New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- An Indian wildlife photographer has earned international recognition for an image that captures an easily overlooked moment in the desert: a scorpion digging into the sand to escape the rising heat.

Sitaram Dinkar Raul won the Behaviour: Invertebrates category at the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, organised by London's Natural History Museum. His photograph, titled Shifting Sand, was selected from more than 65,000 entries submitted from around the world.

Often described as the Oscars of wildlife photography, the competition recognises images that document the natural world through technical skill, originality and compelling storytelling. Raul's winning entry stands out for focusing not on a lar...