Overview

• South African photographer Wim van den Heever took the top prize for "Visitante da Cidade Fantasma," depicting a brown hyena in an abandoned diamond-mining town.
• Brazilian photographer Fernando Faciole received the Impact Award for a photo of an orphaned giant anteater following its caregiver at a rehabilitation center.
• Organizers linked Faciole’s image to ICAS’s Tamanduás e Rodovias project, which reduces roadkill using fencing and subterranean crossing tunnels.
• Italian teenager Andrea Dominizi, 17, won Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year for "Após a Destruição," a portrait of habitat loss featuring a long-horned beetle before abandoned machinery.
• The 2025 competition drew entries from 113 countries, with winners announced on 15 October.