKARDSEN (NORWAY; OCEANS: THE BIGGER PICTURE)


Sphagnum moss rests on one of the icy northern swamps of Russia ALEXEY KHARITONOV (ISRAEL/RUSSIA; PORTFOLIO AWARD)

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is at the Natural History Museum, London, SW7, from October 17. Visit https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy