Blog
-
British Wildlife Photography Awards 2016: The winners
The British Wildlife Photography Awards celebrate the best of British wildlife as captured on camera by amateur and professional photographers covering everything from animal portraits, animal behaviour to marine life and urban fauna, the awards highlight the great wealth and diversity of British wildlife.
“Hitchhikers” (Lion’s Mane Jellyfish), St Kilda, off the Island of Hirta, Scotland, by George Stoyle
A Southern Yellow Hornbill gobbles down termite snacks, in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. (Willem Kruger//Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016)
Sharing a buffet. (Audun Rikardsen/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016)
British Seasons Winner: Season spring Common weasel, North Yorkshire, England, by Robert E Fuller.
Hidden Britain Winner Emergence, Goring, Oxfordshire, England, by Stephen Darlington.
Winner of the under age 12 category. Cygnet with Swan London, England, Seren Waite (age 10).
Urban Wildlife Winner, The Supermarket Starling, Cornwall, England, by Geoff Trevarthen.
Animal Portraits Winner Contemplation, Mountain hare, Tomatin, Inverness, Scotland, by Jamie Mina.
“Welcome to the Party” (Grey Seal), Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, by Adam Hanlon
“Eye to Eye” (Emerald Damselfly), Cornwall, England, by Ross Hoddinott
Winner of the 12-18 years old category. Kung Fu Puffin, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Rebecca Bunce. Age 18.
Habitat Winner: Living Space, gannets on Bass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland, by Charles Everitt.
British Seasons Winner: Season spring Common weasel, North Yorkshire, England, by Robert E Fuller.
Animal Behaviour Winner Back Garden Babies, Garden spider, Nottinghamshire, England, by Jacqueline Spindley.
A mallard duck peers down at a brown trout, in Hampshire, England. (Paul Colley/British Wildlife Photography Awards 2016)
-
Stunning Microscopic Photography
Microscopes can see what no human eyes can, paired with a camera and a lot of talent, however, photographers can capture this tiny universe and bring it to all of us. We present a collection of incredible microscope photos that will change how you see the world
Eye of a honey bee covered in dandelion pollen
by Ralph Claus Grimm/Nikon Small World
Spore capsule of a moss
by Henri Koskinen/Nikon Small World
Juvenile starfish magnified 10 times.
Nikon Small World
Mouse neurons in culture
Nikon Small World
Antenna of a male moth
Igor Siwanowicz/Nikon Small World
Cross-section of a leaf on a water lily bud
Dr. David Maitland
Close-up of ancient Chinese pottery
Yvonne (Yi-Chieh) Lu
Cow artery cells
Dr. Robert Markus
Stinger of a honey bee
Harry Leung/Nikon Small World
A 10.5-day-old muse embryo
Maria Boulina, Akira Chiba, and Hasitha Samarajeewa/Nikon Small World
Fern sorus at varying stages of maturity
Rogelio Moreno Gill/Nikon Small World
Nerves and blood vessels in a mouse ear skin
Tomoko Yamazaki/Nikon Small World
Aquatic fly larva (Atherix ibis)
captured here at 25 times its true size by Fabrice Parais.
-
Bill Gates thoughts on combating climate change
In their 2016 annual letter Bill and Melinda Gates argue that world needs 'an energy miracle' and believe that such a breakthrough will occur within 15 years.
“I expect the world will discover a clean-energy breakthrough that will save our planet and power our world.”
Watch Bill Gates explaining his prediction in the video below.