Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifera) leaping, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Morley Read / Close-up portrait of a South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifera) amongst leaf litter, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Diane McAllister / Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) fighting in water. Beaufort Sea , Kaktovik, Alaska, USA. Highly commended in the Polar Passion category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.
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Nick Garbutt / American bison (Bison bison) female covered in hoar frost near hot spring, portrait. Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA. February.
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Nick Garbutt / RF - Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) foraging in snow covered valley. Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, USA. February 2019. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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John Cancalosi / Sonoran desert toad (Incilius alvarius) pair mating, with trail of spawn in water. Arizona, USA.
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Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) female and ten chicks aged a few weeks. Marana, Arizona, USA. May.
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Jack Dykinga / Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) running to feed brood with Lizard prey in beak. Catalina State Park, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. June.
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Shane Gross / American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with open mouth amongst Seagrass (Alismatales). Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
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George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) with prey in beak, in evening light. Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March. Sequence 2/2.
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George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) diving head into water to catch prey, in evening light. Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March. Sequence 1/2.
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Jack Dykinga / Bighorm sheep (Ovis canadensis) males grouped together before the rutting season. Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA, February.
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Alex Mustard / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) close to the camera with a golden trevally fish (Gnathanodon speciosus) and outline of another whale shark behind , in the plankton-rich green waters of La Paz bay, Baja...
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Lucas Bustamante / Giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) eating a catfish. Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador
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Lucas Bustamante / Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga). Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador
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Lucas Bustamante / Jaguar (Panthera onca) standing in mud, Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador
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Lucas Bustamante / Zigzag Heron (Zebrilus undulatus) camouflaged in branches while nesting. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
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Lucas Bustamante / Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao) drinking water inside an Amazonian claylick. Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador
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Jack Dykinga / Inspiration point covered in snow, Bryce Canyon National Park, USA, January.
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Jack Dykinga / Landscape of hoodoos in snow at sunrise, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, January.
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Jack Dykinga / Winter snow storms cause wind-blown drifting along the canyon rim, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, January.
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Jack Dykinga / Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) and Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at sunrise, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, November.
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Jack Dykinga / Conifer tree branch covered in snow and frost from winter snow storm. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, January.
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Jack Dykinga / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched as Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) fly by, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, January.
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Jack Dykinga / Snow goose (Chen caerulescens) landing into a tight packed flock on lake, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA. January.
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Jack Dykinga / Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) feeding in pond, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA. January.
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Jack Dykinga / Snow goose (Chen caerulescens) landing into flock, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, January.
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Jack Dykinga / Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) taking off and flying past a full 'super-moon' en route to feeding in neighboring fields. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, Jan...
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Jack Dykinga / Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Bristlecone pine clinging to the canyon rim at dawn, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, January.
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Ernie Janes / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) portrait, captive, occurs in North America.
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John Chan / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chicks stretching and flapping their wings, Southern California, USA, May.
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John Chan / Crenulated fiddler crab (Uca crenulata) waving its major claw at another crab, part of a courtship display, Southern California, USA, June.
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John Chan / Crenulated fiddler crab (Uca crenulata) feeding on detritus, Southern California, USA, June.
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John Chan / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chick watching for parents to return with food, Southern California, USA, June.
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John Chan / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) plucking Dowitcher (Limnodromus) prey, Southern California, USA.
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John Chan / American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) foraging in salt marsh, Southern California, USA.
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John Chan / Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) stamping its feet to create vibrations in the sand as it forages for insects, Southern California, USA, August.
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John Chan / California brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) roosting on a mudflat, with a flock of Elegant terns (Thalasseus elegans) nearby, Southern California, USA May/2019
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John Chan / Flock of Western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) taking flight from salt marsh, Southern California, USA.
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Jack Dykinga / Border wall with razor wire at the Mexican / United States border in Arizona, where the newer taller sections of the border wall pushed by President Trump are being erected in the environmentally sens...
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Jack Dykinga / Bird caught in border wall mesh at the Mexican / United States border, Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona, USA, August.
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Jack Dykinga / Mexican / United States border in Arizona, where the newer taller sections of the border wall pushed by President Trump are being erected in the environmentally sensitive Organ Pipe National Monument....
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Jack Dykinga / Mexican / United States border in Arizona, where the newer taller sections of the border wall pushed by President Trump are being erected in the environmentally sensitive Organ Pipe National Monument....
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Jack Dykinga / Mexican / United States border in Arizona, where the newer taller sections of the border wall pushed by President Trump are being erected in the environmentally sensitive Organ Pipe National Monument....
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Jack Dykinga / Landscape at the older Mexican / United States border wall in Arizona. Newer taller sections of the border wall pushed by President Trump are being erected in this environmentally sensitive Organ Pipe...
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John Shaw / Yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia aureola) on lava rocks. Isabela Island, Galapagos. May.
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John Shaw / Western screech owl (Megascops kennicottii) is camouflaged as it looks from a tree cavity. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, January.
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John Shaw / Hybrid Poplar tree plantation in autumn (Populs sp.). Boardman Tree Farm, near Irrigon, Oregon, USA. October.
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John Shaw / Large leaves on Pacific blackberry (Rubus ursinus) above bracken fern and horsetail, is a small wet area. Oregon, USA. June.
