Niall Benvie / RF- Chanterelle mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius), gill detail. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Ingo Arndt / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) detail of nest surface, Hessen, Germany, April.
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Alex Hyde / Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) gills. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.
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Stephen Dalton / Close up of leaf veins showing 3D structure, UK.
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Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Common Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) backlit showing wing structure. Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, October
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Alex Mustard / Detailed photo of the eye and pattern of a Coney (Epinephelus fulvus). George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Ingo Arndt / Detailed facade of Hawa Mahal, Palace of the Winds, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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Ingo Arndt / Detailed mirror and inlay detail of Amber Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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Ross Hoddinott / RF - Small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) butterfly, Marsland mouth, North Devon, UK. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Georgette Douwma / RF - Spotted hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus) perched on Gold mouth sea squirt (Polycarpa aurata). West Papua, Indonesia. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Staffan Widstrand / Lion tracks (Panthera leo) iMfolozi National Park, South Africa
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Alex Mustard / Seafan (Melithaea sp.) growing below crashing surf. Andiamo, Daram Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea, Pacific Ocean.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Karo woman with traditional clothes and body paints. Territory of the Karo tribe. Omo river. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Ernie Janes / RF- Close up of Leaves of Red Oak (Quercus rubra) in autumn. October. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Nick Garbutt / RF- Close up detail of eye spots on wing of Owl-eye butterfly (Caligo sp), Amazonia, Ecuador, South America. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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David Noton / Weaver making silk cloth, Luang Prabang, Laos, March 2009.
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Bernard Castelein / Sundew (Drosera intermedia) tentacles with nectar glands. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, August.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved Forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) ivory tusks, for sale in shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012. This is identified as Forest elephant ivory by the pink tinge.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved Mammoth (Mammuthus) ivory tusks, for sale in shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved ivory tusks from Mammoth (Mammuthus) and Elephant (Elephantidae) for sale in shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved ivory tusks, for sale in shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved ivory tusks, for sale in shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved ivory tusks, for sale in shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved ivory tusks, for sale in shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved ivory tusks, for sale in shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved ivory tusks, for sale in shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Alex Mustard / RF- Male Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus) guarding clutch of eggs, which the female has laid in the nest he has created in the centre of seafan (Annella mollis) East of Eden, Similan Islan...
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / RF- Limestone oak fern (Gymnocarpium robertianum) leaves, Saltoluokta area, Greater Laponia Rewilding Area, Lapland, Norrbotten, Sweden, June. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or r...
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Ross Hoddinott / RF- Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, UK, June. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Theo Bosboom / Algae captured in ice, taken at a fen in the Deeler Woud Nature Reserve, Veluwe, the Netherlands, January
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / RF- Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) flowering in woodland, Cornwall, England, UK, May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / RF- Close up of Common / Round leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia). Westhay Nature Reserve (Somerset Wildlife Trust), Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. June.
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / RF- Two Small red damselflies (Ceriagrion tenellum) covered in morning dew. Arne (RSPB) Nature Reserve, Dorset, UK. August . (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Nick Garbutt / RF- Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) from swamp and sago palm forest areas in northern New Guinea. Captive, Jurong Bird Park, Singapore. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or...
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Ross Hoddinott / RF- Looking up under the gills of toadstools of Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida), Cornwall, UK. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Rolf Nussbaumer / RF- Painted Grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor) adult on Clasping-leaved Coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis). Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA. (This image may be licensed either as rights man...
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Kim Taylor / RF- Spiders web covered in morning dew. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Nick Garbutt / RF- Heliconius butterfly (Heliconius ismenius) on rainforest flower. Ecuador. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Kim Taylor / RF- Lulworth Skipper butterfly (Thymelicus acteon) female on field scabious. England. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Nick Garbutt / RF- Close up of Rafflesia pricei flower. Sabah, Borneo. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Paul D Stewart / Great Argus Pheasant feather (Argusianus argus). Composite photograph of Argus secondary wing feather left and right Fig 56. Page 143 Vol II of Charles Darwin 'The Descent of Man and Selection in Rela...
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Paul D Stewart / Detail of Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) zoo specimen, from SE Asia. Secondary wing feathers showing ocelli. Page 143 Vol II of Charles Darwin 'The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to...
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Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Ichthyosaur skeleton, copper fold-out engraving at life size, (2.5cm ammonite top right for scale). It comes from a paper by Sir Everard Home in 1819. He was the first geologist to pub...
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Paul D Stewart / The first scientific illustration of an Ichthyosaur skull, Temnodontosaurus platydon, discovered by Mary Anning, 1812. It comes from an 1814 paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Societ...
