{"id":5710,"date":"2021-10-31T21:15:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T21:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farpics.com\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2021-11-03T15:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:35:59","slug":"uk-royal-society-of-biology-photography-competition-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farpics.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/31\/uk-royal-society-of-biology-photography-competition-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632ce_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406222\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/ce\/32\/000632ce_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Winner; Mutualism. Thane, India. The mutualistic relationship between ant and aphid. The ants consume honeydew excreted by a yellow aphid, and in return the ants protect the aphid from other organisms such as red mites. (Photo by Vishwanath Birje\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winner; Mutualism. Thane, India. The mutualistic relationship between ant and aphid. The ants consume honeydew excreted by a yellow aphid, and in return the ants protect the aphid from other <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organism#:~:text=In%20biology%2C%20an%20organism%20(from,functions%20as%20an%20individual%20entity.&amp;text=Organisms%20are%20classified%20by%20taxonomy,protists%2C%20bacteria%2C%20and%20archaea.\">organisms<\/a> such as red mites. (Photo by Vishwanath Birje\/Royal Society of Biology <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photography\">Photography<\/a> Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632cf_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406223\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/cf\/32\/000632cf_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Runner-up; Fractals. UK. The patterns in this image are of Bacillus subtilis being grown on a dextrose agar plate. The patterns form depending on the conditions of the bacteria\u2019s environment and how bacterial cells move after coming into contact with each other. (Photo by Alice Feng\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"479\" height=\"639\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Runner-up; Fractals. UK. The patterns in this image are of Bacillus subtilis being grown on a dextrose agar plate. The patterns form depending on the conditions of the bacteria\u2019s environment and how bacterial cells move after coming into contact with each other. (Photo by Alice Feng\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632d0_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406224\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/d0\/32\/000632d0_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Shortlisted; The hunt. West Bengal, India. The interaction between the jewel wasp and cockroach is anything but friendly. The jewel wasp injects venom into the cockroach\u2019s brain, paralysing the latter. The wasp then lays an egg in the zombified cockroach. (Photo by Ripan Biswas\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"639\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted; The hunt. West Bengal, India. The interaction between the jewel wasp and cockroach is anything but friendly. The jewel wasp injects venom into the cockroach\u2019s brain, paralysing the latter. The wasp then lays an egg in the zombified cockroach. (Photo by Ripan Biswas\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632d1_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406225\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/d1\/32\/000632d1_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Shortlisted; Bite for survival. Bangkok, Thailand. The tokay gecko bites back despite being held in the coils of the golden tree snake. (Photo by Wei Fu\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"479\" height=\"639\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted; Bite for survival. Bangkok, Thailand. The tokay gecko bites back despite being held in the coils of the golden tree snake. (Photo by Wei Fu\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632d2_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406226\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/d2\/32\/000632d2_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Highly commended; Watering hole antics. Kenya. A pair of Grevy\u2019s zebra drink from a watering hole. (Photo by Hayden Wood\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highly commended; Watering hole antics. Kenya. A pair of Grevy\u2019s zebra drink from a watering hole. (Photo by Hayden Wood\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632d3_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406227\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/d3\/32\/000632d3_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Winner; Submerged. Somerset, UK. A tyre being reclaimed by nature in the Vallis Forest, Somerset, showing the connection between people and the natural world. (Photo by Roan Jones\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winner; Submerged. Somerset, UK. A tyre being reclaimed by nature in the Vallis Forest, Somerset, showing the connection between people and the natural world. (Photo by Roan Jones\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632d4_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406228\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/d4\/32\/000632d4_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Shortlisted; Solar power plant. Zhejiang province, China. A large group of night herons perch on solar power panels at dusk. (Photo by Gu Guanghui\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"639\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted; Solar power plant. Zhejiang province, China. A large group of night herons perch on solar power panels at dusk. (Photo by Gu Guanghui\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632d5_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406229\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/d5\/32\/000632d5_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Shortlisted; Spiderman of our body. Missouri, USA. Immune cells communicate with each other to protect our body from invading foreign particles or micro-organisms. Here, neutrophil cells (light blue) release web-like structures (yellow) to defend against tuberculosis bacteria (pink). (Photo by Chanchal Sur Chowdhury\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted; Spiderman of our body. Missouri, USA. Immune cells communicate with each other to protect our body from invading foreign particles or micro-organisms. Here, neutrophil cells (light blue) release web-like structures (yellow) to defend against tuberculosis bacteria (pink). (Photo by Chanchal Sur Chowdhury\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632d6_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406230\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/d6\/32\/000632d6_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Shortlisted; A tiny gathering. Pampanga, Philippines. A small group of thief ants are gathered to enjoy a few drops of syrup on top of a wax apple leaf. (Photo by John Ishide Bulanadi\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"521\" height=\"639\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted; A tiny gathering. Pampanga, Philippines. A small group of thief ants are gathered to enjoy a few drops of syrup on top of a wax apple leaf. (Photo by John Ishide Bulanadi\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632d7_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406231\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/d7\/32\/000632d7_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Shortlisted; The plague. Borana, Kenya. In 2019, Kenya and most of east Africa saw its worst locust outbreak in 70 years. Varying weather due to climate change and travel and shipping restrictions have meant the outbreaks are getting larger and harder to control. (Photo by Henry Harte\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"639\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted; The plague. Borana, Kenya. In 2019, Kenya and most of east Africa saw its worst locust outbreak in 70 years. Varying weather due to climate change and travel and shipping restrictions have meant the outbreaks are getting larger and harder to control. (Photo by Henry Harte\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632d8_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406232\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/d8\/32\/000632d8_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Shortlisted; Family quarrel. C\u00f3rdoba, Spain. Bee-eaters are easily spotted birds because of their colours. They spend most of their time flying in search of insects. (Photo by Alfonso Rold\u00e1n Losada\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted; Family quarrel. C\u00f3rdoba, Spain. Bee-eaters are easily spotted birds because of their colours. They spend most of their time flying in search of insects. (Photo by Alfonso Rold\u00e1n Losada\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"picture\" href=\"http:\/\/farpics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/000632d9_medium.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"external_img_406233\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pix.avax.news\/avaxnews\/d9\/32\/000632d9_medium.jpeg\" alt=\"Runner-up; Hon Yen marine ecosystem. Phu Yen, Vietnam. Every year between May and August, the coral of this rich and diverse ecosystem becomes exposed at low tide. (Photo by Truong Hoai Vu\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Runner-up; Hon Yen marine ecosystem. Phu Yen, Vietnam. Every year between May and August, the coral of this rich and diverse ecosystem becomes exposed at low tide. (Photo by Truong Hoai Vu\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winner; Mutualism. Thane, India. The mutualistic relationship between ant and aphid. The ants consume honeydew excreted by a yellow aphid, and in return the ants protect the aphid from other organisms such as red mites. (Photo by Vishwanath Birje\/Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition) Runner-up; Fractals. UK. 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