Jumping spiders are very curious creatures, and often intrigued by the camera flash. Gradually, over the next three years, a golden eagle got used to the camera and started to use the branch regularly to survey the coast below. High on a ledge on the coast in northern Norway, the photographer carefully positioned an old tree branch that he hoped would make a perfect golden eagle lookout. Photos: A Little Midwinter Fun and Beauty, What I Saw at the White House on Trump’s Last Day, How Biden Plans to Beat Republican Obstructionism. #. On Pearl Street in New York’s Lower Manhattan, brown rats scamper between their home under a tree grill and a pile of garbage bags full of food waste. The Architectural Army, 2019 winner, Behaviour: Invertebrates. Winner, Rising Star Portfolio Award—Pushing against each other, two male Dall sheep in full winter-white coats stand immobile at the end of a fierce clash on a windswept snowy slope. The females had gone to the sea, where they feed for up to three months. Joint Winner, Behavior: Mammals—Fur flies as a puma launches her attack on a guanaco. Shangzhen Fan / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Land of the eagle, Winner 2019, Behaviour: Birds. It had spotted the fox an hour earlier, and sounded the alarm to warn its companions to get back underground. #, Snow-Plateau Nomads. The photo is a perfect illustration of the concept of an insect society as a super-organism. We hope this year's exhibition will empower people to think differently about our planet and our critical role in its future.” While we wait for the winners' announcement, enjoy more highly commended photographs from the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. It was still in its winter coat and not long out of its six-month winter hibernation, spent deep underground with the rest of its colony of 30 or so. The Rat Pack by Charlie Hamilton James, 2019 winner, Urban Wildlife. Though the Monterey cypress is widely planted (valued for its resistance to wind, salt, drought, and pests), it is native only on the Californian coast in just two groves. Infiltrating an ant colony can help a spider looking to eat them – or to avoid being eaten by them. These highly popular shows, which attract both locals and tourists, derive from Sarumawashi ( “monkey dancing”) that has existed for more than 1,000 years. They were engaged in courtship, involving a glowing, fast-changing communication of lines, spots, and stripes of varying shades and colors. A powerful frame of both humour and horror, it captures the drama and intensity of nature. The marmot was hungry. Kilauea started spewing lava through 24 fissures on its lower east rift at the start of May 2018. He was in luck. The Moment shows a rarely observed species displaying behaviour that few people have ever witnessed before. Fur flies as a female puma launches her attack on a big male guanaco. The Moment, by Yongqing Bao, China (also Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 overall winner) It was early spring on the alpine meadowland of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, in China’s Qilian Mountains National Nature Reserve, and very cold. Reserved. The spongy orange cladding, is in fact, a mass of green algae spectacularly colored by carotenoid pigments, which depend on the tree for physical support. Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019: Check out the winning pics. A small herd of male chiru antelopes leaves a trail of footprints on a snow-veiled slope in the Kumukuli Desert of China’s Altun Shan National Nature Reserve. © While it was still dark, the ants would use their bodies to build a new daytime nest (bivouac) to house the queen and larvae. Are We Ready to Talk About How He Got In. Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 showcases stunning photos of the natural world . Cruz Erdmann, 14, took the award for Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 with his serene portrait of an iridescent big fin reef squid during a night dive in Indonesia. One night, the colony assembled in the open against a fallen branch prompting a structure spanning 50 centimeters and resembling “a living cathedral with three naves.”