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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Lewis Jefferies / Female Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) and trigger fish feeding in vibrant coral reef scene, Maldives, Indian Ocean
David Tipling / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) doe with fawns in stubble field after harvest, mid summer, North Norfolk, UK. July.
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Simon Littlejohn / Female American mink (Neogale vison) entering a Kingfisher (Alcedo atthias) nest and taking a chick, Stour River, Dorset, UK, July.
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Klein & Hubert / African lioness (Panthera leo) with her cub in savanna, Kenya, Africa.
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Chris Mattison / High-casqued chameleon / Von Hoehnel's chameleon (Trioceros hoehnelii) female and young on branch, Kenya, Africa.
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Eric Baccega / Close up shot of Female Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Huan Huan, holding her female cub, Beauval ZooPark, France, September 2021.
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Kim Taylor / Female Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) stocking her nest in a glass tube with nectar and pollen before laying an egg, followed by her sealing the cell with mud, Surrey, UK, April.
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Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, holding cub aged one month, Beauval ZooPark, France. 9 September 2021.
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Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, holding cub aged one month, Beauval ZooPark, France. 9 September 2021.
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Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, holding cub aged one month, Beauval ZooPark, France. 9 September 2021.
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Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, holding cub aged one month, Beauval ZooPark, France. 9 September 2021.
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Richard Hopkins / Close up shot of Female European otter (Lutra lutra) eating fish surrounded by seaweed, Shetland, UK, December.
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Richard Hopkins / Female European otter (Lutra lutra) looking directly at camera as her male cub suckles before she turns away from him; he pesters her to feed him again. Shetland, UK, September.
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Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female baby aged four days in incubator. Beauval Zoo, France. 5 August 2021
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Ben Cranke / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and her newborn pup, bonding with calling and nuzzling. Salisbury plain, South Georgia Island
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Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) pair mating, Marana farming complex, Arizona, USA. April.
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Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) pair mating, Marana farming complex, Arizona, USA. April.
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Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) pair mating, Marana farming complex, Arizona, USA. April.
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Michael W. Richards / Domestic hen (Gallus gallus domesticus) preening while brooding her chicks in farmyard, when she pecks at ground chicks appear from underneath her, Somerset, UK, September.
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Etienne Littlefair / Green ant mimic spider (Myrmarachne smaragdina), adult female hunting, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, March.
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Milan Radisics / Female Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking along tree trunk in heavy fog at night. Light source behind the subject creates dramatic volumetric lighting. Vertes Mountains, Hungary.
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Kim Taylor / Slow motion clip of female Blackbird (Turdus merula) bathing in a stone birdbath in garden, Surrey, England, UK, May.
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Kim Taylor / Female Mosquito (Culex pipiens) emerging from its aquatic pupa, June.
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Kim Taylor / Female Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) returning to her nest hole in a dead holly trunk, April.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) depositing eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) preparing to lay another egg on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Rose Summers / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) doe cleaning the face of its young before yawning, Richmond Park, London, England, UK, October.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) female and male on red volcanic beach, Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) female resting in shallows, Bainbridge Islets, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Solvin Zankl / Female Pram bug (Phronima sedentaria) with young with young in nest made from salp body, Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive.
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Solvin Zankl / Female Acorn weevil (Curculio glandium) boring into oak tree acorn to lay eggs, Lower Saxonian Elbe Valley Reserve, Germany, September.
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Jen Guyton / Mozambican wildlife veterinarian Mercia Angela on her daily walk with Boogli, a female Cape pangolin confiscated as infant by Gorongosa's law enforcement team. Boogli's mother had already b...
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David Fleetham / Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) female, in mid-water, Hawaii.
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Simon Littlejohn / Adult female European otter (Lutra lutra) standing with its pup (approximately 14 weeks old) on the edge of the river, the pup raises its front paws onto mum's neck and the female then heads into the...
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Simon Littlejohn / Adult female European otter (Lutra lutra) guarding and grooming its pup on riverbank as it eats a fish, River Stour, Dorset, UK, September.
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Simon Littlejohn / European otter (Lutra lutra) pup standing on small island of vegetation in the middle of the river, awaiting the return of its mother, the female appears behind the pup who then slips into the water t...
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Pal Hermansen / Female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with a radio collar for scientific tracking, walking across floating ice sheets and jumps across sea channel, Hornsund, South Spitsbergen National Park, Svalbard, N...
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Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) resting on Devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis). Devon, England, UK. August.
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Maxime Aliaga / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) female with infant. The female Marconi had been rehabilited by SOCP program. She had a baby in 2017 born in the forest of Jantho, Aceh province where she was been rel...
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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. Communication Arts Annual 62 Competition 2021 Winner Book Category; Sony World P...
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Stephen Dalton / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male in flight amongst Lady's smock or Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis),England.
