2025 wildlife photographer winners; Amazing pictures of the survival and beauty of nature

The Natural History Museum of London announced the winners of the 66th Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 competition. Among more than 60,000 works from 113 countries, selected images depict the beauty, diversity and challenges of the earth’s environment.

The main prize went to Wim van den Hewer from South Africa; An image of a brown hyena in front of the remains of an abandoned city in Namibia, showing “a combination of silence, desolation and survival”. In the Mammal Behavior section, Dennis Stogsdale captured a picture of a caracal hunting a flamingo in the Serengeti National Park. The young photographer of the year award also went to Andrea Domenizzi from Italy, who depicted a long-horned beetle next to abandoned machinery.

The exhibition of the selected works will begin on October 17, 2025 at the Natural History Museum in London, and for the first time, the “Biodiversity Health Index” index will be introduced to measure the extent of nature conservation in the photographed areas.

According to the director of the museum, this exhibition is a combination of advanced science and pure art, and invites visitors to think about the relationship between man and the earth.