Highly commended: Marti Phillips, Are You Kidding. All images the photographers, courtesy of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, shared with permissionSilliness and Style Take Top Honors in the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography AwardsDecember 13, 2024NaturePhotographyKate MothesA red squirrel diving headlong into a tree snags the top award in the 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards (previously), snapped by Italian photographer Milko Marchetti. He has been sitting on this beauty of a shot for a couple of years now and decided that this year was the year to enter it, the organizers say. We are chuffed he did because this little red squirrel has only gone and won the whole competition!Additional category winners and highly commended images include a beady-eyed mafia boss by Takashi Kubo, a discombobulated eagle by Tapani Linnanmki, and a celebratory mantis by Jose Miguel Gallego Molina. Check out more finalists, including a few that won in their categories, and see the entire gallery on the contests website.Overall winner and Mammal Category winner: Milko Marchetti, Stuck SquirrelHighly commended: Takashi Kubo, Mafia BossPeoples Choice Award category winner: Tapani Linnanmki, Shake, ruffle, rattle, and rollHighly commended: Leslie Mcleod, Hide and SeekHighly commended: Andy Rouse, Alright mate, back off. This is my birdHighly commended: Arvind Mohandas, The Contemplative ChimpanzeeHighly commended: Sanjay Patil, The Rock StarHighly commended: Artur Stankiewicz, Im too sexy for my lovePrevious articleNext article