{"id":927853,"date":"2026-10-14T12:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/927853\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:58:17","slug":"wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2026-the-winning-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/927853\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026: The Winning Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

It takes a whole lot of skill to capture our planet\u2019s wonderful wildlife in their truest and most authentic form, and that\u2019s precisely what the coveted annual competition Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/a> strives to champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every year, the most impressive photographs snapped by camera-wielding pros from all over the planet are announced at a London ceremony, and now, the best shots from the 2026 entries (in what is the sixty-second competition) have been crowned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Below is a roundup of Time Out\u2019s favourite winning photos, from dozing lions and over-excited elephant calves to acrobatic frogs and sneaky sharks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: \u00a9 Alex Lindbloom \/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 <\/p>\n

\"Wildlife
\nPhotograph: \u00a9 Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas \/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 <\/p>\n

\"Wildlife
\nPhotograph: \u00a9 Francisco Negroni \/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 <\/p>\n

\"Wildlife
\nPhotographer: \u00a9 Agorastos Papatsanis \/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 <\/p>\n

\"Wildlife
\nPhotograph: \u00a9 Anton Sorokin \/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 <\/p>\n

\"Wildlife
\nPhotograph: \u00a9 Amelie Davis \/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 <\/p>\n

\"Wildlife
\nPhotograph: \u00a9 Federico Veronesi \/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 <\/p>\n

\"Wildlife
\nPhotograph: \u00a9 Seth Forestson \/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 <\/p>\n

You can take a look at all the winning images in the National History Museum\u2019s official website<\/a>, and find information about the exhibition<\/a> and how to get tickets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fancy a laugh? Here are all the funniest photos from the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards this year<\/a>, and you can also view a handful of last year\u2019s winning photos from WPOTY<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ICYMI: A huge new walking trail just opened in Japan \u2013 and it starts less than two hours from Tokyo<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Plus: Lonely Planet has revealed the best places to travel in 2027, from Montserrat to Maryland<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stay in the loop: sign up to our free Time Out Travel newsletter<\/a> for all the latest travel news and best stuff happening across the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It takes a whole lot of skill to capture our planet\u2019s wonderful wildlife in their truest and most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[11480,64,30672,63,11481,11482,128,338],"class_list":["post-927853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-art","tag-au","tag-audience-location-audience-worldwide","tag-australia","tag-categories-art","tag-news-art","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}