Preeti John (UAE) won second prize in the Animal category for her work "Shelter". The photograph captures a baby elephant sheltering beneath its mother's protective body under the scorching sun in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

German photographer Radomir Jakubowski secured first prize in the Bird category for "Black-headed gull". The image captures a gull with outstretched wings preparing to land in the Camargue wetlands, France.

Uwe Hasubek's "Rice fields in Madagascar" received second prize in the Landscape category. The photograph captures sunlight illuminating terraced fields, highlighting contrasting colors across the Madagascar highlands.

Belgian photographer Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove secured second prize in the Nature's Studio category for "Lava dragon". An aerial shot captures molten lava flowing in an active volcanic region of Iceland, incidentally forming the shape of a coiling fire dragon.

German photographer Roy Müller's "Shelter at the ice hole" earned the Special Jury Award. The photograph depicts wild birds seeking sustenance near an ice hole in winter.

German photographer Dieter Damschen won first prize in the Biodiversity category for "Rich in structure". The photograph captures a flock of cranes flying with outstretched wings in the morning mist at Lower Oder Valley National Park, a cross-border nature reserve shared by Germany and Poland.

Israeli photographer Amit Eshel received second prize in the Biodiversity category. The photograph captures a breathtaking moment in the Arctic, Canada, showing a blood-covered Arctic wolf after a hunt confronting a herd of musk oxen. The oxen are arrayed in their characteristic tight defensive formation to protect their territory.