25 wildlife photos that show nature at its most beautiful, weird, and brutal
The Wildlife Photography Awards really is the gift that keeps on giving.
A couple of months back we had the contest's highly commended entries, then we had the overall winners, and now it's time for the People's Choice category.
On Tuesday, London's Natural History Museum — the organisation behind the competition — released a 25-strong shortlist, which ranges from the adorable and the amusing to the dark and disturbing (fair warning, there are a handful of entries right at the bottom of this list that show animals that are either hurt or in captivity — they serve to highlight issues surrounding cruel human treatment of animals, hunting, and the need for conservation but they may well be upsetting, so tread with caution). The following images have been shortlisted from 49,000 entries.
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People can vote for their favourite via the National History Museum's website, with winners set to be announced on Feb. 9, 2021.
WARNING: These final four images may be upsetting.
They show, in order: A group of sharks tearing apart a grouper fish; a man comforting the last male northern white rhino in Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy in north Kenya, shortly before it died; the head of a zebra, confiscated from a hunter at the U.S. border; and three Siberian brown bears, chained in captivity at the Saint Petersburg State Circus.
Topics Animals
