Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas leafcutter ant (Atta texana) workers carrying leaves during rain, New Braunfels, Central Texas, USA. Highly honoured, Small world Spectacular Category, Natures Best competition 2012.
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Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) new flowers are white, Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil
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Paul Williams / Giant water lily (Victoria cruziana) new flowers are white, Pantanal, Matogrossense National Park, Brazil
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Piotr Naskrecki / Mite (Thonius sp), the largest free-living mite in the world, Papua New Guinea
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Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Crematogaster sp) group cutting leaf, this behavior had previsouly only been observed in new world ants, Guinea
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Piotr Naskrecki / Ant (Crematogaster sp) cutting leaf, this behavior had previsouly only been observed in new world ants, Guinea
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Claudio Contreras / Close up of feathers of New World parrot {Amazona sp) captive, Mexico
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Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) young playing, critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus), male, climbing in canopy, critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) mother with baby on her back, critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) feeding on flowers, critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) critically endangered species, largest new world monkey, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Tui De Roy / Campbell Island Flightless Teal (Anas nesiotis) world's smallest duck, flightless, Codfish Island, New Zealand
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Tui De Roy / Campbell Island Flightless Teal (Anas nesiotis) world's smallest duck, flightless, group at shoreline, Codfish Island, New Zealand
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Gerry Ellis / Botanists from Papua New Guinea record specimens from plant survey in Kikori Basin, WWF ICDP 1995, Omo Village, Papua New Guinea
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Mark Moffett / Foam Nest Tree Frog (Polypedates dennysi) newly identified species of Gliding Frog, the largest in the world, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam
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Mark Moffett / Russian Herpetologist Nikolai Orlov holding Foam Nest Tree Frog (Polypedates dennysi) newly identified species of Gliding Frog, the largest in the world, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam