{"id":774,"date":"2018-11-16T17:09:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T17:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nplbeta.infradoxxs.com\/blog\/?p=774"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:26:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:26:10","slug":"best-of-november-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/16\/best-of-november-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>In the last month we&#8217;ve seen an influx of great landscape images, both British and worldwide. We are also pleased to have rare Russian wildlife from new contributor Valery Maleev, some very cute meerkats and harp seal pups, emperor penguins from Sue Flood&#8217;s new book, interesting primate behaviour, plus a range of birds, marine life, plant and invertebrate macro shots, not forgetting new pets and farm animals from Klein &amp; Hubert.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery gallery-774 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) covered slope with Colmer&#039;s Hill in background, Eype Down, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600736-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) covered slope with Colmer&#039;s Hill in background, Eype Down, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Scarletina bolete (Boletus luridiformis) toadstool, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. September.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600784-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Scarletina bolete (Boletus luridiformis) toadstool, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. September.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600802-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Sea Stacks at Mangurstadh, Aird Feinis, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600802-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600802-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600802-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01600802-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Sea Stacks at Mangurstadh, Aird Feinis, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), resting on flower head, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. June.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01601531-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), resting on flower head, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. June.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Long-eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) digging, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603493-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Long-eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) digging, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June. Did you know that the Long-eared jerboa is the mammal with the largest ears in proportion to its body size?\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Pallas&#039;s cat kitten (Otocolobus manul) Sukhe-Batar Aimag, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01603752-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Pallas&#039;s cat kitten (Otocolobus manul) Sukhe-Batar Aimag, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia.  June.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) offshore, Northern New Zealand.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604147-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) offshore, Northern New Zealand.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) swimming.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604418-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) swimming. These macaques go underwater to play, or escape from a threat. When offering at temples are thrown into the water they swim and store it in their cheek pouches. Thailand.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) of the same pack playing and greeting each other. Zimbabwe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01604543-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) of the same pack playing and greeting each other.  Zimbabwe\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) alarmed group standing on hind legs watching jackal pass by, Kalahari, Botswana\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605854-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) alarmed group standing on hind legs watching jackal pass by, Kalahari, Botswana\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) pup on ice, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01605997-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) pup on ice, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) adults leaning over young chicks, Gould Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01606738-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) adults leaning over young chicks, Gould Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p><span>Take a look at our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/-latest-highlights\/2018\/november-2018.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November Highlights gallery<\/a><span>\u00a0to find out more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Explore the November Highlights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natureplprints.com\/november-2018-highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prints gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last month we&#8217;ve seen an influx of great landscape images, both British and worldwide. We are also pleased to have rare Russian wildlife from new contributor Valery Maleev, some very cute meerkats and harp seal pups, emperor penguins from Sue Flood&#8217;s new book, interesting primate behaviour, plus a range of birds, marine life,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/16\/best-of-november-2018\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-natural-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1289,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/1289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}