\u201cThe slow-moving whale sharks feed on snipefish, herded into tight groups at the surface by large schools of speedy bluefin and smaller tropical tuna, leading to a feeding frenzy,\u201d explained Jorge Fontes from the University of the Azores in Portugal.<\/p>\n
A photo of a Kiwikiu being carefully dosed with a few drops of medicine by a scientist was the winner in the Research in Action category.<\/p>\n
A single bite from a mosquito carrying avian malaria can be deadly to this endangered species.<\/p>\n
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The birds used to seek refuge from the insects on the upper slopes of the Haleakala volcano, but because of climate change, the mosquitoes spread to these previously safe areas.<\/p>\n
Now, researchers are developing plans to preserve the species.<\/p>\n
The runner-up in the category shows a researcher collecting a sediment core in the wetlands of the Florida Everglades, as part of a study investigating methods of reducing phosphorous pollution in the area.<\/p>\n
The Protecting Our Planet category winner shows a park ranger assessing coral health at Lady Musgrave Reef in the
southern Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n
The Great Barrier Reef experienced its fifth mass bleaching episode since 2016 between February 2023 and April 2024, each episode caused by heat stress linked to manmade climate change.<\/p>\n
A tragic image of a Bonelli\u2019s eagle lying dead beneath the power lines which killed her is the runner-up in the category, the GPS transponder which allowed researchers to track her still clearly visible.<\/p>\n
Alwin Hardenbol, from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, photographed an arctic skua attempting to steal a black-legged kittiwake\u2019s fish, to win the Relationships in Nature category.<\/p>\n
In the runner-up image in the category, two long-horned bees seek shelter on a Helen\u2019s Bee orchid, which mimics sheltered areas to attract the insects.<\/p>\n
A non-pollinating fig wasp, depicted at the moment it deposits its eggs inside the fig, is the winning
image in the Life Close-Up category.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven how difficult it is to even spot a tiny fig wasp, which measures just a couple of millimetres, taking this photo would have been a real challenge. Capturing this brief moment tells a great story,\u201d said BMC Zoology board member Brock Fenton.<\/p>\n
The runner-up picture in the category shows a section of a fossilised Megapnosaurus femur, viewed through a microscope.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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