With a record 76,000 votes, these are the winner and highly commanded images chosen by wildlife photography and nature fans from around the world.

Now, after a few months of voting, the winner of the People's Choice Award has been announced along with four "Highly Commended" entries. There were 25 finalists for the People's Choice Award, which were selected from 59,

A record 76,000 votes were cast to decide this year’s People’s Choice Award winner. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London. Visitors to the museum can view Wood’s image, along with the four runners-up photographs, until June 29, 2025.

An "ambling Eurasian badger," lava coming from a Chilean volcano, an owl flying out of a barn, a stoat blending into the snow and a prickled honey badger all made the top five for a prestigious Natural History Museum award.

The shot - taken by British photographer Ian Wood - came in first for the people's choice award this year, beating 25 shortlisted images, the Natural History Museum said. A record

An amusing image of a badger has been voted as the People’s Choice in the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year, announced this week. The perfectly timed snap shows a Eurasian badger glancing up at badger graffiti at night in the British seaside town of St Leonards-on-Sea where locals have been leaving food scraps on the footpath for foxes.

From ambling badgers to stoats in snow, discover the winner and runners-up of this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award