Capturing Ecology 2022: Check out these incredible nature pictures!

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frog.Image source, BES/Roberto García Roa
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How striking are the eyes of the frog in this picture? The overall winner of the competition was this photo of a Helena’s tree frog snapped by conservation photographer and evolutionary biologist Roberto Garcia Roa in Tambopata, Peru.

Image source, BES/Sam Eberhard
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The overall student winner of Capturing Ecology 2022 is Sam Eberhard, an Environmental Studies and Biology student at the University of California. Sam's picture shows some amazing interactions between birds in the air.

Image source, BES/Andreas Eich
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This hermit crab was photographed in Indonesia in its new home, a faded plastic bottle cap, while exploring a beautiful beach. It focuses on the relationship between people and nature.

Image source, BES/Andreas Eich
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This action-packed picture captures a Steenbok trying its best to not become the prey of a leopard desperate to fed her hungry cub!

Image source, BES/Joshua Copping
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How magnificent does this stag look! It's portrait was taken on a crisp Autumn day - do you think he knew he had a little something on his antler?

Image source, BES/Andreas Eich
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This picture also looks at the relationship between people and nature. It shows divers carrying out research underwater in Fiji.