. Infiltrating an ant colony can help a spider that wants to eat ants, or avoid being eaten by them or by predators that dislike ants. The photographer spent a month following the sheep in the Yukon, battling with the brutal weather to the point that his feet were succumbing to frostbite, from which it would take months to recover. For the past 17 years, Riku, a Japanese macaque legally captured from the wild, has performed comedy skits three times a day in front of large audiences at the Nikkō Saru Gundan theatre north of Tokyo. The photographer caught the colony of nomadic army ants as it moved, traveling up to 400 meters through the rainforest near La Selva Biological Station in northeastern Costa Rica. The females entrust their eggs to their mates to incubate and then head for the sea, where they feed for up to three months. It may look like an ant, until you count its legs, and note the palps on either side of the folded fangs. More than 5,000 male emperor penguins huddle against the … On holiday with his family in France, the young photographer was in the garden on a warm summer’s evening when he heard the humming coming from the fast-beating wings of a hummingbird hawkmoth, hovering in front of an autumn sage, siphoning up nectar with its long proboscis. Recent images of people across the Northern Hemisphere enjoying themselves in the middle of this winter. It was here where he encountered a pair of bigfin reef squid. The sound was coming from the fast-beating wings of a hummingbird hawkmoth, hovering in front of an autumn sage, siphoning up nectar with its long proboscis. This year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year went to Yongqing Bao of Qinghai, China, for his dramatic action shot framing a showdown between a Tibetan fox and a marmot. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. From time to time, he left roadkill carrion nearby. They were there to watch geladas, grass-eating primates found only on the Ethiopian Plateau. Within a few days, the frogs had gone, and the maturing eggs had risen to the surface. #, Night Glow. Rising spring temperatures stir the frogs to emerge from their sheltered winter spots to mate, which involves a male grasping his partner, piggyback, until she lays eggs – as many as 2,000, each in a clear jelly capsule which he then fertilizes. "The Huddle" by Stefan Christmann, Germany — Winner 2019, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio Award. In a matter of days, traveling at speed, the lava had reached the Pacific on the island’s southeast coast and begun the creation of a huge delta of new land that extended more than 1.6 kilometres. Cruz Erdmann / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Winner, Black and White—In a winter whiteout in Yellowstone National Park, a lone American bison stands weathering the silent snowstorm. With the insect moving quickly from flower to flower, the photographer captured the stillness of the moth’s head against the blur of its wings. Pushing against each other, two male Dall’s sheep in full winter-white coats that blend into the snowscape, stand immobile at the end of a fierce clash on a windswept snowy slope. I have been a columnist for Newsweek and written for, among others, the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune and Toronto Globe & Mail. They would form a scaffold of vertical chains by interlocking claws on feet, creating a network of chambers and tunnels. Winner, Plants and Fungi—Festooned with bulging orange velvet, trimmed with gray lace, the arms of a Monterey cypress tree weave an otherworldly canopy over Pinnacle Point in Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California. This particular spider seemed to be hunting. In this particular pond, Plaickner watched the spawn build up until the moment arrived for the picture he had in mind—soft natural light, lingering frogs, harmonious colors, and dreamy reflections. Winner, 15–17 Years Old—Riccardo could not believe his luck when, at first light, this female gelada, with a week-old infant clinging to her belly, climbed over the cliff edge close to where he was perched. After an hour's wait, just before dawn, a group started to emerge not too far along the cliff. To this he bolted a tripod head with a camera, flashes and motion sensor attached, and built himself a hide a short distance away. Bird Photographer of the Year is the leading bird photography competition. But their propensity to spread disease inspires fear and disgust. “Photographically, it is quite simply the perfect moment.” Images from the Qinghai Tibet Plateau are rare enough, but to have captured such a powerful interaction is extraordinary. Tapestry of Life, 2019 winner, Plants and Fungi. Frozen Moment, 2019 winner, Rising Star Portfolio Award. Festooned with bulging orange velvet, trimmed with grey lace, the arms of a Monterey cypress tree weave an otherworldly canopy over Pinnacle Point, in California’s Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. For years, Villet dreamed of photographing the pure-white North American mountain sheep against snow. Now in its 55th year, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, @NHM London, is the museum’s showcase for the world's best nature photography. Face of Deception. Survival depends on cooperation and the birds snuggle together, backs to the wind and heads down, sharing their body heat. Recognising the world's best nature photography every year since 1965. Traveling to the Yukon, he rented a van and spent a month following Dall sheep during the rutting season, when mature males compete for mating rights. This was how he found himself over an unpromising sand flat, in