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Floreana giant tortoise hybrid descendants (Chelonoidis elephantopus) feeding on flower. These are descendants of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise, but are hybridised with other species. Fausto Lle...
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Tui De Roy / Floreana giant tortoise hybrid descendants (Chelonoidis elephantopus) feeding on flower. These are descendants of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise, but are hybridised with other species. Fausto Lle...
Rio pescado harlequin toad (Atelopus balios) pair on branch, female on the left, Azuay, Ecuador, Critically endangered species, possibly extinct.
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Lucas Bustamante / Rio pescado harlequin toad (Atelopus balios) pair on branch, female on the left, Azuay, Ecuador, Critically endangered species, possibly extinct.
Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) using stick tool to reach food, native to Hawaii
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ZSSD / Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) using stick tool to reach food, native to Hawaii
Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) using stick tool to reach food, native to Hawaii
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ZSSD / Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) using stick tool to reach food, native to Hawaii
Photographic reconstruction of Archaeopteryx by Paul D. Stewart.  The fossils of this species was from 150 million years ago, and is thought of as a stage between feathered dinosaurs and modern birds.
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Paul D Stewart / Photographic reconstruction of Archaeopteryx by Paul D. Stewart. The fossils of this species was from 150 million years ago, and is thought of as a stage between feathered dinosaurs and modern birds.
Male Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea eutryphon / arion) collected in 1865. It is here surrounded by other extant UK blue butterfly species. The large Blue was first recorded as a British species in 17...
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Paul D Stewart / Male Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea eutryphon / arion) collected in 1865. It is here surrounded by other extant UK blue butterfly species. The large Blue was first recorded as a British species in 17...
Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) seen in its burrow. The species is endangered on account of prey depletion and vulnerability to foreign infection. Declared extinct in the wild in 1987, a succes...
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Roland Seitre / Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) seen in its burrow. The species is endangered on account of prey depletion and vulnerability to foreign infection. Declared extinct in the wild in 1987, a succes...
Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes). The species is endangered on account of prey depletion and vulnerability to foreign infection. Declared extinct in the wild in 1987, a successful breeding progr...
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Roland Seitre / Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes). The species is endangered on account of prey depletion and vulnerability to foreign infection. Declared extinct in the wild in 1987, a successful breeding progr...
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus ziteki) Panama, Featured in BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold Blood'. Species now extinct in the wild
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Miles Barton / Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus ziteki) Panama, Featured in BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold Blood'. Species now extinct in the wild
Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus ziteki) reacting to the image of a frog on a video monitor. Experiment carried out to reveal the purpose of the frog's waving behaviour - to attract mates and deter ri...
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Miles Barton / Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus ziteki) reacting to the image of a frog on a video monitor. Experiment carried out to reveal the purpose of the frog's waving behaviour - to attract mates and deter ri...
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) immature bird flying with transmitter attached, critically endangered extinct in wild and recently re-introduced, 9-10 foot wingspan, Marble Canyon, Arizona
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) immature bird flying with transmitter attached, critically endangered extinct in wild and recently re-introduced, 9-10 foot wingspan, Marble Canyon, Arizona
Golden Toad (Bufo periglenes) male, breeding aggregation, extinct, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
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Michael & Patricia Fogden / Golden Toad (Bufo periglenes) male, breeding aggregation, extinct, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica