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Kyriakos Kaziras France 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Professional "Soul of the sea" This polar bear reminds me of a child getting out of the bath. |
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Denis Ryan USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Professional "Endurance" A mother brown bear leads her cubs through Alaska’s rain, teaching resilience in the wild. |
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Jeff Schewe USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Professional "Jellyfish" |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Transfer of Wisdom" Two elephants stand close, gently interacting - as if passing wisdom in silence. From our series "An Ode to Stillness" - a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in stillness. |
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Steve Sorensen USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "A Gathering" A very busy light pole in New York, birds of a feather. |
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Jeff Bullied Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Antarctic Reverie" “Luck is when preparation meets opportunity". |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Diminution" A tree and two giraffes stood in quiet alignment - each smaller than the last. From our series "An Ode to Stillness" - a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in stillness. |
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Kyriakos Kaziras France Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Follow that dream" The snow has melted and the polar bear's position reminds us of the two snowfields in the background. |
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Tom Schandy Norway Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Brown bear in cotton wool" Brown bear in cotton wool, low perspective. Wool looks like snow falling. From hide in Finland |
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Fenqiang Liu USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Wings of the Forest" A Great Egret flies through the enchanted Florida woods beneath the spring morning sun. |
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Bjorn H Stuedal Norway Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Attack" |
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Wolf Ademeit Germany Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Rivalen" Rhinoceros bulls fighting for the hierarchy |
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Eric Kanigan USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Put Your Feet Up" A Japanese macaque resting in a natural hot spring during a January snowfall |
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Kyriakos Kaziras France Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "You don't know" Playful young polar bear |
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Julien Regamey Switzerland Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "L'avant garde du flou" Lycaons / Parc National Kruger, Afrique du Sud |
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Peter Ydeen USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Sheepheads" Sheep tied together in a market in Kashgar China |
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Mel Lindstrom USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "1223_706_134B" |
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Roie Galitz Israel Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Arctic Fox" A curious Arctic Fox getting super low on the snow, checking out the camera |
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Joerg Barkholz Germany Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Gray heron" gray heron standing on Ice |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Abracadabra" An elephant seems to vanish in a side-lit cloud of dust, like a conjurer mid-act. From our series "An Ode to Stillness" - a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in stillness. |
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Clarence Lin USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Untitled, Koi #1" |
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Con van Staa Netherlands Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Zebras" hidden |
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Shogo Shimiya Japan Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Between Stillness and Flow 2025" The Turtle Gazes Up at the Butterfly, as the Koi Drifts By. |
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Maeva Jacquet France Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Le passage du lien" |
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Steven Benson USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Dog, Barcelona" |
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John W. McDermott USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "A Flock in the Mist" |
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Jano Stovka Slovak Republic Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Aquila" slovakia, Å¡tiavnica hills |
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Jay Drew New Zealand Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Sticking Out & Blending In" A rare kÅtuku (white heron, NZ) viewed from beneath; it's beak mimicking the tree branches |
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Kisa Kavass USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Warriors" |
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Eric Kanigan USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Where the Wild Things Were" A silverback mountain gorilla on the fringe of Volcanoes National Park |
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Massimo Giorgetta Italy Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "The hunt is on" Mexico - Isla Magdalena - Pacific Ocean |
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Johan Siggesson Malta Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Soul to Soul" Lioness drinking from a waterhole in Masai Mara |
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Alan Lo Hong Kong Nominee Wildlife Professional "Spinner shark #1" taken in the deep South of Maldives |
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Alexander Friedrich Beck Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Camouflage" analog techique middle format |
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Alison Jones USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Elephant Seals in Argentina's Peninsula Valdes" Establishing Male Dominance |
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Bjorn H Stuedal Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bearcub" |
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Bob Canepa USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Snowy egret taking flight" DISTURBED EGRET TAKES FLIGHT |