just three meters of water. Photo: Yongqing Bao, China - Wildlife Photographer of the Year All Rights Running, he couldn't throw her off, and it was only when he dropped his weight on her, seemingly deliberately, that she let go, just missing a kick that could easily have knocked out her teeth or broken bones. WINNER – 2019 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR © Eraine van Schalkwyk. Overall winner, and behaviour – mammals joint winner: The Moment by Yongqing Bao, China. The photo captures the collision boundary between molten rock and water and the emergence of new land. The Garden of Eels, 2019 winner, Underwater. They’re also social and may even show empathy towards one another. These nimble antelopes are high-altitude specialists, found only on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Ingo Arndt / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Winner, Earth’s Environments—Red-hot lava tongues flow into the Pacific Ocean, producing huge plumes of noxious laze—a mix of acid steam and fine glass particles—as they meet the crashing waves. The photographer spotted the odd-looking ant in the subtropical forest of India’s Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal. In a matter of days, traveling at speed, the lava reached the Pacific on the island’s southeastern coast and began the creation of a huge delta of new land. This year's competition attracted more than 48,000 entries from professionals and amateurs in 100 countries. #, Frozen Moment. Grand Title Winner and Joint Winner 2019, Behaviour: Mammals #, Pondworld. Stefan Christmann / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Here, the lens was so close that the diminutive arachnid seemed to have been able to see its reflection and raised its legs as a warning. The Overall Winner of the competition will take home a £5,000 cash prize, alongside the coveted title of Bird Photographer of the Year. The photo features a deadly encounter between a Tibetan marmot and a Tibetan fox. One million chiru once ranged across this plateau, but commercial hunting in the 1980s and '90s left only about 70,000 individuals. Fourteen-year-old Cruz Erdmann was named Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 with his serene portrait of an iridescent big fin reef squid captured on a … Showtime, 2019 winner, Wildlife Photojournalist Story Award. #, The Architectural Army. Face of Deception, 2019 winner, Animal Portraits. Over the past century, human impact from hunting, which was banned in 1997 when jaguars became a protected species, and habitat destruction has resulted in the animal becoming virtually extinct in the U.S. With no recent records of a female – a hunter in Arizona shot the last verified female in 1963 – any chance of a breeding population becoming reestablished rests on the contentious border between the two countries remaining partially open. This year saw 48,000 entries from 100 different countries, with 19 different categories and two overall winners (adult and young). At dawn, the colony would send out raiding parties to gather food, mostly other ant species. The Moment: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 winner. Winner, Animal Portraits—It may look like an ant, but then count … The rodents are well suited for city living –powerful swimmers, burrowers and jumpers, with great balance, aided by their maligned long tails. Winner, Behavior: Amphibians and Reptiles—Every spring, for more than a decade, Plaickner followed the mass migration of common frogs in South Tyrol, Italy. The Moment: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 winner. “A powerful frame of both humor and horror, it captures the drama and intensity of nature,” said Roz Kidman Cox, chair of the judging panel. Winner, Behavior: Invertebrates—At dusk, Kronauer tracked this colony of nomadic army ants as it moved, traveling up to 400 meters through the rainforest near La Selva Biological Station, in northeastern Costa Rica. Yongqing Bao / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © This stunning image from the Chinese province of Qinghai titled “The Moment,” by photographer Yongqing Bao, which frames the standoff between a Tibetan fox and a marmot seemingly frozen in an impending life-or-death struggle, is the winner of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 title. Each male bears a precious cargo on his feet, a single egg, tucked under a fold of skin (the brood pouch) as he faces the harshest winter on Earth with temperatures that fall below -40 ̊C, severe wind chill and intense blizzards. This required spotting a potential target—here, a big male guanaco grazing apart from his herd on a small hill—and then positioning himself downwind, facing the likely direction the puma would come from. Every spring for more than a decade, the photographer had followed the mass migration of common frogs in South Tyrol, Italy. Jérémie Villet / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © The image was awarded the grand title in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, which received over 48,000 entries from 100 countries.. Waugh slowed his shutter speed to blur the snow and "paint a curtain of lines across the bison’s silhouette." The Grand Title Winner, titled 'The Moment' and captured by Chinese photographer Yongqing Baoas, is a humorous shot of a Himalayan marmot being scared by a Tibetan fox determined to find food for its three young cubs. Photograph by Yongqing Bao, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Fourteen-year-old Cruz Erdmann won Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year with this underwater image of … The winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were announced Tuesday at a ceremony at London’s Natural History Museum, which runs and exhibits the international competition. #, Face of Deception. Biswas was photographing a red weaver ant colony in the subtropical forest of India’s Buxa Tiger Reserve, in West Bengal, when he spotted this odd-looking ant. 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Overall Winner 2019; Joint Winner, Behavior: Mammals—It was early spring on the alpine meadowland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in China’s Qilian Mountains National Nature Reserve, and very cold. Open to photographers of all ages and abilities, next year’s 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition opens for entries on October 21, 2019 and closes at 11:30 a.m. GMT on December 12, 2019. Luis Vilariño Lopez / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Audun carefully … Hailing from the Chinese province of Qinghai, Yongqing Bao has won the prestigious wildlife photographer of the year 2019 title for his image The Moment, which frames the standoff between a Tibetan fox and a marmot. Swinging their huge heads from side to side, using powerful neck muscles – as visible as their distinctive humps – they sweep aside the snow to get to the forage below. The puma then leapt on his back and tried to deliver a crushing bite to his neck. On this day, a couple of hours before sunrise, Riccardo's guide led them to a cliff edge where the geladas were likely to emerge, giving him time to get into position before the geladas woke up. One immediately jetted away, but the other, likely the male, hovered just long enough for Cruz to capture one instant of its glowing underwater show, Early Riser, 2019 winner, 15-17 years old. Very gradually–over the next three years–a golden eagle got used to the camera and started to use the branch regularly to survey the coast below. The photographer placed his camera housing, mounted on a base plate, with a ball head, just within the colony. Rehearsals and preparations are underway for the upcoming inaugural ceremony of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President–elect Kamala Harris. Ripan Biswas / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Four out of five puma hunts end like this – unsuccessfully. Many spider species imitate ants in appearance and behavior—even smell. But Thomas managed it, while capturing the stillness of the moth’s head against the blur of its wings. This was the front line of the biggest eruption in centuries of one of the world's most active volcanoes: Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island. Bison survive in Yellowstone’s harsh winter months by feeding on grasses and sedges beneath the snow. Creation, 2019 winner, Earth’s Environments. The shape of their temporary bivouacs would depend on the surroundings—most were cone- or curtain-shaped and partly occluded by vegetation. Humming Surprise, 2019 winner, 10 years and under. On loan from the Natural History Museumin London, these extraordinary images have been selected because they allow us to witness unique moments, encounter the diversity of life on Earth and reflect on humanity's role in its future. Pondworld, 2019 winner, Behaviour: Amphibians and Reptiles. #, The Equal Match. Shooting with a low flash to highlight her rich brown fur against the still-dark mountain range, he caught not only her sideways glance but also the eyes of her inquisitive infant. The winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 56 competition have been announced.. V iew the online gallery to see them. During an organized night dive in the Lembeh Strait off North Sulawesi, Indonesia, the young photographer encountered a pair of big fin reef squid engaged in courtship, involving a glowing, fast‑changing communication of lines, spots and stripes of varying shades and colors. The Moment. In winter, many chiru migrate to the relative warmth of the remote Kumukuli Desert. Its wings are reputed to beat faster than hummingbirds’. Many spider species imitate ants in appearance, behavior and even smell. The photo captures the eagle’s power as it comes in to land, talons outstretched, poised