NPL is working with the Earth Project on the COP26 Countdown Photo Competition. 26 photographers have each selected an image that focuses attention on climate change and the threat it poses to biodiversity. This is the third of 3 galleries in the photo competition, open for voting for 2 weeks from 26th October 2021.
Roy Mangersnes / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in St Andrews Bay, South Georgia
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Jack Dykinga / Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmanni) stressed and dying as a result of drought, Tucson Mountains in evening light, Saguaro National Park, Arizona 2021
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Yashpal Rathore / Kottigehar dancing frog (Micrixalus kottigeharensis) male calling and displaying to attract female by waving foot, Agumbe, Western Ghats, India.
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Peter Cairns / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) feeding on red deer carcass, Assynt, Scotland. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) 2016.
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Alex Mustard / Schools of baitfish including Cardinalfish (Apogon spp) and Silversides (Atherinidae) mass on a coral reef, with Giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia sp.) and predatory coral grouper (Cephalopholis minia...
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Heather Angel / Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), view upwards into canopy, Shunan Zhuhai National Park, Sichuan Province, China.
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Sandesh Kadur / Pig-nosed frogs (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) Western Ghats, India
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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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Neil Aldridge / A Grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus) hunts over a meadow on a clear summer night in Devon, England. The decline of Britain's rarest breeding bat is linked to the disappearance of its grassland...
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Tony Wu / Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) group of females with one defecating. Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean.
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Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco Esmeraldas, Ecuador
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Wild Shots Outreach / The gap between rich and poor is wider in South Africa than in any other country (according to World Bank data) and 74% of rural South Africans still depend on wells and pumps for their water. . (c) R...
