Excellent Wildlife and Nature Pictures

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By sitting in a stream and delicately submerging his camera, Edwin Giesbers managed to photograph a crested newt from beneath the surface as it stopped suspended in the water, surrounded by shadowy trees. (Edwin Giesbers / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015)

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The overall winner of the competition was Canadian photographer Don Gutoski. The judges were moved by his picture of a red fox clutching a lifeless arctic fox in a rare example of the two larger of the two foxes hunting its smaller cousin. The picture was taken in the far north of Canada, where global warming has forced the two species to live in the same areas and compete for the same prey. (Don Gutoski / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015)

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A massive Bryde's whale rips through a shoal of sardines in the picture that won the Underwater category. The whales can eat hundreds of fish in one bite, and the feeding frenzy was captured by photographer Michael AW during the annual sardine run, when billions of sardines migrate along South Africa's Wild Coast. (Michael AW / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015)

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