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Alex Hyde / Focus stacked, inverted image of Diatoms on a microscope slide. Diatoms are single-celled algae which produce approximately 25% of the oxygen we breathe as well as being responsible for approximately...
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Alex Mustard / Large school of Glassfish (Apogonidae) swimming over colourful corals (Dendronephthya sp.) on a reef, Similan Islands, Thailand, Andaman Sea.
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Henley Spiers / Two Chilean devil rays (Mobula tarapacana) feeding on a Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) baitball, Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Franco Banfi / Leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea) and Dentex (Dentex dentex) hunting a huge school of Sardines (Sardina pilchardus) in shallow water, Espiritu Santo archipelago, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Ocean Pho...
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Tim Laman / Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on large iceberg with towers and pinnacles in background, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
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Pascal Kobeh / Large school of Pacific cownose rays / Golden cownose rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri), Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) group sleeping in the canopy, pan across, Yarra Bend Park, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, April.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) group hanging and stretching out wings on a branch, backlit by the setting sun, Yarra Bend Park, Kew, Victoria, Australia, November.
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Vishal Jadhav / Scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata), Tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca) and Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus) mixed flock landing to eat grass seeds during the Monsoon, Maharashtra, India, Au...
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Gil Wizen / Female Wandering spider (Phoneutria fera) guarding her swarm of offspring under a bed in a research station, Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Napo province, Amazon basin, Ecuador. Winner of Urban Wildl...
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John Waters / Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) flock taking off and flying over saltmarsh, Steart Marshes WWT Reserve, Somerset, UK, November.
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Doug Perrine / Schooling female Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.