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Bonnie Mercadante USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wading In The Wild" Pelicans gathered by the water's edge in the Morro Bay, California wetlands |
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Brian Eastwood New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Curious Lemur" |
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Brian Eastwood New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lemur" |
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Brian Eastwood New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Spider Monkey" |
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Chengbin Zhang China (PRC) Nominee Wildlife Professional "Spider" Backlit to reveal dew drops glistening like tiny jewels.The spider sits motionless at its creation. |
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Clarence Lin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sea Turtle Near Green Island #2" Green Island (also known as Ludao or Lyudao), Taitung County, Taiwan. |
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Clark James Mishler USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Alaska Bears" Alaska Bears, Sitka Airport |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Snowy Egret" |
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Donn Dobkin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Snack Attack" A grackle's morning snack during snow flurries, Bennington Vermont. |
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Donn Dobkin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Snowbird" A dark-eyed junco with snow on its beak and underfoot, pausing for a moment, Leesburg, Virginia |
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Ed Kreminski USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mystic River Lifeform" A jellyfish swimming at the surface of the Mystic River in Mystic CT |
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Edwin Loyola Philippines Nominee Wildlife Professional "S n a i l" |
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Eleszabeth McNeel USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Frantic" |
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Eric Kanigan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Squid Games" The largest predator on the planet lives a life of mystery, spending 75% of it's life in darkness. |
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Gray Eaton UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Searching Through The Mist" A female Moose stands lonely in the misty Lake. Maligne Lake, Alberta, Canada |
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Gray Eaton UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Alone in Knight Inlet" A Humpback Whale diving in Knight Inlet, British Columbia, Canada |
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H. Allen Benowitz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lustful Boxer" A boxer, trying to behave by staying on the sidewalk, lusts to reach the ball and play. |
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Hans Strand Sweden Nominee Wildlife Professional "Penguin Colony, Cuverville Island, Antarctica 2016" I photographed this colony of gentoo penguins during my trip to Antarctica in2016. |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Juvenile Eagle Hunting #2" Juvenile Bald Eagle on the hunt at the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River in Maryland. |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Angry Eagle" Bald Eagle in tree near the Conowingo Dam, Darlington, Maryland. |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Swallowtail Dinnertime #2" A Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly sipping nectar from the flower of a common buttonbush at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge on the eastern shore of Maryland. |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Peek-A-Boo #2" American alliigator head sticking out of the water at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Giant Panda Snacktime #2" Giant Panda getting ready to enjoy a bamboo snack at the National Zoo, Washington, DC. |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Taking Flight #2" Silhouette of great egret taking off from tree branch at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. |
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Jean-Charles Folliet France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Edgar Allan" |
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Jean-Charles Folliet France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Noctambules" |
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Jennifere Thompson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Icu Too, Western Lowland Gorilla" ICU TOO Western Lowland Gorilla |
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Jennifere Thompson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Icu Too, Waiting Time" ICU TOO Waiting Time Orangutan |
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Jessica Davis USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Quiet Command" Perfectly poised atop a kopje, a lion surveys the Serengeti skies of Tanzania. |
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Jessica Davis USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "High Ground" A cheetah watches over the Serengeti beneath storm clouds in Tanzania. |
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Jessica Davis USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Guarding" A lioness protects her cubs in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. |
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Joerg Barkholz Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Frog" The Look |
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Joerg Barkholz Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Butterfly" Butterfly |
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Johan Siggesson Malta Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dance of Dominance" 2 stallions sparring to decide ranks |
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Johan Siggesson Malta Nominee Wildlife Professional "Equilibrium" Young giraffe posing in Serengeti |
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Julie Shipman USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Eyes On Me" This seagull was protecting her nest near where I stood. She dived at me as I took the shot. |
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Julie Shipman USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Aerodynamic" Nature's perfect aerodynamics; heron in flight. |
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Julien Regamey Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tendresse animale" Girafe et son petit - Parc National Kruger, Afrique du Sud |
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Karym Murphy USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Gull d'Or" A moment of unexpected elegance—this seagull, caught mid-pose, channels the poise of a winged sculpt |
