Natural Environment Blog

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that a shortlist had been chosen for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 hosted by the Natural History Museum in London and BBC Wildlife Magazine.

The winners have now been announced for this year’s competition.

The photos came under the following categories:

Overall winners

• Wildlife Photographer of the Year
• Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Special awards

• Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Wildlife
• One Earth Award

Adult awards 

• Animal Behaviour: Birds
• Animal Behaviour: Mammals
• Animal Behaviour: All Other Animals
• The Underwater World
• Animal Portraits
• In Praise of Plants
• Urban and Garden Wildlife
• Wild Places
• Animals in their Environment
• Nature in Black and White
• Creative Visions of Nature

Junior awards

• Ten years and under
• 11-14 years old
• 15-17 years old

You can click on the links above to go directly to the relevant photos.

Alternatively, you can view the winning photos on the Natural History Museum website or the New Scientist website.

Tags: photographs, wildlife photography

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