Sam Rowley’s Station Squabble, featuring a pair of mice fighting over a scrap of food at a London tube station, has been crowned winner of the wildlife photographer of the year: Lumix people’s choice award. The image, among 25 shortlisted for the competition, will be displayed in an exhibition at the Natural History Museum until 31 May
Highly commended: Matching Outfits by Michel Zoghzoghi, Lebanon
Zoghzoghi was in the Pantanal, Brazil, photographing jaguars. One afternoon, as he was on the Três Irmãos River, a mother and her cub crossed in front of his boat. He watched mesmerised as they left the water holding an anaconda with a very similar pattern to their own
Photograph: Michel Zoghzoghi/2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year/NHM
Highly commended: The Surrogate Mother by Martin Buzora, Canada
Elias Mugambi is a ranger at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya. He often spends weeks away from his family caring for orphaned black rhinos, such as Kitui (pictured). The young rhinos are in the sanctuary as a result of poaching or because their mothers are blind and cannot care for them safely in the wild
Photograph: Martin Buzora/2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year/NHM
Highly commended: Losing the Fight by Aaron Gekoski, UK
Orangutans have been used in degrading performances at Safari World in Bangkok – and many other locations – for decades. The shows were stopped temporarily in 2004 after international pressure. However the shows have since resumed – twice a day, every day – with hundreds of people paying to watch the orangutans box, dance, play the drums and more
Photograph: Damon Copeland/2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year/NHM
Highly commended: Spot the Reindeer by Francis De Andrés, Spain
The conditions for photographing in Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago, are extreme but wildlife has adapted to the environment and its freezing temperatures. De Andrés found this composition of white arctic reindeer, which were observing him, curious and charming.
Photograph: Francis De Andres/2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year/NHM
Winner: Station Squabble by Sam Rowley, UK
Sam discovered the best way to photograph the mice inhabiting London Underground was to lie on the platform and wait. He rarely saw them fight over scraps of food dropped by passengers a few times, possibly because it is so abundant. This squabble seconds before one grabbed a crumb and the pair went their separate ways
Photograph: Sam Rowley/2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year/NHM
Source: The Gaurdian
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