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2017 - Latest Highlights December (111) More files...
A fascinating variety of new imagery was added to our site this month. Highlights include a variety of African wildlife, the newly discovered Tapanuli orangutan, an interesting range of primate behaviour, swift conservation, European butterflies, saffron cultivation, mountain pine beetle damage, graphic autumn leaves and a range of pets and farm animals
Badger (Meles meles) adult, backlit at sunset, scratching its ears, Derbyshire, UK, May. Winner of the Animal Behaviour category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competition 2017.
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Andrew Parkinson / Badger (Meles meles) adult, backlit at sunset, scratching its ears, Derbyshire, UK, May. Winner of the Animal Behaviour category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competition 2017.
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.
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Bence Mate / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole at night, Mkuze, South Africa Third place in the Nature Portfolio category of the World Press Photo Awards 2017.
American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). Resting on birch tree. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA.
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George Sanker / American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). Resting on birch tree. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA.
RF - Gannet (Morus bassanus)flying / diving against blue sky, off Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, England, UK. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Andy Rouse / RF - Gannet (Morus bassanus)flying / diving against blue sky, off Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, England, UK. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
Ice crystals viewed by polarised light.
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Kim Taylor / Ice crystals viewed by polarised light.
Faro del Pescador Lighthouse at night, Cantabria, Spain, 2016.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Faro del Pescador Lighthouse at night, Cantabria, Spain, 2016.
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Huesca, Aragon, Spain, July 2016.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Huesca, Aragon, Spain, July 2016.
Reflections in Llyn Gwynant in the Glaslyn valley, looking west with Yr Aran mountain in the background, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK, June.
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Alan Williams / Reflections in Llyn Gwynant in the Glaslyn valley, looking west with Yr Aran mountain in the background, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK, June.
Birch tree (Betula) growing in Llyn Padarn, Llanberis, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK, March.
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Alan Williams / Birch tree (Betula) growing in Llyn Padarn, Llanberis, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK, March.
Female Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) under anaesthetic and undergoing an MRI scanner in the surgery station of the zoo, Zooparc Beauval, France, October 2017.
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Eric Baccega / Female Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) under anaesthetic and undergoing an MRI scanner in the surgery station of the zoo, Zooparc Beauval, France, October 2017.
Family living near the Rio Cuchujaqui with hunted Ocelot (Felis pardalis) skin / pelt. Sierra Madre foothills, Mexico 1992
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Jack Dykinga / Family living near the Rio Cuchujaqui with hunted Ocelot (Felis pardalis) skin / pelt. Sierra Madre foothills, Mexico 1992
Grandmother and grandson standing next to Strangler fig (Ficus padifolia) covering the wall of their home, Aduana, near Alamos, Sonora, Mexico 1992
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Jack Dykinga / Grandmother and grandson standing next to Strangler fig (Ficus padifolia) covering the wall of their home, Aduana, near Alamos, Sonora, Mexico 1992