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Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action. London CNN —A magical underwater image of western toad tadpoles has won the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. “A photographer attempting to capture this moment not only brings great skill, but incredible attention to detail, patience and perseverance,” Moran said in the statement. An exhibition of 100 awarded images will open at the museum on Friday.
Persons: Shane Gross, “ Shane, Kathy Moran, Alexis Tinker, , ” Moran, , Doug Gurr Organizations: CNN, Initiative, London CNN, Geographic, Young Wildlife Locations: Lake, Vancouver, British Columbia
CNN —A spooky image of a mushroom, a beached orca taking its final breaths, and a pair of Nubian ibex battling on a clifftop are among the winning images of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 competition. In many parts of the world, horseshoe crabs continue to be harvested for their blue blood, which is used in the development of vaccines. Young photographer Carmel Bechler discovered several barn owls in an abandoned concrete building near a busy road. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year, in its 59th year, is produced by the Natural History Museum of London. By showcasing the diversity of life on Earth, the competition hopes to inspire people to care and advocate for the natural world.
Persons: Laurent Ballesta, Ballesta, , , Kathy Moran, Carmel Bechler, Doug Gurr Organizations: CNN, Wildlife, Young Wildlife, of London Locations: Mexico, Indonesia’s, Jakarta, Young, Carmel
A cast of the Patagotitan mayorum dinosaur is being displayed at London's Natural History Museum. The dinosaur giant lived on Earth about 100 million years ago and weighed as much as 57 tons. The new exhibit features a cast of the giant Patagotitan mayorum — a gargantuan dinosaur belonging to a group known as titanosaurs — visitors can touch, walk under, and appreciate its massive size. Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London"The replica is a composite – it incorporates bones from at least six different individuals found at the site," Sinead Marron, exhibition and interpretation manager at the museum, told CNN. "There is nothing that comes close to Patagotitan walking the Earth today – so in this case, seeing is believing.
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