James Cutmore

Picture Editor

James Cutmore is the picture editor of BBC Science Focus Magazine. He also loves a good tinkle on his piano

Recent articles by James Cutmore

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A confiding adult, high in the Cairngorms mountains, forms the shape of a ball as it grooms
Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK

Wildlife Photographer of the Year launches People’s Choice Award

Panning shot of a Dalmatian Pelican. Its tough, but so worth it when it turns out well. This shot was taken with 1/30s, f/8.0, and ISO 800 at 80mm.

Swift Pelican wins top Ecology Photo Prize

Love Heart of Nature

A shark with a heart wins Drone Photo Awards 2020

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Uncredited/AP/Shutterstock (11027342a)
Los moldes de yeso de lo que se cree eran un hombre rico y su esclavo que huían de la erupción del volcán Vesuvio hace casi 2.000 años se ven en lo que era una finca elegante en las afueras de la antigua ciudad romana de Pompeya, destruida por la erupción de 79 d.C. Excavaciones recientes los sacaron a la luz, dijeron autoridades del parque arqueológico el sábado 21 de noviembre de 2020
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Incredibly preserved bodies of two men discovered in Pompeii

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Blizzard in Brooklyn wins Royal Met’s top photography prize

High Angle View Of Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine

The hole wide world: 14 images of the Earth’s broken landscape

G4J6G3 Poisonous Blue Ring Octopus, Hapalochlaena lunulata, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia

Pretty deadly The world’s most beautiful but dangerous creatures

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Like a bolt from the blue The weirdest and rarest weather phenomena from around the world

The palm weevil a rusty red colour Weevil larvae can excavate holes in the trunk of a palm trees up to a metre long thereby weakening and eventually killing the host plant

Boxing Weevil scoops top Bug Photography Prize

2ATPPE5 Russia. 04th Feb, 2020. SAKHA REPUBLIC (YAKUTIA), RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 4, 2020: Valerjan Romanovski on his way from Oymyakon to Yakutsk at the temperature of -670C (-88.60F). A team from Poland have travelled the Oymyakon-Yakutsk route on bike and by foot. Valerjan Romanovski rode a bike for 361 km, and Piotr Marczewski walked 151 km in four days. They slept under the open sky and had neither hot water nor hot meals during their journey. Marcin Blenski/TASS Credit: ITAR-TASS News Agency/Alamy Live News

Living on the edge The people living in the world's most extreme habitats

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Everyday science

20 stunning microscopic photos from the Nikon Small World 2020 competition

Sparisoma cretense, El Hierro, Canary Islands

Grinning parrotfish wins Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020