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John Shaw / Shoreline of Lake Powell, seen from Alstrom Point on Romana Mesa. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, on the Arizona/Utah border, USA, January.
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John Shaw / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) searching for clams on tidal mudflat with waterbirds. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. August.
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John Shaw / Abandoned house in middle of a wheat field. Palouse farming area, south eastern Washington, USA, August.
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John Shaw / Purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) reaches for giant bulrush (Schoenoplectis californicus) seeds. Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida, USA, April.
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John Shaw / Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) at its nesting colony site, in early morning light. St. Johns Management Area, Florida, USA, April.
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John Shaw / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina) it has caught. Blue Cypress Lake, Florida, USA, April.
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John Shaw / Snowy egret (Egretta thula) shows its breeding plumage. St. Johns Management Area, Florida, USA, March.
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John Shaw / Late afternoon light warms the colors in the Yellow Mounds area, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA, September.
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John Shaw / Pine tree (Pinus sp) in winter, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, January.
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Francisco Marquez / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles and a few adults kept temporarily in an enclosure for ringing, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.
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Francisco Marquez / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles and a few adults kept temporarily in an enclosure for ringing, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.
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Francisco Marquez / Volunteers rounding up Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juveniles for ringing, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.
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Francisco Marquez / Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) flock silhouetted in wetland, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.
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Jack Dykinga / Navajo Sandstone formations with striated lines of mineral deposits. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
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Jack Dykinga / Morning light with autumn coloured Cottonwoods (Populus sp) trees lining the river. Valley of the Gods, Colorado Plateau, of the Great Basin Desert, Utah, USA, November 2018.
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Jack Dykinga / Erosion sculpted 'pot-hole' with reflection of clouds at sunset, Muley Point, Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2018.
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Jack Dykinga / Rainbow over Long Canyon with fall coloured Cottonwood (Populus) trees against canyon walls, Burr Trail, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2018.
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Jack Dykinga / Waterfall over sandstone with cottonwood tree, Long Canyon , Burr Trail, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. October.
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Jack Dykinga / Sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) in flight against blue sky, Bosque Del Apache, New Mexico, USA. December.
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Jack Dykinga / Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) in flight in late evening light, Bosque Del Apache, New Mexico, USA. December
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Jack Dykinga / Flocks of Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) taking off in tree-lined wetlands. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA.
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Jack Dykinga / Burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) one moving its head - with blurred motion. Marana, Arizona, USA, November.
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Jack Dykinga / Yellow-headed blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) and Redwing blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) roosting. Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, Arizona, USA, December.
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Jack Dykinga / Murmuration of Yellow-headed blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) and Redwing blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) at sunset, before roosting. Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, Arizona, USA, December.
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Doc White / Sea Otter, (Enhydra lutris), young male, Elkhorn Slough, California, USA. January
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Nick Hawkins / Juvenile Pollock (Pollachius virens) school within the protective fronds of kelp near Port Joli, Nova Scotia, Canada. August
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Nick Hawkins / Underneath view of a North American beaver (Castor canadensis) swimming under the ice of a frozen river. Quebec, Canada. October.
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Nick Hawkins / A female American black bear (Ursus americanus) and her young cub, Nova Scotia, Canada. July.
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Nick Hawkins / American lobster (Homarus americana) in eelgrass (Zostera marina). Nova Scotia, Canada. July
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John Cancalosi / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chick stretching its wings in nest in a Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), is groomed by its parent, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA, May.
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John Chan / Two male Southern Pacific rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus helleri) fighting during mating season. This behaviour is known as a "combat dance", and is used to determine dominance and the right to mate...
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John Chan / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) feeding on a Striped bass (Morone saxatilis), Southern California, USA.
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John Chan / Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) chick, sleeping in nest, Southern California, USA, March.
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MYN / Paul Marcellini / Sequence of an American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) hatching from its egg, Palmdale, Florida, USA. Digital composite.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Buacaille Etive Mor and River Etive in winter, Rannoch Moor, Glencoe, Scotland, UK.December
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Marie Read / Western Grebe (Aechmorphus occidentalis), pair during 'rushing' courtship display in which they run across water's surface in synchrony, near Escondido, California, USA, January.
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Marie Read / Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa), females behave aggressively toward a male (second from right) that is trying to join them on a floating log, autumn, New York, USA, October.
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifera) leaping, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Morley Read / Close-up portrait of a South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifera) amongst leaf litter, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Pascal Kobeh / Two Atlantic / American lobsters (Homarus americanus) fighting, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada
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Pascal Kobeh / Atlantic / American lobster (Homarus americanus) Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada
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Pascal Kobeh / Atlantic / American lobster (Homarus americanus) with a Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus ) swimming in the background, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada
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Bernard Castelein / Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas) butterfly covered in dew droplets, resting on flowerhead. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.
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Bernard Castelein / American oak (Quercus rubra) trees in avenue, sun shining through. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. November 2013.
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John Cancalosi / Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) and Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) fish attempting to feed on algae on turtle's shell. Maryland, USA. August.
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John Cancalosi / Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) females coiled up in leaf litter, newborn young sheltering under rock. At maternity site, Pennsylvania, USA. August.
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John Cancalosi / Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) females in undergrowth at maternity site, Pennsylvania, USA. August.