South African photographer Wim van den Heever has received this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his image of a brown hyena outside a ruined diamond mining town.

Photographer Wim van den Heever used his decade-old Nikon D810 to capture a rare brown hyena in a ghost town, winning the ...

The town, called Kolmanskop, is a ghost of what it used to be in the early 1900s. Wim's photograph aptly captures its eerie vibe.

Wim van den Heever says it took him ten years to finally photograph the rare and elusive brown hyena in Namibia's abandoned mining town of Kolmanskop.

Wildlife photographers use a mix of patience, perseverance, and perfect timing to capture moments that most of us would never ...

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Where Did This Video Take Place? The video was posted by the Pondoro Game Lodge, which is a luxury safari lodge located within the Balule Nature Reserve and the Greater Kruger National Park of South ...

An image of a rare hyena standing in front of an abandoned building in a former diamond mining town in Namibia has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 award.