{"id":36807,"date":"2023-11-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6aa0bfba-210c-4079-89cc-24abfec697b0"},"modified":"2023-11-29T06:46:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T05:46:20","slug":"adorable-bizarre-and-outright-stunning-the-25-best-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-peoples-choice-images","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/adorable-bizarre-and-outright-stunning-the-25-best-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-peoples-choice-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Adorable, bizarre and outright stunning: The 25 best Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice images"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featuring a very sleepy polar bear, arguing penguins, and the rarest species of wild dog in the world. <\/p>

By James Cutmore\n <\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 04:00 AM<\/p>

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Want to see a troublemaking penguin? What about a startling starling murmuration<\/a>? A curious lion<\/a> cub? A very very sleepy polar bear? Well, you, dear reader, have lucked out.<\/p>

All of the above appear in the shortlist for the Natural History Museum<\/a>‘s annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice awards. But which picture is best? That’s up to you \u2013 the museum has invited all photography fans to select their favourites. <\/p>

There are 25 amazing images to choose from, so head on over to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s People’s Choice<\/a> page to vote for your winner.<\/p>

But before you do, take a look through our gallery of all of the images in the running for this year’s prestigious award.<\/p>

Troublemaker<\/h2>
An Ad\u00e9lie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) approaches an emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) and its chick during feeding time in Antarctica\u2019s Atka Bay. Photo by Stefan Christmann\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Aurora jellies<\/h2>
\"Aurora
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) swarm in the cool autumnal waters of a fjord outside Troms\u00f8 in northern Norway. In the sky above the aurora borealis illuminates the sky and is reflected in the water. Photo by Audun Rikardsen\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Starling murmuration<\/h2>
\"Starling
A mesmerising mass of starlings swirl into the shape of a giant bird on their way to communal roosts above the city of Rome, Italy. Photo by Daniel Dencescu\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

A rare sight<\/h2>
\"A
The rarest species of wild dog in the world, the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) takes a rest among the highland vegetation of Ethiopia\u2019s Bale Mountains National Park. The summer greens and blues provide the perfect backdrop for the chestnut tones of the Ethiopian wolf\u2019s coat in this serene image. Photo by Axel Gomille\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Duckling huddle<\/h2>
\"Bird
A wood duck (Aix sponsa) and its brood are caught in a late spring snowstorm in Smiggin Holes, New South Wales, Australia. Photo by Charles Davis\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

The Grassland Geladas<\/h2>
\"A
A gelada (Theropithecus gelada) suckles its baby alongside a companion at the edge of a plateau in the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia. Photo by Marco Gaiotti\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Opportunity fox<\/h2>
\"Fox
A young red fox (Vulpes vulpes) takes advantage of a bin stacked high with rubbish before collection day on a street in London, UK. Photo by Matt Maran\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Snowshoes<\/h2>
\"White
A snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) pulls its feet to its head to make the next big hop across the soft, deep snow in the forests of the Rocky Mountain National Park, USA. Photo by Deena Sveinsson\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Ice bed<\/h2>
\"Polar
A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) carves out a bed from a small iceberg before drifting off to sleep in the far north, off Norway\u2019s Svalbard archipelago. Photo by Nima Sarikhani\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Tough negotiation<\/h2>
\"Red
Standing on a rock in the Judean Foothills of Israel, a red fox cub (Vulpes vulpes) locks eyes with the shrew it had thrown up in the air moments earlier. Photo by Ayala Fishaimer\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Homecoming<\/h2>
\"Bat
A pygmy round-eared bat (Lophostoma brasiliense) returns to its termite nest home as two well-camouflaged family members look out from the entrance in the lowland forests of Costa Rica. Photo by Dvir Barkay\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Rubbish drinks<\/h2>
\"Ape
On the beach at the Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia, a crested black macaque (Macaca nigra) drinks from a discarded plastic bottle. Macaques have learnt that these bottles contain liquid and they search through the pile to find those from which they can drink. They have also learnt that coloured bottles possibly contain sweet liquid and picked these out of the pile preferentially. Photo by Claire Waring\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Looking at me looking at you<\/h2>
\"Bear
A grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) rises up on its hind legs and glances towards the photographer before returning to fish for salmon in the Chilko River in British Columbia, Canada. Photo by John E. Marriott\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Missed sip of milk<\/h2>
\"whale
A humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) misses some of its mother\u2019s milk, which drifts and swirls in the currents off the coast of Rurutu, French Polynesia. Photo by Karim Iliya\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Autumn glow<\/h2>
\"orange
A painting-like composition of bulrushes and quaking aspens is framed in a small corner of the Cabriel River in the Sierra de Albarrac\u00edn Mountains, Spain. Photo by Uge Fuertes Sanz\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Curiosity<\/h2>
\"Female
Under the watchful eye of its mother in South Africa\u2019s Greater Kruger National Park, a curious lion cub walks towards the photographer (who was watching from a vehicle). Photo by Gerald Hinde\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Neighbourhood dispute<\/h2>
\"Mudskipper
A mudskipper fiercely defends its territory from a trespassing crab in Roebuck Bay, Australia. Photo by Ofer Levy\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Swallow over meadow<\/h2>
\"swallow
A barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) flies over a meadow of cornflowers, catching insects during springtime in eastern Germany. Photo by Hermann Hirsch\/Jan Lessman\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Hope<\/h2>
\"Chimpanzee
A rescued chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) looks on from its enclosure at the Chimpanzee Conservation Center in the Republic of Guinea. Photo by Roberto Garci\u0301a-Roa\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

The happy turtle<\/h2>
\"Turtle
A Balkan pond turtle (Mauremys rivulata) shares a moment of peaceful coexistence with a northern banded groundling dragonfly in Israel\u2019s Jezreel Valley. Photo by Tzahi Finkelstein\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Incoming cuckoo wasp<\/h2>
\"wasp
A cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) is captured mid-air trying to enter a mason bee\u2019s clay burrow as a smaller cuckoo wasp cleans its wings below. Photographed near Montpellier, France. Photo by Frank Deschandol\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Shared parenting<\/h2>
\"Two
A pair of lionesses (Panthera leo) devotedly groom one of the pride\u2019s five cubs in Kenya\u2019s Maasai Mara. Photo by Mark Boyd\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Fashion victims<\/h2>
\"Fur
These coats, made from the skins of some of the most endangered big cats, were confiscated by European customs officers and held for forensic tests before being used for educational events. Photo by Britta Jaschinski\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

A bull in a garbage dump<\/h2>
\"Elephant
A male bull elephant is seen kicking over garbage while scavenging at a garbage dump on the outskirts of town of Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka. A scar from a gun-shot wound is clearly seen on his upper left front leg. Photo by Brent Stirton\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Tender touch<\/h2>
\"two
A pair of mountain hares (Lepus timidus) tenderly touch noses high in the Cairngorms mountains, Scotland, UK. Photo by Andy Parkinson\/Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>

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