Winner: Fungi and insect – welcome to my humble abode by Duncan McNaught (Galloway, South Scotland). “

2017 UK ROYAL SOCIETY OF BIOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Winner, Under-18: Small critters moving on a fire urchin – Coleman on Fire by Dheeraj Nanda (Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia). “

Runner-up, U-18: Compact Complexity by Alannah Harding (Queen Alexandra Sixth Form College, North Shields, UK).

Shortlisted

Ghost crab by Javier Herranz Casellas (Nosy Be, Madagascar).

Shortlisted: Out of the darkness by Peter Burkill (Shiretoko Peninsular, Hokkaido, Japan).

Springtail by Marc Brouwer (Genemuiden, the Netherlands).

A world just under the skin by James Patterson (Biology teaching lab, London).

Spawn development by Amy Bateman (Croft Foot farm, Kendal, Cumbria).

Hooks and Anchors by Steve Lowry (Portstewart, Co. Londonderry).

Chara antheridia by Chris Carter (The Lizard, Cornwall UK. Collected by a colleague, Paul Gainey).

The emerald lake by Partha Saha (Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir state of India).

Life in a drop by Anup Deodhar (Western Ghats, Amboli, Maharashtra, India).

Two big eyes by Miao Yong (Zejiang province, China).

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