Overview
- Ballots are open online worldwide and at digital screens in London’s Natural History Museum, with voting closing on March 18.
- The winning image and four runners-up will be revealed on March 25 and displayed in the museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which runs through July 12.
- The shortlist was curated by the Natural History Museum with an international panel of photography, wildlife, conservation and science experts.
- Subjects range from behavior studies to human pressures, including a mountain of confiscated snares in Uganda and a pangolin pup cared for at a South African rescue center.
- A polar-bear cub portrait from Svalbard carries a reported tragic postscript, as described by the photographer and local reports.