Ever wonder what spider silk looks like up close? Like, really up close? The winner of this year’s Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition will surely sate your curiosity. The image above, aptly named “Mesmerizing Spider Threads,” showcases the intricate, looping fibers of Australian net-caster spider (Asianopis subrufa) silk in exquisite detail. Unlike typical web-building arachnids, net-casters hold […]
Here Are the Winners of the 2025 Wildlife Photos of the Year Contest
Nature can be equal parts majestic, heartwarming, and terrifying. The winning entries of the 2025 BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition illustrate that complexity in spades. Biologists, zoologists, and paleontologists from across the world sent in submissions to this year’s contest. The photos were sorted into four categories: “Collective Social Behavior,” “Life […]
Winning Nature Photographs Capture the Gripping Intensity of Animal Life
Nature is scary at all scales. Look no further than the winners of the Nature inFocus photography competition, whose winning photographs for 2024 were recently announced. Life of all sorts are constantly vying for another day on this Earth. Now, the Nature inFocus photography contest winners showcases the environs and interactions of a selection of […]