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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 Unveils Highly Commended Images

Detailed captions highlight conservation stakes, with global youth entries broadening the view.

Gabriella Comi took this photo of a lioness facing down a cobra.
Jamie Smart portrays a red deer stag as it gives a mighty bellow during the autumn rut in Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, England.
Emperor penguin chicks move along the edge of an ice shelf before their first swim in Atka Bay, Antarctica.
Ralph Pace captured this image of Pacific sea nettles off the coast of Monterey, California.

Overview

  • The Atlantic published a new gallery on August 26 showcasing the competition’s Highly Commended photographs with photographer and organizer captions.
  • The Natural History Museum in London runs the program, which drew a record 60,636 entries this year, with a 100-image exhibition shortlist and winners due October 14.
  • Extreme fieldwork features prominently, including a safe-distance drone sequence of emperor-penguin chicks before a 49-foot leap, petroleum jelly protection against Pacific sea nettles, and Arctic wolf portraits taken at –31°F on Ellesmere Island.
  • Conservation tensions are central, from a solitary Asian elephant foraging at a Sri Lankan waste site documented over years to a Costa Rican sloth negotiating a road crossing as traffic slows.
  • The selection spans age categories such as 10 Years and Under, 11–14, and 15–17, with scenes from England, France, California, Costa Rica, Kenya, Tanzania, Russia’s Kamchatka, and Antarctica.