The competition is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum.
Two white storks hunting alongside a fire in Kenya that had been lit to clear bushland are among the images released as part of the Wildlife Photography of the Year awards
Teenager Shashwat Harish, from Kenya, has been highly commended in the 11-14 years category for this image of a leopard crossing a stream Caitlin Henderson, from Australia, caught a possum dismembering a green cicada outside her balcony window.Snow Bison by Max Waugh, from the USA, has been highly commended in the animal portraits category
An image of a rare snow leopard hunting a Pallas’s cat in China has been highly commended in the behaviour: mammals category Chairwoman of the judging panel Kathy Moran said: “What most impressed the jury was the range of subjects, from absolute beauty, rarely seen behaviours and species to images that are stark reminders of what we are doing to the natural world.
A fisherman with his large catch, by Jef Pattyn has been highly commended in the oceans: the bigger picture category
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