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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025: winners capture hidden beauty
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
https://archive.ph/Z9YPQ
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
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And the owl photo made me chuckle. 
No thank you, sir!
The colorful orb weaver spider pic was beautiful. The synchronized fishing pic was engaging and incredible. The pitcher plants were absolutely new for me and make me appreciate the wonders of our incredible planet all over again. 
The phrase "rain-triggered breeding" got my imagination stirred up. 
