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Health

Striking photo essay examines deadly spread of dengue fever in Nepal

Photographer Yuri Segalerba explores how dengue has spread to Nepal's Himalayan districts, and how locals are fighting back

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The largest ear of corn grown, W.H. Martin (photografer), The North American Post Card Co. (publisher), 1908. Purchase 2018

Technology

Startling images show how fake news isn’t just a 21st century issue

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Tigerite Rock, Australia

Environment

Stunning photographs show the dynamic patterns of the natural world

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Environment

Stark photos show quest for profit cutting swathes through the Amazon

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Sebastian Di Domenico, Colombia, Shortlist, Latin America Professional Award, Sony World Photography Awards 2026 The Andean bear is the only bear species in South America and is listed as ?Vulnerable? on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In Colombia, the largest population of the species can be found just two hours? drive from Bogota, close to Chingaza National Park. While these curious animals are more herbivorous than many other bear species, they will occasionally kill cattle which attracts more bears into the area and increasingly puts them in contact with locals and visitors. Tourism initiatives and education might hold the key to ensuring a safe future for one of the most important Andean bear populations in Colombia.

Life

Rare Andean bear captured in stunning photograph

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Life

Five stunning images from the Close-up Photographer of the Year awards

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Environment

Sebasti茫o Salgado’s stunning shots of the world’s icy regions

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Life

Images reveal the astonishing complexity of the microscopic world

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Overall winner Mesmerizing spider threads The image shows two exceptional silk threads of the Australian netcaster spider, Asianopis subrufa. Unlike typical web-builders, this spider holds a specialized, sticky net between its four front legs. When an unsuspecting insect approaches, the spider rapidly expands its net and casts it over the prey, a maneuver that demands dramatic extensibility from the supporting lines at the sides of the sticky net. These threads are composed of an elastomeric core encased in a sheath of harder fibers of varying sizes; the result is a structure that is both strong and stretchy. The mesmerizing, looping fibers in the image capture the eye with their meandering fiber bundles, which shift in their complex winding from large to small scales. The image covers 50 microns in width and was captured using a Zeiss GeminiSEM 360 field-emission scanning electron microscope under high vacuum and after coating of Au-Pd. Minimal adjustments of curves and cropping were applied via Adobe Photoshop. Martin J. Ramirez Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales - CONICET "Jonas Wolff, Greifswald University. Website: https://zoologie.uni-greifswald.de/struktur/abteilungen/erc-junior-research-group-evolutionary-biomechanics/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/evoimec.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evoimec/ ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/lab/EVOMEC-Macro-Evolution-Comparative-Biomechanics-and-Biomaterials-Jonas-O-Wolff" Royal Society Photography Competition 2025 overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Mart?n J. Ram?rez. Sample obtained by Jonas Wolff.

Life

Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize

News
Pg. 89, Robert Clark, Flamingo

Life

Birds dazzle and amaze in stunning new photographs

Flamingoes, a kingfisher and two red-crowned cranes are shown in all their glory in these images from the new book Aviary: The bird in contemporary photography

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Humans

Triumphant images of women who climbed to new heights

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Space

Otherworldly space images from a major photography competition

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Life

Rare images capture snow leopard cubs in their dens

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Life

Stunningly intimate octopus image wins aquatic photography prize

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