Eyecatchers are show-stopping and surprising standalone images from the natural world, accompanied by the photographers’ stories from behind the lens. This gallery is a great place to look for those special one-off images, suitable for double-page spreads or simply for inspiration and ideas.
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Bence Mate / European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) fighting each other, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. June. Winner, 2019 Cadiz Photo Nature Competition.
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Magnus Lundgren / Pelagic blanket octopus (Tremoctopus gracilis) female in full display, off Anilao, Batangas Philippines, Pacific Ocean. Magnus
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Alex Hyde / Harvestman (Opiliones) fluorescing under ultraviolet light at night. Cloud forest, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. November.
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David Hall / Compound ascidian (Ascidiacea sp possibly Botryllus sp). Pantar, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) at water, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Tony Wu / Male Korean seahorse (Hippocampus haema) giving birth. Some of the babies are still curled up inside their egg membranes. Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) group killing European Hornet (Vespa crabro) by surrounding it and overheating it, Germany, sequence 6 of 7
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Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) accidentally traps California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) in mouth while gulp feeding, Monterey Bay, California, sequence 1 of 4
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Nick Garbutt / RF - Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) foraging in snow covered valley. Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, USA. February 2019. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Danny Green / Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) in snow. Japan, February.
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Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Flying fish (Cypselurus sp) juvenile surrounded by jellyfish, Longdong, Northeast, Taiwan. ~Minimum fees apply.
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Sergio Hanquet / Face mask, used as PPE during Covid-19, improperly disposed of in the sea, Tenerife, Canary Islands