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Roberto Rinaldi / A model ship maker working from detailed plans to recreate traditional sailing ships, Mauritius
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Alex Mustard / Close up showing the colours and textures of the curling arms of a Crinoid on a coral reef, Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines, Pacific Ocean.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / African pompano (Alectis ciliaris) juvenile swimming, Blue Corner, Shizuoka. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) looking around with its crest raised, Pheasant Heaven. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Red bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra) male looking around and vocalising, Walsrode Bird Park. Captive.
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Tim Laman / Two Gobies (Gobiidae) resting on a Sea fan (Gorgonia sp.), Raja Ampat Marine Park, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) bringing bundled Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) petals to front of nest hole. The animal unfolds the pieces and carefully lines the sandy walls with the...
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) leaving its nest which is lined with Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) petal pieces. The animal leaves the frame. Bamberg, Germany.
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) emerges from its nest hole and then lines its nest with a piece of Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) petal. The animal leaves the frame. Bamberg, Germany
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) landing with bundled Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) pieces. The animal enters its nest, unfolds the pieces and carefully lines the sandy walls with the...
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) landing with bundled Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) petal pieces. The animal enters its nest, unfolds the pieces and carefully lines the sandy walls wi...
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) lines nest with pieces of petals from the Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Bamberg, Germany.
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Sergio Hanquet / Gorgonian fan coral (Subergorgia mollis) on coral reef, Ari Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) surrounded by Orange sea cucumbers (Cucumaria miniata) on seabed, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.
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Robert Thompson / Reindeer lichen (Cladonia portentosa) growing on decaying branch, Ards Forest Park, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. January.
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Georgette Douwma / Pin mould fungi (Mucorales) cultivated from indoor air on beetroot.
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Linda Pitkin / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in flower, Arta, Capdepera, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. April.
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Bernard Castelein / Bordered orb-weaver spider (Neoscona adianta) on web, covered in early morning dew, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Franco Banfi / Hard coral (Acropora sp.) on reef wall, Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea, Egypt.
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Franco Banfi / Red sea fan (Echinogorgia sp.) on reef wall, Ras Mohammed, Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea, Egypt.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) in flower, Precis, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) in flower, Precis, Umbria, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Lace border butterfly (Scopula ornata) resting on leaf, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. August.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Monkey orchid (Orchis simia) in flower, close up, Torre Alfina, Lazio, Italy. May.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Monkey orchid (Orchis simia) in flower, Torre Alfina, Lazio, Italy. May.
David Fleetham / Sand anemone / Branching tube anemone (Actinostephanus haeckeli) on sandy seabed, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Alex Hyde / Resupinate polypore fungus (Meruliaceae) growing on the underside of a decaying log in beech woodland. This scene measures 6mm across in real life. Derbyshire Dales, UK. November. Focus staked image....
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Franco Banfi / Spiny sea-pen (Pteroeides griseum) on sandy seabed, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea.
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Franco Banfi / Crinoid / Feather star (Antedon mediterranea) on a rock, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea.
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Franco Banfi / Crinoid / Feather star (Antedon mediterranea) on a rock, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea.
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David Hall / Christmas tree worm (Spirobranchus giganteus) embedded within a colony of Star coral (Montastraea sp.) on the seabed, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean Sea.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) female close up, moving proboscis, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Controlled conditions.
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Chris Mattison / Orb-weaving spider (Argiope savignyi) building a circular stabilimentum in the centre of its web, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
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Gil Wizen / Lace bug (Tingidae) on the underside of a leaf, Mindo, Ecuador. Focus-stacked.
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Nick Upton / Dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis) flowering, close up, Wiltshire, UK. March.
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Alex Mustard / Orange sea fan (Annella sp.) growing in a crack on an outer reef wall, with scuba diver in background, Laamu Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Flat sponge (Phyllospongia sp.) with radiating patterns, growing on a coral reef, Laamu Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Adrian Davies / Fossil ammonite in a pebble, shown in visible light and ultraviolet fluorescence, with increased detail in UV image. Pebble found at Charmouth, Dorset, UK.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Dead-man's finger (Alcyonium digitatum), close up of feeding polyps, Levenwick, Shetland, Scotland, North Atlantic Ocean, UK.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) fungi on forest floor, artificially lit from inside, Scotland, UK. September.
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George Sanker / Orchard orb weaver spider (Leucauge venusta) web covered on dew. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. March.
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Georgette Douwma / Female Harlequin / Ornate ghostpipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) carrying eggs in pouch formed with pelvic fins, on black background, Bali, Indonesia, Indo-Pacific.
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Georgette Douwma / Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on black background, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, Indo-Pacific.
