Wildlife photography at its best on display at Science Centre Singapore

The prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is organised annually by London’s Natural History Museum. The competition draws entries depicting the astounding diversity of the natural world, taken by people of all ages and experience levels. Participating entries and the winning photos for 2023 are on display at the Science Centre Singapore until October 2024. Entry to the exhibition is free with admission tickets to the centre. Here are some highlights.

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Highly Commended (Category: Under Water) Ghost gobies swim within the branches of a sea fan, showing the biodiversity of a healthy coral reef. Ghost gobies are translucent and so perfectly blend into their surroundings. They grow to be at most three centimetres long and use gorgonian sea fans as a refuge or feeding platform. Healthy coral reefs support a diversity of interconnected species but are at risk due to the warming seas of climate change. — Highly Commended (Category: Underwater) Ghost gobies – small translucent fish – swimming among the branches of a sea fan in a healthy coral reef in Lembeh Strait, in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi.
PHOTO: ALEX MUSTARD/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Category Winner (Category: Under Water) Hippopotamus and her two offspring resting in the clear water of a shallow lake in Kosi Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. Hippos retreat to water or muddy wallows by day, emerging after sunset to graze. They’re fast runners and can propel themselves swiftly under the water with their short legs and webbed feet. — Category Winner (Category: Underwater) A hippopotamus and her two calves resting in the clear water of a shallow lake in Kosi Bay, in South Africa’s iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
PHOTO: MIKE KOROSTELEV/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Category Winner (Category: Animals in their Environment)
Dramatic cliffside clash between two Nubian ibex in Zin Desert, Israel. The battle lasted for about 15 minutes before one male surrendered and the pair parted without serious injury. In the run-up to the mating season, the neck muscles of the males thicken and part of their coat darkens. Rivals begin by sizing each other up, then raising up on their hind legs and ramming their heads together. In some cases, the impact can be so great that their horns break as they collide. — Category Winner (Category: Animals in their Environment) A dramatic cliffside clash between two nubian ibex in Israel’s Zin Desert. Males ritually clash horns in the run-up to mating season.
PHOTO: AMIT ESHEL/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Highly Commended (Category: Animal Portraits) Arctic fox in its ragged summer coat, backlit by the low, midnight sun in Cunningham Inlet, Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada. Despite missing half a hind leg, it appeared to be doing well and moving across a tundra. In the Canadian Arctic, the summer of continuous daylight was nearly over and in a few months darkness would prevail and temperatures would plummet to -40˚C. Arctic foxes don’t hibernate, but instead grow thick, white winter coats that camouflage well with the snow. — Highly Commended (Category: Animal Portraits) An arctic fox, with a ragged summer coat and missing half a hind leg, crossing a tundra in the midnight sun on Somerset Island, in Nunavut, the northernmost territory of Canada.
PHOTO: MARK WILLIAMS/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Highly Commended (Category: Behaviour - Mammals) Lion defends its cubs from a buffalo in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. While a pride of lions can bring down a buffalo, a lone lion with cubs is vulnerable. Buffaloes, though herbivores, can be very aggressive, and their heavy, ridged horns make formidable weapons, capable of goring and killing an adult lion and certainly its cubs. — Highly Commended (Category: Behaviour – Mammals) A lion defends its cubs from a buffalo in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. Buffaloes can be very aggressive, and their ridged horns are capable of goring and killing an adult lion.
PHOTO: OLIVIER GONNET/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Highly Commended (Category: Behaviour - Invertebrates) Two-coloured mason bee builds the roof of its nest by creating tiny piles of sticks on top of empty snail shells near Witzenhausen, Hesse, Germany. Two-coloured mason bees use snail shells for egg laying. They pack the shell with pollen and nectar for their larvae, then seal it with grass and sticky saliva. Humans sometimes consider snails to be pests, but this species could not survive without them. — Highly Commended (Category: Behaviour – Invertebrates) A two-coloured mason bee building its nest with sticks and empty snail shells in Hesse, in central Germany. These bees lay their eggs in the snail shells, which they pack with pollen and nectar for their larvae.
PHOTO: SOLVIN ZANKL/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Highly Commended (Category: Animal Portraits) Plains bison kicking up flurries of snow over its bulky frame in Yellowstone National Park, USA. Plains bison eat mainly grasses and sedges, sweeping their bulky heads from side to side to clear the snow with their muzzles. Males can reach almost four metres long and two metres high at the shoulder. For their size, they can move surprisingly fast, reaching speeds of 60 kilometres per hour. — Highly Commended (Category: Animal Portraits) A plains bison kicking up flurries of snow over its bulky frame in Yellowstone National Park, in the United States.
PHOTO: MAX WAUGH/ WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Highly Commended (Category: Under Water) River chub’s nest attracts an array of other fish species, joining to add their eggs to the perfected site in Whitetop Laurel Creek, Virginia, USA, potentially increasing their collective chance of survival. During spring spawning, male river chubs carry rocks and pebbles sometimes as far as 10 metres to form a mound among which the female can lay her eggs, sheltered from currents and predators. — Highly Commended (Category: Underwater) A male river chub carrying a rock to build a nest in Whitetop Laurel Creek in Virginia, United States, with the nest attracting an array of other fish species to add their eggs.
PHOTO: ISAAC SZABO/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Highly Commended (Category: 10 Years and Under) Coot struggles to stay upright on a frozen pond in Dalian, northeast China while subduing a wriggling loach. Eurasian coots are among the most widespread of birds, with a range that extends across Europe and Asia into North Africa and Australia. They require large areas of open water with nearby cover for nesting. Populations can be affected when their habitat is disturbed by humans. — Highly Commended (Category: 10 Years and Under) A coot struggles to stay upright on a frozen pond in Dalian, north-east China, while subduing a wriggling loach.
PHOTO: ZEYU ZHAI/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Highly Commended (Category: 11-14 Years) Leopard moving unhurriedly, hopping elegantly between rocks along a river in Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. — Highly Commended (Category: 11-14 Years) A leopard hopping elegantly between rocks, in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve. Leopards are the smallest of the big cats and are often seen near water in the Maasai Mara. | Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London.
PHOTO: SHASHWAT HARISH/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

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