for a commanding view of its coastal realm. For the photographer, the picture marked the culmination of seven months tracking wild pumas on foot, enduring extreme cold and biting winds in the Torres del Paine region of Patagonia, Chile. Urban rat populations are rising fast. Its spongy orange cladding is in fact a mass of green algae spectacularly colored by carotenoid pigments, which depend on the tree for physical support but photosynthesize their own food. The fox continued to lie still. Winner, Behavior: Birds—High on a ledge, on the coast near his home in northern Norway, Rikardsen carefully positioned an old tree branch that he hoped would make a perfect golden-eagle lookout. Issued by the Natural History Museum, The moment by Yongqing Bao, was the 2019 joint winner of the Behaviour: Mammals category at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Shadows flowed from the undulating slopes around a warm island of sand that the chiru were heading for, leaving braided footprints in their wake. Daniel Kronauer / Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Shooting from his vehicle, Waugh could only just make out its figure on the hillside. Now in its 5th year, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards recently announced the hilarious winning photos for 2019. Fashion Week in Berlin, the departure of former President Donald Trump, bull-taming in India, a snow-covered Great Wall in China, diploma artwork in New York City, and much more, Scenes from a unique moment in American history. These nimble antelopes – the males with long, slender, black horns – are high-altitude specialists and survive at elevations of up to 5,500 meters (18,000 feet), where temperatures fall to -40 ̊C. We celebrate the world’s best bird photography, whilst supporting conservation efforts through imagery and financial support. But the fox itself hadn’t reacted, and was still in the same position. Strong winds, a heavy blizzard and extreme cold (-40°) forced them into a truce. Lying in the snow, Villet was also battling with the brutal weather—not only were his fingers frozen, but the ferocious wind was making it difficult to hold his lens steady. For half an hour, the puma crept up on the guanaco. The owners and sponsors have once again been kind enough to share the following 15 winning images from this year’s competition. was found wandering in leaf litter in the Greater Kruger National Park in South Africa. Snow-plateau nomads, 2019 winner, Animals in Their Environment. The Natural History Museum Director Sir Michael Dixon notes that “this compelling picture captures nature’s ultimate challenge – its battle for survival.”. A marmot reacts with shock as it ventures out … From his vantage point a kilometer away, Fan drew the contrasting elements together before they vanished into the warmth of sun and sand. After 17 days on the move, the colony would then find shelter and stay put while the queen laid more eggs, resuming wandering after three weeks. "Land Of The Eagle" By Audun Rikardsen, Norway, Behaviour: Birds, Winner 2019. #, Humming Surprise. Choose the People’s choice award for Wildlife Photography of the Year. The competition brings a fresh angle to wildlife photographer, celebrating the amusing moments that keen nature photographers … It takes three to five hides to make a single shawl – the wool cannot be collected from wild antelopes, so they must be killed. So determined was he to create the photograph he had in mind that he continued firing off frames, unaware that his feet were succumbing to frostbite, which would take months to recover from. Soft natural light, lingering frogs, harmonious colors and dreamy reflections made the perfect photo. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London. I'm a dual Colombian-Luxembourgish freelance journalist, inveterate traveler and writer based in the world's only Grand Duchy. For 30 minutes, she crept up on the guanaco and when she was within about 10 meters (30 feet), she sprinted and jumped. #, Land of the Eagle. Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten’s stunning portrait of two endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys in China’s Qinling mountains has won this … © 2021 Forbes Media LLC. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, founded in 1965, is an annual international showcase of the best in nature photography. A penetrable border is also vitally important for many other species at risk, including Sonoran ocelots and pronghorns. Donald Trump Is Out. So the marmot ventured out of its burrow again to search for plants to graze on. You may opt-out by. The museum’s website has images from previous years and more information about the current contest and exhibition. The increasingly popular Comedy Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition has just announced the winners of its 2019 competition. 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