Staffan Widstrand / Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) head and horns above sand dune, Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, Dubai, UAE, Endangered species
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Guy Edwardes / Marbled white (Melanagria galathea), two butterflies on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis). Badbury Rings, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, UK. June.
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Floris van Breugel / Avalanche lilies (Erythronium montanum) blooming in colourful alpine meadow, with glaciated Mount Olympus behind, Olympic National Park's backcountry Bailey Range, Washington, USA. July 2008.
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Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) first or second instar caterpillars and empty egg case on Cabbage (Brassicaceae) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.
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Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) eggs on underside of Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.
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Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) eggs on underside of Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.
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Merryn Thomas / Viewing platform on the summit of the Schilthorn (2,970m), Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, June 2012.
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Franco Banfi / Slendertail moray (Gymnothorax gracilicauda) at Dinding warna banjak, Kervo island, Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
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Michael D. Kern / Australian whites / Green tree frog {Litoria caerulea} captive, occurs Australia
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Doug Gimesy / Aerial view showing the edge of Lake Eyre South: water (blue), salt pan edge (whites/pinks etc) and land with water channels - the water and channels the result of recent uncommonly high local desert...
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Nick Upton / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) resting on a Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) flower in a garden, Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Three Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.
