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The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year (WPY) exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London is a show of work of the world's 105 best nature photographers awarded for their artistic composition, technical innovation and truthful interpretation of wildlife on our planet.
From the jungles to the deep polar seas, it’s a chance to meet the creatures that rely on these places, come face-to-face with species at risk of extinction as well as those we’ve brought back from the brink, and to see first-hand how human activities, both good and bad, are shaping the natural world we rely on.
Here’s a selection of 12 awe-inspiring images authorized by the museum for this article that should leave you amazed by the beauty and diversity of nature but also with a renewed drive to do what you can to protect it.
“Photography allows us to tell powerful stories about the wildlife we share this planet with - a beautiful but increasingly fragile place,” the WPY organizers said.
“Wildlife photography can help you to connect with, and make a positive impact on the natural world as we all have our part to play in helping to find solutions to the planetary emergency.”
Using photography's unique emotive power, the annual competition and touring exhibition seeks to create advocates for the planet by shining a light on inspiring and impactful stories from the natural world.
The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year exhibition is open until June 30.
If you can’t make it to London, it will tour in the UK and internationally throughout this year.
You can also see the WPY images from the current and previous years' competitions here.
In this photo taken at Chitabe Camp in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, a porcupine uses its spiky quills to defend itself against a leopard. Photographer Dana Allen noticed the young leopard first and followed its interaction with the porcupine. “The leopard kept trying to reach his paw around the front or underneath but the porcupine would always turn to present its sharp side or try to reverse into its attacker.”
Leopards will eat anything from insects to large antelopes but a Cape porcupine makes a formidable opponent. When threatened, these large rodents raise and spread their quills and rattle them menacingly.
Two juvenile black-winged kites attempt to grab an incoming meal in a tense aerial face-off in the Agamon Hula-JNF Birdwatching and Nature Park, Upper Galilee, Israel.
Yossi Eshbol had been watching the chicks since they had hatched 45 days before, and this moment represented the highest they had yet flown. The parents of these black-winged kites were the first to nest in Israel.
Since 2011, this species has spread throughout the country, breeding year round, with possibly as many as 100 pairs now in
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Brought to Japan as a six month old baby from Thailand, the elephant Miyako has spent 50 years living in cramped, solitary confinement at the Utsunomiya Zoo about one hour outside of Tokyo.Unlike elephants in the wild who live in extended family groups and wander for miles on a daily basis, Miyako spends her days standing listlessly on a small concrete platform amid her own feces. And when she’s not exhibited on that platform for zoo visitors, Miyako is locked in small, dark indoor space.
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