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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

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Brandon Cole / Diver with Golden jellyfish (Mastigias papua), Jellyfish Lake, Palau. Model released.

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Klein & Hubert / Braunvieh cow in alpine meadow, trying to lick camera with tongue. Austria.

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Andres M. Dominguez / Little owl (Athene noctua) perched on sunflower, Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, July

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Doug Gimesy / Martins Creek and surrounds approx 5 months after 2019/20 bushfires devastated the area. The edge of the creek originally had wet temperate rainforest along its edge, bounded by wet and damp forest. M...

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Doug Gimesy / Martins Creek and surrounds after 2019/20 bushfires devastated the area. Until the fires, the edge of the creek had wet temperate rainforest along its edge, bounded by wet and damp forest. Martins Cre...

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Tony Heald / Lion (Panthera leo) with defensive African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.

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Tony Heald / African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) challenging Lion (Panthera leo). Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.

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Tony Heald / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) with water hyacinth still on back after leaving water, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.

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Tony Heald / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in pond, surrounded by Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes). Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.

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Magnus Lundgren / Scalloped ribbonfish (Zu cristatus) juvenile,Balayan Bay, Batangas, the Philippines. Magnus

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Magnus Lundgren / Eruption of Taal Volcano viewed from Anilao in Batangas, Philippines. January 12, 2020 Magnus

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Danny Green / Starling murmuration, hundreds of thousands of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) gather in the skies near their night time roost. Gretna Green, Scotland, January. Black and White Category Winner, Wildlife...

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Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in spring, Vauldalen, Norway, May.

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Shane Gross / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with open mouth in Seagrass (Alismatales) meadow, reflected on water surface. Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.

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David Hall / Sandperch (Parapercis sp) with two Isopod (Cymothoidae) ectoparasites on body. Pantar, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.

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Ernie Janes / Kaleidoscopic image of Bramble leaves (Rubus fruticosus) and bracken fronds changing colour in autumn, on white background

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Alex Mustard / Pygmy lemon gobies ( Lubricogobius exiguus) guarding their home in a glass bottle (backlit with a torch). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical We...

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Diane McAllister / Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) fighting in water. Beaufort Sea , Kaktovik, Alaska, USA. Highly commended in the Polar Passion category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.

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Nick Garbutt / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) flying over South Atlantic. Cooper Bay, South Georgia. November.

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Erlend Haarberg / Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix), male calling early in the morning, Norway. May.

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Georgette Douwma / Crinoid (Crinoidea) on Soft coral (Alcyonacea). Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

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Karine Aigner / Least grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) family, adult feeding chicks whilst other sits on nest. Texas, USA. July.

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Fabio Pupin / Moorish gecko, (Tarentola mauritanica), hunting on window, Italy, April . Non-ex.

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Claudio Contreras / Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus) swimming in Southern sea palm (Eisenia arborea) and Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest, San Benitos Islands, Baja California Pacific Islands Biosphe...

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Ann & Steve Toon / Yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata), two pups nose to nose. Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

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Fiona Rogers / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) baby aged 3 weeks belonging to 'Fanni' aged 33 years . Gombe National Park, Tanzania. September 2014.

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Guy Edwardes / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland in moonlight. Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England, UK. March 2019.

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Klein & Hubert / Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) chick in pine forest in spring, exercising wings, France. Controlled conditions.

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Alex Mustard / Bar jack (Caranx ruber) hunting a school of silversides (Atherinidae) in a coral cavern. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Monk peering through curtains, making a face, Hemis Buddhist Monastery, 3670 meters of altitude, Ladakh, India. September 2011.

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Shane Gross / Two grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) fight over a large piece of plastic floating at the surface among sargassum seaweed (Sargassum natans) in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.

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Guy Edwardes / The Angel of the North at dusk, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. February 2008.

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Edwin Giesbers / RF - Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs age five weeks, at den in sand dunes, the Netherlands. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

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Klein & Hubert / Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) three fledglings sitting on barn, France.

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David Hall / Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with Blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) stealing food from the jellyfish's tentacles. Hunt Rock, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. Septe...

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Bence Mate / African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) juveniles playing with the leg of an impala, trying to drag it in three different directions. Mkuze, South Africa. Commended in Glanzlichter photo competition 2020.