Roberto Garcia Roa was the winner in the "Individuals and Populations" category, thanks to this photo of a flock of gulls over a rice field in Valencia, Spain.
Roberto Garcia Roa was the winner in the "Individuals and Populations" category, thanks to this photo of a flock of gulls over a rice field in Valencia, Spain.
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Raul Costa-Pereira won "The Art of Ecology" category with this photo showing a mosaic of mosses, lichens and fungi on an Amazonian palm tree in Brazil.
Raul Costa-Pereira won "The Art of Ecology" category with this photo showing a mosaic of mosses, lichens and fungi on an Amazonian palm tree in Brazil.
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Pete Hudson won the "Ecology in Action" category with this image of a fruit bat being sampled in Bangladesh.
Pete Hudson won the "Ecology in Action" category with this image of a fruit bat being sampled in Bangladesh.
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Alicia Hayden's image of moss growing on a wall in Cornwall, England, led to her being crowned winner of the "Up Close and Personal" category.
Alicia Hayden's image of moss growing on a wall in Cornwall, England, led to her being crowned winner of the "Up Close and Personal" category.
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Jack Marcus Smith won the student prize in the "Up Close and Personal" category with this image of a blowfly.
Jack Marcus Smith won the student prize in the "Up Close and Personal" category with this image of a blowfly.
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Dani Davis was the overall student winner with this image of a green lynx spider and the bumblebee it had just caught.
Dani Davis was the overall student winner with this image of a green lynx spider and the bumblebee it had just caught.
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Vijay Karthick won the "Dynamic Ecosystems" category with this image of a snail eating a kind of fungi known as dead man's fingers in India.
Vijay Karthick won the "Dynamic Ecosystems" category with this image of a snail eating a kind of fungi known as dead man's fingers in India.
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The overall winner of the competition was Rebecca Nason's image of a Kumlien's gull, which she took in Lerwick, Shetland.
The overall winner of the competition was Rebecca Nason's image of a Kumlien's gull, which she took in Lerwick, Shetland.
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The student prize in the "People and Nature" category was won by John Benjamin Owens with this image of the Russell's viper, which often lives in rice paddies in India.
The student prize in the "People and Nature" category was won by John Benjamin Owens with this image of the Russell's viper, which often lives in rice paddies in India.
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Jack Marcus Smith won the student prize in the "Individuals and Populations" section with this photo of a granular poison dart frog standing guard over his territory.
Jack Marcus Smith won the student prize in the "Individuals and Populations" section with this photo of a granular poison dart frog standing guard over his territory.
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The student prize in the "Dynamic Ecosystems" category went to Dani Davis for this photo of a jumping spider with a butterfly it just caught.
The student prize in the "Dynamic Ecosystems" category went to Dani Davis for this photo of a jumping spider with a butterfly it just caught.
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Joshua Powell won the student prize in "Ecology in Action" with this image of a female Asiatic black bear being prepared for transport in South Korea.
Joshua Powell won the student prize in "Ecology in Action" with this image of a female Asiatic black bear being prepared for transport in South Korea.
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Alicia Hayden took home the student prize in "The Art of Ecology" category with this photo of a spider repairing its web in the light of a streetlight in Exeter, England.
Alicia Hayden took home the student prize in "The Art of Ecology" category with this photo of a spider repairing its web in the light of a streetlight in Exeter, England.
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Roberto Garcia Roa was runner-up in the overall competition with this image of a recently discovered cave-dwelling bug known as the "fairy of the Valencian forests" that lives in a few caves in Spain.
Roberto Garcia Roa was runner-up in the overall competition with this image of a recently discovered cave-dwelling bug known as the "fairy of the Valencian forests" that lives in a few caves in Spain.
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Molly Dunn won the "People and Nature" category with this photo of ivy vines stretching across a wall in Florence, Italy.
Molly Dunn won the "People and Nature" category with this photo of ivy vines stretching across a wall in Florence, Italy.
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