Photo Contest

November 8, 2024

Mother Tiger Teaching Cub How To Fight Wins Nature’s Best Photo Awards

A fascinating photo of a young tiger coming into his own has won the 2024 Nature's Best Photography International Awards. Taken by Mangesh Ratnakar Desai at a tiger reserve in India, the image beat out over 25,000 submissions from photographers in 62 countries. Showing a mother tiger teaching her son the skills he will need to survive on his own, the image gives us an insider's look at life in the wild.

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October 25, 2024

Astonishing Photo of Millions of Monarch Butterflies Wins 2024 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

Jaime Rojo's image of an incredible butterfly sanctuary rose to the top of 18,000 photographs submitted to the 2024 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. Organized by the German Society for Nature Photographers (GDT), the contest honors the talents of Europe's wildlife photographers. In the Forest of the Monarchs won Rojo the overall prize and was captured while the photographer was on assignment for National Geographic Magazine.

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October 17, 2024

Nikon Small World Contest Celebrates 50 Years of Photographic Excellence Under the Microscope

Known for recognizing excellence in photomicrography—photography through a microscope—the Nikon Small World competition is celebrating its 50th anniversary. For five decades, this unique photo contest has highlighted the beauty of the microscopic world, bringing it to a wider public and evolving with advancements in technology. This year, 2,100 photos from 80 countries were entered into the competition and judged on originality, informational content, technical proficiency, and visual impact. Dr. Bruno Cisterna and Dr.

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October 9, 2024

British Ecological Society Photo Contest Celebrates the Breadth and Beauty of the World’s Biodiversity

A striking photo of a bearded dragon basking in the Australian sun has won the British Ecological Society's Capturing Ecology photo contest. The competition encourages international ecologists, photographers, and students to celebrate the diversity of ecology, capturing flora and fauna from across the globe. The winning image by biologist Damien Esquerre was taken while on a bushwalk in Canberra.

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