Chris Oosthuizen was the overall competition winner after capturing this image of an adult king penguin surrounded by chicks in a large breeding colony at Marion Island, part of South Africa
Στόχος του διαγωνισμού είναι γιορτάσει την ποικιλομορφία του φυσικού περιβάλλοντος. Καταγράφοντας τη χλωρίδα και την πανίδα από ολόκληρο τον πλανήτη, οι εικόνες διερευνούν τις σχέσεις μεταξύ ανθρώπων και φύσης.
Αυτές είναι οι φωτογραφίες που διακρίθηκαν στο διαγωνισμό:
Alex Edwards of the University of Plymouth won the student category for her close-up photo of a powdered glass frog in Costa Rica
Peter J Hudson’s image of a bat in Arizona was a runner-up
Roberto García-Roa was also a runner-up for his photo of a Cerastes vipera snake which buries itself in the sand to adapt to the warm conditions
The ecology in action category was won by Dominik Behr for his image of an African wild dog pup playing with a tranquilliser dart in Botswana
Chris Oosthuizen also won the dynamic ecosystems category for this photo of a southern giant petrel preying on a young king penguin chick
The ecology in action student category winner was Ella Cooke. Her photo showed the use of UV beetle tracking, which uses ultraviolet powder and torches
Sandra Angers-Blondin’s image of a fox hunting in Canada won the dynamic ecosystems student category
The individuals and populations student category winner, Adrià López Baucells, captured a photo of an anteater climbing in a tangle of branches in Manaus, Brazil
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