The prize is organized by the Natural History Museum in London.
These are the winning images for the 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.
They were selected from nearly 50,000 entrants from around the world based on the originality, narrative, technical excellence and ethics of the photographs.
The prestigious competition, organized by the Natural History Museum in London, is 59 years old.
However, there are winners in 19 categories The top prize went to a photo of a three-spined horseshoe crabsee below.
A prehistoric species: Laurent Ballesta, France
The three-spined horseshoe crab has lived in the oceans for more than 100 million years.
The Grand Title Award went to marine biologist and photographer Laurent Ballesta, who took this photo while searching for horseshoe crabs. in the protected waters of Pangatalan Island in the Philippines.
The picture shows the three-spined horseshoe crab slowly moving on the mud bed. Its golden protective cover hides 12 appendages.
Above is the horseshoe crab There are three young dolphinfish, They are ready to dive in search of edible morsels along the way.
The three-spined horseshoe crab has survived for more than 100 million years, but now Because of its blood, there is a risk of overfishingwhich is used in the development of vaccines.
Living on the Margins: Amit Eshel, Israel
This is the winning photo in the “Animals in their Environment” category.
Amit Eshel walked to a viewpoint at the top of a cliff in the Zin Desert, slowly approached these two Nubian ibexes that were facing each other and I used a wide angle lens to take this photo with a dramatic backdrop.
The fight lasted about 15 minutes before one man surrendered and the pair separated without serious injuries.
Killer Whale Hunt: Bertie Gregory, United Kingdom
This is the winning photo in the “Mammal Behavior” category.
The photo shows a group of orcas preparing to hunt a seal on the ice.
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It was taken during a Bertie Gregory’s two-month expedition to Antarctica Looking for orcas.
After battling high winds and icy conditions, he captured this extraordinary moment with his drone.
These orcas belong to a group that specializes in this Hunt seals by charging onto the ice and creating a wave that pulls the seal into the water.
Fantastic lights: Sriram Murali, India
This is the winning photo in the Invertebrate Behavior category.
This image shows a night sky and a forest lit by fireflies Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu, India.
Sriram Murali combined fifty 19-second shots to show the flashes of fireflies produced for 16 minutes in the woods near his hometown.
Fireflies are known to attract their mates through labioluminescence. Darkness is a necessary ingredient for the success of this process.
The Light pollution affects many nocturnal creaturesbut fireflies are particularly vulnerable.
Watching a snake: Hadrien Lalagüe, France
This is the winning photo in the Bird Behavior category.
Hadrien Lalagüe installed his photography equipment in the rainforest surrounding the Guyana Space Center.
He spent the next six months protecting him from that high humidity, plastic-eating ants and poachers.
Their patience was rewarded with a perfect lineup of gray-winged trumpeters watching a boa glide.
Hippos underwater: Mike Korostelev, Russia
This is the winning photo in the Underwater category.
Photo exhibitions by Mike Korostelev a hippopotamus and its two babies Rest in a shallow lake with clear water.
For more than two years, Mike had been visiting the hippos in Kosi Bay in South Africa’s iSimangaliso Wetland Park and knew this They were used to their boat.
Passed only 20 seconds underwater with enough time to take this picture from a safe distance.
Dolphin silhouettes: Ekaterina Bee, Italy
This is the winner in the youth 11-14 category.
The winner of the 11 to 14 year old group is Ekaterina Bee, who took this photo of it Bottlenose dolphins during a trip to the Isle of Skye off the west coast of Scotland.
He composed this picture from the boat highlights water surface patterns created by the movements of dolphins.
The Dead River: Joan de la Malla, Spain
This is the winning photo in the “Wetlands: the Big Picture” category.
Joan de la Malla’s photography offers a Aerial view of polluted Ciliwung River, that winds through the Indonesian capital Jakarta.
To find a time when Less air pollution ensures clear visibilityJoan returned to the location for several days.
His picture documents one of them most polluted rivers in the world and illustrates the growing global problem of water pollution.
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