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Kevin Lohman USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Kilimanjaro Morning Run" A herd of elephants in Amboseli kicks up dust with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background |
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Kirsten Heer Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Stork land to feed the chicks" Heer-Kirsten_Stork lands to feed the chicks |
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Kirsten Heer Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Stork is giving water to the chicks" Heer-Kirsten_Stork is giving water to the chicks |
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Kristen Warning USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Winter Muzzle" The muzzle of a horse sunning herself on a winter's day. |
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Kyriakos Kaziras France Nominee Wildlife Professional "White snow" Young polar bear coming to play. |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus)" Endangered female proboscis monkey in Borneo canopy. |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Western Tarsier (Cephalopachus bancanus)" Nocturnal primate photographed in Borneo |
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Maria Marriott USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wind Dancer" A wild stallion of the WY desert displays powerful presence, elegance and grace. |
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Mike Drazdzinski USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wolfgang" These two wolves appeared in the woods very quietly. For one split moment, they both looked my way before moving on. Wow! |
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Milan Hristev Bulgaria Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sunrise over the lake" |
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Nirav Solanki USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "What's For Dinner?" Dinner Time |
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Pal Hermansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "The jump" Jumping frog in spring |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Swarm" A white rhino stands beneath a swarm of tiny ticks. From our series "An Ode to Stillness" - a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in stillness. |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Conversationalists" On the open plains, two opposites meet - a behemoth in stone grey and a wisp in white. From our series "An Ode to Stillness" - a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in stillness. |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee Wildlife Professional "Flamingo Noir" A pool acts as a mirror for the delicate flamingo, striking even without its pink hues. From our series "An Ode to Stillness"-a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in stillness. |
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Rajesh Dhungana Nepal Nominee Wildlife Professional "Action of Blue Cow" The action of the blue cow (Boselaphus tragocamelus) is the largest antelope of Asia (Nepal). In Nep |
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Remuna Beca USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Curious Baby Manatee" Intimate portrait of a curious baby manatee—an unforgettable encounter filled with mutual curiosity. |
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Remuna Beca USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Curve" Power in motion – the graceful curve of a bull shark. |
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Remuna Beca USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Halo" A green sea turtle rests beneath a radiant halo of light. |
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Remuna Beca USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Illuminated" A sea lion drifts through radiant beams of light. |
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Remuna Beca USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Natural Balance" A pair of Atlantic spotted dolphins swim beneath the waves |
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Remuna Beca USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Whale Ballet" A baby humpback whale performs a joyful ballet in the depths. |
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Remuna Beca USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Oceanic Eyes" Up close with a Critically Endangered Ocean Whitetip Shark. |
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Robert Coates Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "In the Highlands" Created in the Scottish Highlands of a lone Highland Cow. |
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Robyn Finlayson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Egret" Eastern Cattle Egret resplendent in breeding plumage, Qld - Australia |
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Sharon Packer USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Black Knight" Noble Friesian Mare |
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Stuart Vesty USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Expressive" Loving Life |
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Sven Svenson Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "White Cat, Black Silence" Where darkness frames purity |
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Tobias Reymond Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cinta" |
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Tom Krausz Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Jemen chameleon" Jemen Chameleon, living in Jemen and Saudi Arabia, they are loner |
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Tom Krausz Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Highland cattle, meadow" highland cattle standing on a meadow in a winter snow storm, northern Germany |
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Tom Krausz Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Green treepython" This snake lives only in trees of the rainforest, southamerica. |
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Tom Krausz Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cormoran" krausz-tom_cormoran.jpg |
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Valerie G Henry USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Heartbeats" Wild mustangs of Utah navigate the terrain with an elegance. |
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Wai Hoe Mok Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mother and Calf" Mother and calf humpback whale cruising on the surface of the water, under the afternoon sun |
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Ximena Echeverria USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Thundering Hooves" With the river at their feet , the Salt River wild horses thunder forward. |
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