Jen Guyton / Park ranger holding a Temminck's ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), after rescuing it from poachers. This individual was later released back into the wild. Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.
01623272
SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) hunting for food amongst moss with loch and Celtic rainforest in back ground, Scotland, UK, October..
01622803
Marie Read / California quail (Callipepla californica), male emerging from behind snowbank in winter, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA
01615902
Karine Aigner / Blue-headed quail-dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala) on ground, Cuba
01619973
Pascal Kobeh / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) Azores, Atlantic Ocean.
01616771
Nick Hawkins / Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica.
01618142
SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / European badger (Meles meles) foraging in front of house at night. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.
01618141
SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / European badger (Meles meles) in front of house at night, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.
01617285
Shane Gross / Lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in mangrove forest which acts as a nursery for juveniles of this species. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
01617284
Shane Gross / Lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in mangrove forest which acts as a nursery for juveniles of this species. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
01617280
Shane Gross / Lemon shark pup (Negaprion brevirostris) in mangrove forest which acts as a nursery for juveniles of this species. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
01607279
David Fleetham / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming just below surface at sunset, split level view. Off the island of Yap, Micronesia.