Sebastian Kennerknecht / Minden / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) female in Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) woodland, Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Sebastian Kennerknecht / Minden / American Bison (Bison bison) female in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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Sergey Gorshkov / Minden / Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) feeding on Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) female in winter, Finland
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Chien Lee / Minden / Stick Insect (Monticomorpha flavolimbata) pair mating in mountains, Bengoh Range, Ecuador
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Chien Lee / Minden / Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) female, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
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Will Burrard-Lucas / A mating pair of leopards (Panthera pardus) caught in front of a camera trap at night, Laikipia Wilderness Camp, Kenya. Photographed with a camera trap. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. All other uses require clea...
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Stephen Dalton / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male in flight amongst Lady's smock or Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis),England.
Hermann Brehm / Lion (Panthera leo), females interacting, with cub, Masai Mara, Kenya
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Mark MacEwen / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), two females sleeping. St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. October.
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Michael Hutchinson / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) yellow female on Honesty flower, Bristol, UK, April
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Sergey Gorshkov / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) female territorial marking by rubbing cheek against ancient Manchurian fir tree, Land of the Leopard National Park, Far East Russia, November. Taken with remo...
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Edwin Giesbers / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating amongst flowers. The Netherlands. July.
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Edwin Giesbers / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines), two females on Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis) in marshy grassland, egg visible on stem. April 2009.
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Edwin Giesbers / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) two females on Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis). The Netherlands. March.
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Edwin Giesbers / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) pair in tandem with female ovipositing, reflected in water. September.
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Suzi Eszterhas / Leopard (Panthera pardus) mother and cub age four months , Jao Reserve, Okavango, Botswana
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Philippe Clement / Female Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) diving and catching a Nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) fish, stuns and eats it, Belgium, June.
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Simon Littlejohn / Pair of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) mating, Andalusia, Spain, June.
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Simon Littlejohn / Female Patagonian puma (Puma concolor patagonia) feeding on a Guanaco (Lama guanacoe) carcass, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, July.
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Simon Littlejohn / Female Patagonian puma (Puma concolor patagonica) dragging the carcass of a young Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, July.
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Simon Littlejohn / Close-up of a female Patagonian puma (Puma concolor patagonica) feeding on a Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) carcass, filmed with a remote camera, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, May.
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Simon Littlejohn / Close-up of a female European otter (Lutra lutra) and two juveniles feeding in a river, River Stour, Dorset, England, UK, June.
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Simon Littlejohn / Female European otter (Lutra lutra) and two large pups playing and feeding in mid river, River Stour, Dorset, England, UK, June.
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Dave Watts / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) male and female pair visiting nest to feed chicks, France
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Brian Bevan / Male European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) trying to mate with a decoy female, used as part of a scientific study, Bedfordshire, England, UK, May.
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Brian Bevan / Male European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) trying to mate with a decoy female, used as part of a scientific study, Bedfordshire, England, UK, May.
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Brian Bevan / Male European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) calling to another male, before flying off in response to a female, Bedfordshire, England, UK, May.
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Konrad Wothe / Two male Lawes' parotia birds of paradise (Parotia lawesii) hopping on its display ground, with females watching nearby, Papua New Guinea.
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Danny Green / North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) female and cub walking across snow, reflected in water. Yellowstone National Park, USA, January.
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Danny Green / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female, portrait. Bandhavgarh National Park, India, December.
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Danny Green / Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) female and pup playing. Alaska, USA, February.
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Danny Green / Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) female and pup. Alaska, USA, February.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) landing on mating pair of Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburgh) Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos.
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Nick Upton / Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) female hunting among a panicked flock of Common teal (Anas crecca) in flight over marshland, RSPB Greylake Nature Reserve, Somerset, UK, December.
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Ben Cranke / African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) attacking a female Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhyncus senegalensis )trying to steal a fish it has just caught. Liuwa Plains National Park, Zambia
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Ben Cranke / Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) female in snow, Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India
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Sven Zacek / Ural Owl (strix uralensis) female with talons ready to attack a ringing ornithologist, Tartumaa county, Southern Estonia. May.
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Nick Upton / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queen about to land at her nest burrow in a garden lawn with loaded pollen sacs to provision grubs that will become future workers for her colony, Wiltshire,...
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Matthew Maran / Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) with two suckling cubs in an allotment, London, England, UK, May.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) grooming a suckling cub in an allotment, London, England, UK, May.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) with four suckling cubs in an allotment, one jumping over her back, London, England, UK, May.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) with four suckling cubs in an allotment, cubs start to play, London, England, UK, May.
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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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Michael Hutchinson / Flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) yellow female on Honesty flowers with house and garden visible, Bristol, UK, April
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Matthew Maran / Close up of a Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) grooming her five cubs at den entrance in an allotment, cubs begin to suckle, London, England, UK, April.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) grooming and playing with her cubs in an allotment, London, England, UK, June.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) feeding her cubs at entrance to den in an allotment, London, England, UK, April.