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The last month has seen a bumper crop of new images on our site. Some of the many highlights include whales, dolphins and porpoises from British waters and Baja California, rare images of platypus, shark courtship and nurseries, Galapagos seabirds, Spring migrant birds and wildflowers, Cuban crocodiles and Tsavo's amazing tuskers, not to mention some dramatic coverage of catfish hunting pigeons and some very appealing emperor penguins!

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Mark Carwardine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) aerial view, Baja California, Mexico

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Mark Carwardine / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) aerial view. Baja California, Mexico

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Mark Carwardine / Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) female group, aerial view. Baja California, Mexico

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Mark Carwardine / Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) surfacing , aerial shot, ~Baja California, Mexico

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Mark Carwardine / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) aerial. Baja California, Mexico

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Mark Carwardine / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) blowing or spouting and fluking, Southeast Alaska, USA, August.

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Mark Carwardine / Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) surfacingBay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada

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Mark Carwardine / Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) - rare picture of small groupBay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada

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Chris Gomersall / Small pod of Orca or Killer whale (Orcinus orca), with one bull or adult male at left known as 'John Coe'. Close to isle of Skye, Scotland. July 2013.

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Chris Gomersall / Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) surfacing alongside ship in the Hebrides, Scotland. July 2017.

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Chris Gomersall / Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) in flight following adult female Orca (Orcinus orca). Close to isle of Skye, Scotland. July 2013.

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Steven David Miller / Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea), two females greeting each other on beach. Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

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Mark Carwardine / Killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) swimming near freight ship, ~Salish Sea, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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Mark Carwardine / Spinetail devil rays (Mobula mobular) aerial view, ~Baja California, Mexico

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Chris Gomersall / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) breaching. Moray Firth, Scotland.

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Mark Carwardine / Munk's pygmy devil ray / Munk's mobula (Mobula munkiana) large school from the air with one leaping out of the water, Baja California, Mexico

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Mark Carwardine / Munk's pygmy devil ray / Munk's mobula (Mobula munkiana) large school from the air, Baja California, Mexico

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Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in early morning light on Lake Elizabeth, Great Otway National Park, near Forrest, Victoria, Australia, July 2017.

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Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), released onto a log in Little Yarra River, Yarra junction, Victoria, Australia. Photographed under controlled conditions. April 2018.

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Doug Gimesy / Researcher holding a Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) which is recovering from an in-field anesthetic. It was anaesthetised to allow a radio transponder to be glued to its tail - allowing researche...

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Doug Gimesy / Platypus researcher returning a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) back into the creek where it had been captured just 30 minutes earlier. Woori Yallock Creek, Monbulk, Victoria, Australia. May, 2018...

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Doug Gimesy / Platypus researchers holding a Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) which was captured as part of a Melbourne Water study to monitor the local population. Chum Creek, Healsville, Victoria, Australia. M...

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Doug Gimesy / Young Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is released onto a log in McMahons Creek, Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia. Photographed under controlled conditions . September.

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Shane Gross / Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) in a cenote in Cienaga de Zapata National Park. Cuba. Critically endangered species.

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Shane Gross / Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) submerged in a cenote in Cienaga de Zapata National Park. Cuba. Critically endangered species.

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Franco Banfi / American crocodile over seagrass bed surfacing, (Crocodylus acutus), Chinchorro Banks (Biosphere Reserve), Quintana Roo, Mexico

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Shane Gross / Lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in mangrove forest which acts as a nursery for juveniles of this species. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

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Franco Banfi / American crocodile over seagrass bed (Crocodylus acutus), Chinchorro Banks (Biosphere Reserve), Quintana Roo, Mexico

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Franco Banfi / Close view of a Green anaconda, (Eunectes murinus) underwater, Formoso River, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

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Shane Gross / Lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in mangrove forest which acts as a nursery for juveniles of this species. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

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Shane Gross / Lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in mangrove forest which acts as a nursery for juveniles of this species. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

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Shane Gross / Lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in mangrove forest which acts as a nursery for juveniles of this species. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

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Shane Gross / Lemon shark pups (Negaprion brevirostris) spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators and is full of potential prey like juvenil...

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Shane Gross / Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) male biting onto the pectoral fin of a female whilst mating, Eleuthera, Bahamas.

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Shane Gross / Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) male biting onto the pectoral fin of a female whilst mating, Eleuthera, Bahamas.

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Shane Gross / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) adult resting and allowing a small cleaner wrasse feed off parasites. Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.

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Cyril Ruoso / Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) underwater, Tarn River, France August

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Stephane Granzotto / Wels catfish (Silurus glanis), five on riverbed, diver observing. River Loire, France. October.

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Cyril Ruoso / Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) catching Feral pigeon (Columba livia) by lunging on the riverbank, Tarn River, France August

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Stephane Granzotto / Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) and Common carp (Cyprinus carpio), three on riverbed amongst branches, River Loire, France. October.

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Cyril Ruoso / Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) hunting Feral pigeon (Columba livia) by lunging on the riverbank, Tarn River, France August

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Cyril Ruoso / Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) hunting Feral pigeon (Columba livia) by lunging on the riverbank, Tarn River, France August

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Cyril Ruoso / Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) hunting Feral pigeon (Columba livia) by lunging on the riverbank, Tarn River, France August

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Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) catching a Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey, Msicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. During the dry season many water sources dry up...

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Cyril Ruoso / Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) hunting Feral pigeon (Columba livia) by lunging on the riverbank, Tarn River, France August

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Jen Guyton / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) prey. Other birds watch from the shore, including great egrets (Ardea alba), grey herons (Ardea cinerea) and hame...

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Luke Massey / Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) feeding on a catfish (Loricariidae) with Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) scavenging remnants, Rio Cuiaba, Pantanal, Brazil.

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Luke Massey / Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) feeding on a catfish (Loricariidae) with Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) scavenging remnants, Rio Cuiaba, Pantanal, Brazil.