And the winning Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 image was taken with... an eleven-year-old Nikon DSLR

• Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2025 announced
• Overall winner was captured using an 11-year-old Nikon D810 DSLR
• The Canon EOS R5 is the most popular camera amongst competition entrants

The winners of the Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2025r contest have been unveiled, and once again, it’s a set of incredible images. The overall winner was shot by South African photographer, Wim van den Heever, who takes home the Grand Prize.

His image depicts an otherworldly scene of a rare brown hyena exploring the dilapidated remains of the abandoned mining town of Kolmanskop in Namibia, a setting which creates an almost dystopian atmosphere. Van den Heever explains that he worked for almost ten years to capture his composition of a brown hyena in the perfect location, and his patience paid off, creating a haunting mood that reflects the ability of wildlife to recolonize areas once dominated ...