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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025: First batch of stunning images revealed

The first look at the entries for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year includes everything from wolves to elephants

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Ruth Lawes
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Leopards holding onto a baby goat
© Marina Cano / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Dream of being Sir David Attenborough for a day? Same. While we can’t all narrate nature docs in hushed tones, we can live vicariously through the world’s best wildlife photography.

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year is back for its 61st edition – and it’s bigger than ever, with a record 60,636 entries from across the globe. Out of that wild bunch, just 100 jaw-dropping shots have made the cut, and they’ll be on show at London’s Natural History Museum from Friday, October 17.

Expect drama from the get-go. Just look at the newly released first batch of images, which includes cheetahs catching a Günther's dik-dik and Arctic wolves caught mid-stare. Nature at its fiercest, and your camera roll could never. Enjoy.

Bats with their wings extended
© Sitaram Raul / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Pacific sea nettles gliding throught the water
© Ralph Pace / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A fox with a tail curled up
© Parham Pourahmad / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Leopards holding onto a baby goat
© Marina Cano / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A close-up of a flamingo
© Leana Kuster / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A plant with a bulbous blue tip
© Kutub Uddin / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A bear walking by a mountain
© Kesshav Vikram / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
An aerial shot of a town covered by clouds
© Jassen Todorov / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A moose tilting its head up
© Jamie Smart / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A large female Longnose Gar is chased by a group of smaller male
© Isaac Szabo / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
A sloth wrapped around a barbed wire fence
© Emmanuel Tardy / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
An insect clinging onto a plant
© Bidyut Kalita / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Penguins walking on a cliff
© Bertie Gregory / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Polar bears walking on snow
© Amit Eshel / Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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