Canadians win prestigious Wildlife Photographer of Year award [Video]

A photo of a swarm of western toad tadpoles swimming in the waters of Vancouver Island has netted a Canadian photographer a prestigious international award.

Shane Gross’s The Swarm of Life has been named the Adult Grand Title Winner in the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards by the U.K.’s Natural History Museum.

Gross, who was born and raised in Regina and has since called the Bahamas and Vancouver Island home, is one of two Canadians to be honoured, alongside John E. Marriott of Canmore, Alta., whose photo of a family lynx in the Yukon was crowned the winner in the “Animal Portraits” category.

The photos were selected out of 59,228 entries from 117 countries and territories, the museum said in a statement.