The Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) 2025 have announced the results of the annual competition in the Wildlife/Animals category, recognizing the skill of amateur and professional photographers who draw attention to the amazing world of animals, Naked Science reports.

Highly commended: "Mother's Peace" / © Estebane Rezkallah.

Winner's photo: "Whale Flesh" / © Estebane Rezkallah.

Second place: "The Kingdom of the Deer" / © Hanneke Van Camp.

Third Place: "Sperm Whale in New England" / © Eric Kanigan.

Highly commended: "Great White Egret in Florida" / © Fenqiang Liu.

Highly commended: "Young leopards, less than a month old" / © Emeric Dallou.

Highly commended: "Grizzly Bear Sanctuary" / © Jill Hill.

Highly commended: "Black Leopard in Kenya" / © Marcello Galleano.

Highly commended: "A moose and her cubs ford a mountain river" / © Michael Mihaljevich.

Highly commended: "A female cheetah searches for food for her hungry cubs" / © David Swindler.