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14 moving images from the 2025 Nature Photographer of the Year awards
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. "A tender and poetic moment unfolds as a butterfly flutters gracefully beside a gorilla's face, its golden hues mirroring the warmth in the animal's eyes." That's how Nature Photographer of the Year Chairman Tin Man Lee artfully described the Animal Portrait category winner (seen above). "The contrast between the fragile insect and the powerful primate evokes a delicate balance between strength and gentleness. More than 24,000 entries from photographers in nearly 100 countries competed at this year's awards. From moments of brutality to tenderness, the contest beautifully showcases the stunning wildlife that calls Earth home. "As a photographer, I'm impulsive and never plan in advance what or how I'm going to photograph.
The Obliging Apocalypse of "Pluribus"
The new sci-fi drama from Vince Gilligan posits an end-of-humanity scenario that everyone other than its protagonist can agree on. Even before her fellow-humans' contamination, Carol didn't seem to have much use for them. On the night that the world as we know it is destroyed, a novelist named Carol Sturka (played by Rhea Seehorn) sees cars and planes veer off course, an emergency room full of convulsing bodies, and her city, Albuquerque, on fire. The President dies under mysterious circumstances, and, more devastatingly for Carol, so does her live-in partner, Helen (Miriam Shor). Then, in less than an hour, the apocalypse cleans up after itself.