Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) preparing to jump over crack in sea ice. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August.
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Ann & Steve Toon / RF - Leopard female (Panthera pardus) watched by two Gemsbok (Oryx gazella), Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa, June. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Wim van den Heever / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) juvenile with adults behind, on frozen Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan. February.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) drinking, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, May
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Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Severn's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus severnsi) at Mioskon Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Dampier Strait. Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Hairy pipehorse (Acentronura dendritica) female swimming over the seabed with her prehensile tail in the air. Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.
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Fiona Rogers / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) female 'Gremlin' aged 40 years holding female baby aged 2, her granddaughter. Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Gremlin took the new born baby from he...
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Fabrice Cahez / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub walking in grass, ,Vosges, France, May.
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Richard Kirby / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) mother and calves, Svalbard, Norway, February.
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Tony Heald / Hanuman langur (Semnopithecus entellus) baby next to mother, Bandhavgarh National Park, India.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) in old mixed conifer and broadleaf forest, Punia Forest Reserve, Lithuania, May.
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Richard Robinson / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) viewed from below, off the coast of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, February.
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Sven Zacek / Four Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) bucks with velvet antlers and the shadow of a fifth buck, Tartumaa, Estonia, March.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) pups playing outside of den, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) ears above sand dunes, Grand Erg Oriental, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia.
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Dong Lei / Crocodile newt (Tylototriton verrucosus) Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Tengchong county, Yunnan Province, China. May.
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Andy Rouse / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus cristatus) in urban environment Cardiff, UK
Pete Oxford / Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) walking, South Plaza Island, Galapagos. Endemic.
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Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.
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Andy Rouse / Grey wolf (Canis lupus lupus) Finland, September.
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George Sanker / Purple gallinule (Porphyrula martinica) in mangrove swamp. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. March.
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Andrew Parkinson / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) adult walking across a snow covered field. Derbyshire, UK, January.
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Andrew Parkinson / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) adult female skidding to a halt in a snow covered field, Derbyshire, UK, March.
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Chris Mattison / Budgett's Frog (Lepidobatrachus laevis) mostly submerged in muddy water, with eyes visible above water, captive, occurs in South America.
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Gabriel Rojo / Puma (Puma concolor) hidden in vegetation, captive, La Pampa , Argentina
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Gabriel Rojo / Wild puma (Puma concolor) walking across rocks, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
Danny Green / Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) resting with ears back, Scotland, March. Highly Commended in the Animal Portrait Category of the BWPA Competition 2015.
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Alex Hyde / Harvestman (Megabunus diadema) with prominent, spiky eyes, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April
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Cyril Ruoso / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) foraging in river, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Non-ex
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking over blue ice, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, Norway, July.
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Alex Hyde / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) on snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. January.
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Nick Upton / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) entering the River Otter after release. Part of escaped population re-released to the wild following veterinary check ups. Taken on the second day of Beaver releases aft...
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Doug Perrine / Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) adult male swimming, Deserta Grande, Ilhas Desertas, Parque Natural da Madeira, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, June. Critically endangered species
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Kevin Schafer / Pygmy Raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus) portrait, Cozumel Island, Mexico. Critically endangered endemic species.
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Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) juvenile crossing over newly forming pack ice, during autumn freeze up, Beaufort Sea, off Arctic coast, Alaska
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Jordi Chias / Juvenile Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Armenime cove, South Tenerife, Canary Island, Atlantic Ocean
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Nick Garbutt / Zebu Cattle (Bos primigenius indicus), Los Llanos, Colombia, South America.
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) courting pair. The Netherlands.May 2014
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) courting pair. The Netherlands.May 2014
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David Pattyn / Black necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) pair at night, performing their courtship dance during the mating season, with street lights reflected in the water. The Netherlands.April 2014
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Kim Taylor / European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker in flight, Surrey, England, August.
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Olga Kamenskaya / Vehicles parked on ice on the surface of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, March 2008.
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Pascal Kobeh / Group of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in open water, maybe the whole family with the male, the female and the calves, Costa Rica. Pacific ocean.
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Ben Cranke / Jaguar (Panthera onca) drinking from the river's edge, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. August.
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Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) head portrait. Vauldalen, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, April.
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Angelo Gandolfi / Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) buck in velvet standing by flowering tree, Pantanal, Brazil