The parasite that causes toxoplasmosis could play a bigger role in animal behavior than we thought, according to a first-of-its-kind study in Kenya. The research also shows that the generally nonfatal ...

A “haunting” image of a hyena in a mining ghost town that took a decade to capture has won this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. The shot by South African wildlife photographer Wim ...

A hyena prowling an abandoned mining town and a beetle perched to witness the destruction of its forest habitat are the winners of the year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The two ...

Alongside the overall winning images, category winners were awarded for a range of subjects, such as animal portraits, animals in their environment, behaviour of mammals, amphibians and reptiles, ...

The story behind the award-winning photo of an elusive brown hyena bringing new life to the Namib Desert. At night, the long-abandoned diamond mining town of Kolmanskop is almost empty. The tourists ...

South African wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever was announced as the Natural History Museum London's Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 for his photograph of a hyena at an abandoned town in ...

South African wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever has been announced as Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 for his powerful image, ‘Ghost Town Visitor’. The competition’s Young Wildlife ...

Highlighting the best wildlife photography across land and sea, see some of the winning photos from this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. South African photographer Wim van den Heever ...

It took ten years for Wim van den Heever to capture his perfect shot. After noticing paw prints and scat in an abandoned mining town along the coast of southern Namibia, he saw an opportunity to snap ...

A “haunting” image of a hyena in a mining ghost town that took a decade to capture has won this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. The shot was selected out of a record-breaking 60,636 ...