Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female baby aged four days in incubator. Beauval Zoo, France. 5 August 2021
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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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Dave Bevan / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) climbing on corn stalks, UK, July. Captive.
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Remi Masson / Large Pike (Esox lucius) more than a meter long, resting on a lake bed, Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. June.
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Fred Olivier / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks calling, with another small chick arriving and falling over, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.
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Steve Downer / Grove snail / brown lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) with juvenile riding on its back, Birmingham UK June.
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Eric Baccega / Keeper (Mrs. Mao Min) weighing a 7 day old, female Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and entering data into records, Beauval Zoo, France, 8 August 2021. This is the smaller of female twins. 8 Augus...
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Eric Baccega / Keeper (Mrs. Mao Min) cleaning a female Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub in an incubator. The baby is 7 days old and the smaller of female twins. Beauval Zoo, France. 3 August 2021.
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Fred Olivier / Tracking of shot iceberg, Cape York, Greenland, September.
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Fred Olivier / Tracking of shot iceberg, Cape York, Greenland, September.
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Michael Hutchinson / Pair of Wolf spiders (Pardosa) with courting male in the background, drumming on leaf with his legs to attract female, Bristol, England, UK, May.
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Michael Hutchinson / Pair of Wolf spiders (Pardosa) with courting male in the background, drumming on leaf with his legs to attract female, Bristol, England, UK, May.
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Philippe Clement / Male Fiddler crab (Uca tangeri) feeding on a beach. Captive.
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Morley Read / Elephant beetle (Megasoma actaeo) climbing on a fallen tree trunk, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Elephant beetle (Megasoma actaeo) climbing on a fallen tree trunk, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador.
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Remi Masson / Diver looking at a large Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) on the bottom of the River Ebro, Spain, April.
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Remi Masson / Group of Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) rubbing against each other, with very large individual over two metres long, River Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France, September.
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Fred Olivier / Group of Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks walking to the sea, tiny chick lagging behind others falls in water, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.
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Fred Olivier / Group of Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks walking to the sea, tiny chick lagging behind others falls in water, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.
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Fred Olivier / Group of Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks walking to the sea, with one small one lagging behind, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.
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Fred Olivier / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks walking to the sea, small chick overtaken by another chick, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.
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Christophe Courteau / Namib sand gecko (Pachydactylus rangei), Dorob National Park, Namibia.
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Christophe Courteau / Namib sand gecko (Pachydactylus rangei), Dorob National Park, Namibia.
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Steve Downer / Close up shot of terrestrial mite, species unknown, on needle. UK.
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Steve Downer / Close up shot of terrestrial mite, species unknown, on needle. UK.