{"id":23958,"date":"2023-02-09T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=136531"},"modified":"2023-02-09T06:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T05:35:21","slug":"worlds-most-adorable-foxes-and-mind-blowing-snow-leopards-best-of-this-years-wildlife-photographer-entries","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/worlds-most-adorable-foxes-and-mind-blowing-snow-leopards-best-of-this-years-wildlife-photographer-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s most adorable foxes and mind-blowing snow leopards: Best of this year\u2019s Wildlife Photographer entries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sascha Fonseca’s image of the elusive Snow Leopard wins the popular vote in the latest Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. <\/p>

By James Cutmore\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 09 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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During a three-year project, photographer Sascha Fonseca managed to capture an amazing image of the elusive snow leopard gazing out across the mountains of Ladakh, high in the Indian\u00a0Himalayas. His reward for this hard work is the coveted prize of Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/a> People\u2019s Choice Award winner for 2023.<\/p>\n

Snow leopards face many threats to their survival, including poaching and habitat loss. Local herders also kill them in order to protect their own livestock, meaning that snow leopard numbers have decreased by over 20 per cent in the past twenty years.<\/p>\n

The image received the most votes from the 25 images that made it on the shortlist for this year\u2019s prize. Other ranked images included a truly heartbreaking image of a vervet monkey baby still clinging to its mother after it had been killed by a leopard (warning: the image, featured at the end of this article, isn\u2019t for the faint-hearted).<\/p>\n

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum<\/a>, London. The winning images will appear in a special exhibition that will run at the Natural History Museum until 2 July 2023.<\/p>\n

World of the snow leopard \u2013 Overall winner<\/h2>\n
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A beautiful snow leopard (Panthera uncia<\/i>) triggers a bait-free camera trap high up in the Indian Himalayas.\u00a0Photo by Sascha Fonseca\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Among the flowers \u2013 Top 5<\/h2>\n
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A polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus<\/i>)\u00a0plays in a field of fireweed on the coast of Hudson Bay, Canada. Every so often the cub takes a break from play, stands on its hind legs, and makes sure its mother is still nearby. Photo by Martin Gregus\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Fox affection \u2013 Top 5<\/h2>\n
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A pair of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes<\/i>) greet each other in the snow-covered landscape of North Shore on Prince Edward Island, Canada.\u00a0<\/span>Photo by Brittany Crossman\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Portrait of Olobor \u2013 Top 5<\/h2>\n
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A male lion (Panthera\u00a0Leo<\/i>) is pictured as he rests in vegetation that has recently been burnt by local herdsmen to encourage new growth. He is known as Olobor, and is one of the dominant males in a pride of lions in Black Rock, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.\u00a0<\/span>Photo by Marina Cano\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

More images from BBC<\/em>\u00a0Science Focus<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n