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Lynx, tiger and tadpoles, oh my: See the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners

2:12pm October 09, 2024

A lynx stretching in the sun, tadpoles swimming beneath lily pads and an investigator dusting a tusk for prints are among the winning images from the newest Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.

Portfolio Award Winner: The ancient mariner. Pangatalan Island, Palawan, the Philippines. The tri-spine horseshoe crab has survived for more than 100 million years but now faces habitat destruction and overfishing for food and for its blood, used in the development of vaccines.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners show the beauty — and precarity — of nature

11:34am October 11, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The winning photographs star different species from around the world, all highlighting the interplay between animals and humans. The two grand titles went to shots of a horseshoe crab and barn owls.

Dome home by Vidyun R Hebbar, India, Winner, 10 Years and Under. Vidyun R Hebbar watches a tent spider as a tuk-tuk passes by. Exploring his local theme park, he found an occupied spider's web in a gap in a wall. A passing tuk-tuk provided a backdrop of r

Immerse yourself in nature with these 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year images

5:24pm October 13, 2021

The top two winners of the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were selected from more than 50,000 entries worldwide. They are a biologist from France and a 10 year old from India.

Meet some of the nightmarish parasites that live in London's Natural History Museum. Fortunately, they reside in jars.

Health & Safety

Fleas Are Great! But Watch Out For A Worm That Looks Like Vermicelli

1:44pm October 29, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

In honor of Halloween, NPR gets a guided tour of parasites that reside in London's Natural History Museum.

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