Winners of the 2024 World Nature Photography Awards

• Alan Taylor
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The winning images and photographers of this year’s World Nature Photography Awards have just been announced. Contest organizers have once more shared some of the winning images, shown below, from their 14 categories. Captions were provided by the photographers and have been lightly edited for style and clarity.

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• Third Place, Behavior—Mammals. Elephants reach for branches at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe. #

  © Lukas Walter / World Nature Photography Awards
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• Second Place, Planet Earth's Landscapes and Environments. Cloud cover above Chile's Villarrica volcano. #

  © Francisco Negroni / World Nature Photography Awards
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• Winner, Behavior—Mammals. A mother zebra and her foal are attacked by a cheetah in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. "That morning, we decided to follow four cheetahs on the hunt. We followed them for hours. We passed herds of topis, gazelles, and zebras. We knew something was going to happen. When, five hours later, our Maasai guide whispered, ‘They are going for the zebras,’ I was convinced they would attack the topis or gazelles dotted across the valley. Seconds later, the cheetahs burst into a small group of zebras. One cheetah ran toward us, clinging onto a foal. In those seconds, I took this picture of the mother zebra launching a last attempt to push her foal away from the attacking cheetah. She failed. I will remember those last seconds for the rest of my life.” #

  © Alexander Brackx / World Nature Photography Awards
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• Winner, Underwater. "A female orca split a herring bait ball while diving through it to get........
  

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