Overview

• The Natural History Museum says this year's competition drew a record 60,636 entries from across the globe, spanning aerial, underwater, macro and youth categories.
• Category winners, the Grand Title and Young Grand Title will be announced on October 14, with a livestreamed ceremony hosted by Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin.
• A 100-image exhibition opens in London on October 17 and runs through July 12, 2026, presenting the jury’s selections to the public.
• An anonymous international panel is judging entries on creativity, originality and technical excellence across wildlife photography, filmmaking, science and conservation.
• Highly commended images include a lion confronting a cobra, a sloth on a fencepost, an elephant at a Sri Lankan waste site and emperor penguin chicks taking a 15-meter leap, highlighting human–wildlife pressures the museum will contextualize with tools such as its Biodiversity Intactness Index.