Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Adult Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in winter, perched on twig with frozen crab apples, Scotland, UK, December 2010. Did you know? The association of Robins with Christmas came from the postmen, known as...
Albert Lleal / SEM close-up view of a skeletal fragment of a Bryozoan colony at 35x magnification that came from a beach in Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain
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Albert Lleal / SEM close-up view of a skeletal fragment of a Bryozoan colony at 21x magnification, came from beach in Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain
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Jack Dykinga / Cracked mud patterns across the valley floor. This mud came from a mudslide and boulders and vegetation were locked into place by the river of mud. Bandwater, Death Valley National Park, Mojave Dese...
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Juergen Freund / Lumholtz tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) Geoffrey was raised from baby to adulthood by Margit Cianelli and released into her 140-acre rainforest backyard 8 years ago. He since became the alpha m...
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Ashley Cooper / In 2008 China became the worlds largest emitter of greenouse gases, fuelled by high levels of economic growth and electricity mainly being generated by dirty, highly polluting coal fired power station...
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Solvin Zankl / Mostly in the night, when the sand cooles down the hatchlings (Hawksbill) struggle to the surface of the sand and rush to the sea all at once. Here you can see the depression where they came out and t...
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Tony Wu / Whale louse (Cyamus ovalis) on hand to show scale, came from a Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) South Africa. Photographed with the permission of the Department of Environmental Affairs, Sou...
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Franco Banfi / The Icelandic horse is a unique breed of small horses that came to Iceland with the first settlers from Norway 1100 years ago, Iceland
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Tony Wu / Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) shed and slough off skin continuously, perhaps as a mechanism for maintaining healthy skin and shedding parasites. This is a large piece of skin that came off an...
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Tony Wu / Giant squid (Architeuthis) tentacle / arm dropped by an adult female Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) shortly after she came up from a deep dive, Ogasawara, Japan.