A Canada lynx leads its family through a snowstorm. A common merganser chick dives in search of a meal. A wildfire consumes moss on a rock face in a scene of deadly beauty. The winning images of Canadian Geographic ’s 2025 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year competition offer a tantalizing glimpse into the secret lives of animals and the natural processes that shape our world. One photographer’s body of work stood out among all the entries. The 2025 Canadian Wildlife Photographer of the Year is Maxime Légaré-Vézina of Quebec City, who now begins a two-year term as the Audain Emerging Photographer-in-Residence with Canadian Geographic . Thanks to the generous support of the Audain Foundation , whose conservation mandate is focused on British Columbia, Légaré-Vézina will have t

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