Jan Wegener / Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) male in display flight, Winnie, Texas
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Stephen Dalton / Indian leaf butterfly (Kallima paralekta) in flight.
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Stephen Dalton / Barn owl (Tyto alba) in flight approaching bell-tower, carrying rodent prey to young in nest. Sussex, UK.
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Andy Murch / Scoophead shark (Sphyrna media), released specimen. Isla Chepillo, Rio Bayano, Panama.
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Andy Murch / Rasptail skate (Raja velezi) resting on sea floor. La Paz Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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Stephen Dalton / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male in flight amongst Lady's smock or Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis),England.
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Stephen Dalton / Black witch moth (Ascalapha odorata) in flight, Venezuela. This large moth has a 7 inch wingspan. Wingscales being shed during flight.
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Stephen Dalton / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) leaping from dustbin, Sussex, England.
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Stephen Dalton / Leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) leaping from pond. Contolled conditions.
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Roy Mangersnes / Melting ice sheet with massive waterfalls running off the Austfonna glacier, the third largest glacier in the world covering most of Nordaustlandet island, eastern Svalbard, Norway. Winner of True...
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David Tipling / Flock of Knot (Calidris canutus) chased by a Peregrine as they arrive to roost at high tide, Cormorants in foreground, Snettisham RSPB Reserve, The Wash, Norfolk, September.
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Ingo Arndt / Close up of Honey bees (Apis mellifera) forming 'chains' and a 'ball' at the top of their tree hole nest as they establish a colony, Germany.
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Tony Wu / Harlequin mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus), close up of compound eyes. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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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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Philippe Clement / Three Hudson Bay wolf pups (Canis lupus hudsonicus) playing near den, Bavarian Wildlife Forest Park, Germany, June. Captive, native to Canada.
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Philippe Clement / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) wedging nut into a tree stump crevice before hammering it, Belgium, June.
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Philippe Clement / Tracking shot through Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, with the sun shining through the foliage, dolly shot, Belgium, April.
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Philippe Clement / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) collecting cotton wool for nest building before flying out of frame, Belgium, April.
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Philippe Clement / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) in flower in forest, dolly shot, Belgium, April.
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Mark Carwardine / Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), two feeding, aerial view. Baja California, Mexico. March.
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Mark Carwardine / Spinetail devil ray (Mobula mobular), four with rays of light and sparkle of sun on water, aerial view. Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. March.
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John Cancalosi / Captive corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) eating an Eastern chipmunk (Eutamias sp.). The chipmunk was found dead and fed to the captive snake. North America.
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James Dunbar / Slow motion clip of a Beefly (Bombyliidae sp.) laying eggs by flicking them into the nest of a solitary bee, UK, April.
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James Dunbar / Beefly (Bombyliidae sp.) feeding at flower, April, UK
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Simon Littlejohn / Two European otters (Lutra lutra) hunting in the River Stour, Dorset, England, UK, May.
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Simon Littlejohn / Juvenile Lammergeier vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight, mobbed by a raven, Grand Bargy cirque, Haute Savoie, France, October.
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Simon Littlejohn / Bonelli's eagle chicks (Aquila fasciata) in nest pecking each other, aged one week, Andalusia , Spain, May.
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Simon Littlejohn / Pair of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) mating, Andalusia, Spain, June.
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Simon Littlejohn / Honey bee (Apis) nectaring from a flowering Eucalyptus tree, 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 / Flock of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) feeding, Andalusia, Spain, May.
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Simon Littlejohn / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) regurgitating food for its chick, chick struggles to eat, Andalusia, Spain, June.
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Simon Littlejohn / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) hissing and lunging at a European otter (Lutra lutra), River Stour, Dorset, England, UK, June.
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Simon Littlejohn / Family of European otters (Lutra lutra) feeding and playing amongst Whitewater crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis) flowers, River Stour, Dorset, England, UK, June.
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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) calling to another male from branch, flies off, 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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Morley Read / Slow motion shot of a Rufous tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) drinking nectar from a Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Slow motion shot of a Violet tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) drinking nectar from a Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Mist blowing through cloudforest, Mindo, Ecuador, 2019.
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Konrad Wothe / Macgregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) singing in rainforest, Papua New Guinea.
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Konrad Wothe / Macgregor's bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) decorating his bower in a rainforest, Papua New Guinea.