--- title: See The Society of Biology's Best Photos Of The Year 2014 description: The Society of Biology holds an annual amateur photography competition. The 2014 theme was home, habitat and shelter. canonical: https://time.com/3541231/society-of-biology-photo-competition/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-27T16:07:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:16.515Z article:section: Science og:title: See The Best Biology Photos Of The Year og:description: The Society of Biology holds an annual amateur photography competition. 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Lukas Gawenda by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 27, 2014 4:07 PM UTC  Two Bisons on the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Lukas Gawenda  A spider at sunset in Predel, Bulgaria. Krasimir Matarov  Parasitoid wasps building clay pots in Borneo, Brunei. Thomas Endlein  Siblings watering newly planted seedlings in Rizal, The Philippines. Ysabel M Victoriano  A leopard in its natural habitat in Karantaka, India. Nagarjun Ram  A farmer protects his family and animals from mosquitos in Gujarat, India. Dimple Pancholi  A tarsier in its natural habitat in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Wolfgang Weinhardt  A plant takes advantage of the available shelter in a dilapidated house in Kolmanskop, Namibia. Kelsey Green  A female blackbird holding a dried mealworm in her mouth in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Billy Clapham  A chick embryo in a hardened eggshell is sustained until full development in Rizal, The Philippines. 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