Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) sniffing while looking at camera before approaching it, Parque de Las Leyendas in Lima, Peru. Captive.
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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Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) fighting in snow at night, Vauldalen, Norway, April.
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Erlend Haarberg / Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) fighting in snow at night, Vauldalen, Norway, April.
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Solvin Zankl / Portrait of Sea elephant (Cardiopoda placenta) marine pelagic gastropod mollusc in the family Pterotracheidae. Deep sea heteropod. Atlantic Ocean, close to Cape Verde. Controlled conditions.
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Solvin Zankl / Bioluminescent anglerfish (Cryptopsaras couesi), deep sea fish from, Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive.
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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 / Adult Deepsea pelagic octopod (Vitreledonella richardi) swimming downwards before disappearing into the darkness, Atlantic Ocean, close to Cape Verde. Controlled conditions.
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Solvin Zankl / Scaleless black dragonfish (Melanostomias biseriatus) appearing out of the darkness and swimming towards the camera, Atlantic Ocean close to Cape Verde.
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Solvin Zankl / Portrait of Scaleless black dragonfish (Melanostomias biseriatus), Atlantic Ocean close to Cape Verde.
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Solvin Zankl / Portrait of Sea butterfly (Diacria trispinosa) deep sea species from Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive.
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Solvin Zankl / Echinopluteus larvae. Pluteus larvae occur during the life cycles (ontogenesis) of sea urchins and brittle stars that belong to the echinoderms. Raunefjorden near Bergen, Norway.
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Solvin Zankl / Blood-red hermit crab (Pagurus edwardsi) around 4cm in size, emerging out of its shell, Comau Fjord, Patagonia, Chile.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Male melanistic leopard (Panthera pardus) at night, under a starry sky. Laikipia Wilderness Camp, Kenya. Communication Arts Annual 62 Competition 2021 Winner Book Category; Sony World Photographer Awa...
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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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Will Burrard-Lucas / Male melanistic leopard (Panthera pardus) at night, under a starry sky. Laikipia Wilderness Camp, Kenya. Photographed with a camera trap. Nature Photographer of the Year Competition 2021 Winner - Anim...
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Guy Edwardes / Slime mould (Arcyria denudata) sporangia. New Forest National Park, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.
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Guy Edwardes / Amethyst deceiver fungus (Laccaria amethystina). New Forest National Park, England, UK. October.
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Andy Murch / Scoophead shark (Sphyrna media), released specimen. Isla Chepillo, Rio Bayano, Panama.
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Erlend Haarberg / White wagtail (Motacilla alba) reflected in water. Pasvik, Norway. May.
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Oliver Wright / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) photographed in early morning light. Ledston, Yorkshire, June. Focus stacked image.
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Oliver Wright / Portrait of a Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) Yorkshire, August. Focus stacked image.
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Oliver Wright / Portrait of a Common darter (Sympetrum striolatum) Yorkshire, July. Focus stacked image.
Markus Varesvuo / Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) flying directly overhead, Kuhmo Finland February.
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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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Ingo Arndt / Honey bees (Apis mellifera), drinking water on hot summer day, Germany.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) cygnet swimming. Richmond Park, London, UK. May
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John Waters / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) approaching hive entrance, with trails of departing bees visible. Urban garden, Bristol, UK, May.
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John Waters / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying close to hive entrance, with flight trails visible. Urban garden, Bristol, UK, May.
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David Pattyn / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) couple fighting in a tree Corcovado National Park, Osa peninsula, Costa Rica
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Carol Walker / RF - Percheron horse trotting through snow. Alberta, Canada. Febraury. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Eric Baccega / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male, portrait, member of the Nyakagezi group, Mgahinga National Park, Uganda.
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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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Guy Edwardes / Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on a banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Two Pallas's long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Orange Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla robusta), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from Flowering banana (Musa ornata), Lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
