13 riveting images from the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards
Popular Science Team
created: Oct. 25, 2025, noon | updated: Nov. 4, 2025, 1:04 p.m.
This is the scene photographer Dennis Stogsdill witnessed and his image of the encounter earned top honors at the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards in the “Behaviour: Mammals” category.
South African wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever earned the prestigious title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 for his striking image, “Ghost Town Visitor” (seen below).
Credit: Luca Lorenz / Wildlife Photographer of the Year“Frolicking Frogs”Winner, Behaviour: Amphibians and ReptilesQuentin Martinez (France) discovers a gathering of lesser tree frogs in a breeding event.
This breakthrough paves the way for saving the rare northern white rhino from extinction, as scientists can take the next crucial steps towards transferring the first northern white rhino embryo into a southern white rhino surrogate.
Credit: Audun Rikardsen / Wildlife Photographer of the Year Audun Rikardsen
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