Adorable, bizarre and outright stunning: The 25 best Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice images

Featuring a very sleepy polar bear, arguing penguins, and the rarest species of wild dog in the world.

Want to see a troublemaking penguin? What about a startling starling murmuration? A curious lion cub? A very very sleepy polar bear? Well, you, dear reader, have lucked out.

All of the above appear in the shortlist for the Natural History Museum's annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice awards. But which picture is best? That's up to you – the museum has invited all photography fans to select their favourites.

There are 25 amazing images to choose from, so head on over to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year's People's Choice page to vote for your winner.

But before you do, take a look through our gallery of all of the images in the running for this year's prestigious award.

Troublemaker

Adult and young penguin look at smaller penguin

Aurora jellies

Starling murmuration

A rare sight

A brown wolf rests surrounded by flowers

Duckling huddle

The Grassland Geladas

Opportunity fox

Snowshoes

Ice bed

Tough negotiation

Homecoming

Rubbish drinks

Looking at me looking at you

Bear stands in water holding both arms at waist height

Missed sip of milk

whale calf floats past mother's milk in blue sea

Autumn glow

Curiosity

Female lion lies down while cub walks towards camera

Neighbourhood dispute

Mudskipper and grab fight on water surface

Swallow over meadow

Hope

The happy turtle

Turtle in water has dragonfly on mouth and looks happy

Incoming cuckoo wasp

Shared parenting

Fashion victims

A bull in a garbage dump

Tender touch

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