15 photos won the 2016 Nature Photographer Award

National Geographic magazine has just released the results of the 2016 Nature Photographer of the Year award. The competition draws millions of entries from photographers around the world.

The jury is composed of senior photo editor of National Geographic Kathy Moran as well as famous photographers Joe Riis and Jim Brandenburg.

The competition consists of four categories: actions, landscapes, animal portraits and environmental issues. The highest winner will receive $ 2,500 in cash, medal and a tour worth $ 7,500.

This year, the person named the photographer Greg Lecoeur (France), with the "Sardine fleeing" taken in South Africa. Photo recorded the sight of sardines being hunted by enemies on the way of migration.

Sardines are hunted when migrating in South Africa - (Photo: G. Lecoeur).

Lecoeur said he waited two weeks before taking this picture.

"During the migration process along the coast of South Africa, millions of sardines become good prey for dolphins, flagfish, seabirds, sharks, whales, penguins, and sea lions, " he explained. .

"In recent years, perhaps due to overfishing and climate change, the phenomenon of annual migratory sardines has become more and more unpredictable," he added.

Here are some of the winning photos:

A single bear on the Barter Islands without ice, without snow.Local people said that this winter is unusually warm this year, affecting polar bears because of a lack of winter food . The award-winning photo of the environmental problem category - (Photo: Patty Waymire).

The "Survival" picture taken in Gelderland, Netherlands, shows an oak tree trying to survive in the flooded forest.Photo won the first prize in Landscape category - (Photo: Jacob Kaptein).

Pacific storm.Photo won the third category Landscape - (Photo: Santiago Borja).

Blue meteor, India.Photo of honorable award of Landscape category - (Photo: Prasenjeet Yadav).

Atlantic albatross rests in the rain.Photo won honors category Animal Portrait - (Photo: Mario Suarez Porras).

The "Change of the destiny of the great white heron" photographed in Hungary praised efforts to conserve the great white heron.Photo winning 3 categories of Action - (Photo: Zsolt Kudich).

"Jellyfish Party ", taken in New South Wales, Australia.Honorary prize photo of Action category (Photo: Scott Portelli).

"Live and die", taken at Svalbard & Jan Mayen.The author said they did not know why these polar bears died, but they were more likely to starve due to global warming.Photo won the first prize in the environmental issue category (Photo: Vadim Balakin).

Crows chase the owl out of the territory.Photo of honorable award category Animal Portrait - (Photo: CHIA BOON OO LAWRENCE).

Forest fire in the Spanish coast.Photo awarded honorary category of environmental issues - (Photo: Sergej Chursyn).

Friendship friendship irrespective of skin color, taken in Spain.Photo won 3 categories of Animal Portrait - (Photo: JOSE PESQUERO GOMEZ).

The natural ice rink, Italy, won the second prize of the Landscape category - (Photo: Alessandro Georgza).

"Proud mother", taken in South Miami, Florida, USA, shows that the young fish are born around the mother to avoid being swallowed by larger animals.Photo won the second prize in the category of Animal Portrait - (Photo: Michael O'Neill).

"Outside of Facebook headquarters", shooting salty salt lakes next to Facebook headquarters - where 4,000 people work every day.The photo won the second prize in the environmental issue category (Photo: Chris McCann).