Award-Winning Ecology Photos Remind Us That Nature Is Awesome—and Complicated

“Nature’s Landmine”

Photo: John Benjamin Owens/British Ecological Society

John Benjamin Owens of Bangor University won the Student Prize in the People & Nature category. It shows a Russell’s viper slithering through rice paddies, posing a threat to agricultural workers.

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