NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (AKA BBC) WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Greg du Toit was honored as the 49^th Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his image, “Essence of Elephants,” at the awards ceremony at the Natural History Museum. London, October 15. The evening celebrated this year’s 100 winning images. Fourteen-year-old Udayan Rao Pawar of India was named the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year with “Mother’s Little Headful,” an image of several gharial hatchlings riding on their mother’s head. An exhibition of this year’s images went on display at the Natural History Museum, London, on Friday October 18 and will run through March 24, 2014. For more information and to view the winning images, go to http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/onlineGallery and read more on the competition on the Natural History Museum blog, http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/whats-new?fromGateway=true.