Mark Carwardine / Siberian tiger anti-poaching patrol with arrested poachers (with secret police for extra protection), 600 miles north of Vladivostok, Primorksy, Russian Far East, October 2005
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Mark Carwardine / Tiger Conservation: Russian children learning about tiger conservation, Tiger Eco-Centre, Novopokrovka, northern Primorye, Russian Far East
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Mark Carwardine / Siberian / Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) yawning, Male rescued from poachers, ÊUtyos Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Kutuzovka Village, Russian Far East, in taiga forest, Endangered species
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Mark Carwardine / European lynx (Lynx lynx) rescued from poachers, Utyos Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Kutuzovka Village, Russian Far East
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Mark Carwardine / Siberian / Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica). Male rescued from poachers, ÊUtyos Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Kutuzovka Village, Russian Far East, in taiga forest, Endangered species
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Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) crossing a fallen tree over a river, Kedrovaya, Pad Reserve, Far East Russia 1987
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Vladimir Medvedev / Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) on rocky slope at night, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorskiy krai, Far East Russia, December, Critically endangered species.
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Vladimir Medvedev / Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) profile view, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorskiy krai, Far East Russia. January, Critically endangered species.
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Vladimir Medvedev / Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) rear view, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorskiy krai, Far East Russia. December, Critically endangered species.
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Sergey Gorshkov / NOT FOR WEBSITE Close-up of Brown bear (Ursus arctos) in lake, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August
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Vladimir Medvedev / Camera trap image of wild Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) walking through woodland, Lazovsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, November 1994
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Vladimir Medvedev / Camera trap image of wild female Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) scent marking the trunk of a Cedar (Cedrus) tree, Lazovsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, April...
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Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July
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Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July
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Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) portrait, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July
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Shibai Xiao / State-owned forestry plant with workers lifting logs early in the morning, Heilongjiang Provinc, China, January 2010. No release available
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Shibai Xiao / Preserved root of Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis) used in traditional Chinese medicine, Henan Province, China, March 2010. No release available.
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Shibai Xiao / Hainan leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus hainanensis) young photographed on white background, China.
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Shibai Xiao / Marbled eel (Anguilla marmorata) captured by local people and being held up in net, Hainan Island, China. No release available.
Shibai Xiao / Scientist using white sheet and light trap to capture bugs and moth species for research, Guangxi Province, China, November 2008. No release available.
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Shibai Xiao / Colour changed tree monitors / Garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) and Bronze skinks (Lygosoma indicum) hanging up at market ready to sell as pets, Hainan Island, China, January 2007. No release availa...
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Shibai Xiao / Hainan black-crested gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) young male in tree, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.
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Shibai Xiao / Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) jumping to a higher tree, Guangxi Province, China.
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Shibai Xiao / Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) close up portrait of head with black background, Guangxi Province, China.
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Shibai Xiao / Chinese ferret badger (Melogale moschata) two captured by camera trap at night, Guangxi Province, China.
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Shibai Xiao / Northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri) captured with camera trap at night, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.
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Shibai Xiao / Mangrove forest (Sonneratia hainanensis) respiratory roots with man standing up in small boat, Guangxi Province, China. No releases available.
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Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species
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Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) looking up, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species
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Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) on rocky hillside, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species
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Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea) female portrait, Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July
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Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) on rocky hillside, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species. Commended in Wildlife Photograp...
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Vladimir Medvedev / Wild female Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) on rocky hillside, Kedrovaya Pad reserve, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia, January. Critically endangered species
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Vladimir Medvedev / Nesting colony of Thick-billed Murre / Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) on St. Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July
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Vladimir Medvedev / Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) calling, St. Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July
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Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea) male and female courtship, Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July .
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Vladimir Medvedev / Amur long-tailed goral (Naemorhedus caudatus raddeanus) a rare ungulate in the Amur-Heilong basin, captive animal, Lazovskiy zapovednik, Far East Russia, vulnerable species
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Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) leaping through water to catch salmon in river, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) walking beside lake, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Japanese sable (Martes zibellina) resting in tree, Kamchatka, far east Russia, May
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Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) mating, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, May
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Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) walking beside lake, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Wolverine (Gulo gulo) crosses snow field covered with animal tracks, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, April 2008
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Sergey Gorshkov / Salmon (Salmonidae) eggs falling to lake bottom, Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, July
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Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) mother and three cubs swimming across lake, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, June
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Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) catching salmon in river, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Sockeye Salmon (Salmonidae) spawning in Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Caribou /Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) on hillside, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, September
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Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) catching migration salmon in river, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bears (Ursus arctos beringianus) fighting, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, July
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Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) running through water, fishing, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Salmon (Salmonidae) fry with egg case still attached, Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, January
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Sergey Gorshkov / Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) spawning, Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, July
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Sergey Gorshkov / Migrating Salmon (Salmonidae) Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Salmon (Salmonidae) migrating to spawn in Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) mother leads three cubs over hillside in snow, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, May
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Sergey Gorshkov / Silhouette of Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) ) beside Lake Kuril at dawn, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August 2008
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Sergey Gorshkov / Wolverine (Gulo gulo) climbing birch tree, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, April
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Sergey Gorshkov / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) sitting on fallen tree trunk, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, April
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Sergey Gorshkov / Salmon (Salmonidae) migrating to spawn in Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Wolverine (Gulo gulo) climbing birch tree, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, April
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Sergey Gorshkov / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) fox waking up from sleep in den in deep snow, stretching and yawning, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, November
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Sergey Gorshkov / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) two foxes at den in deep snow, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, November
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Sergey Gorshkov / Aerial view of Caribou / Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) trotting through shallow water, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August
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Sergey Gorshkov / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) carrying white grouse prey over snow, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, January
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Sergey Gorshkov / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) one fox chasing another across snow, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, April
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Konstantin Mikhailov / Asian globeflower (Trollius asiaticus) flowering in subalpine meadows of the Altai-Sayan Region, in particular in Kuznetsky Alatau State Nature Reserves, Siberia, Far East Russia,
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nivkhi fisherman retrieving Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) from net at sunset. Niva Bay, Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East, 2006.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nivkhi woman hanging fillets of Salmon (Oncorhynchus) to dry at Niva Bay. Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East, 2006.
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Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} sunning on tree top, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Velikan (or "Giant") Geyser, the largest geyser on Kamchatka, periodically shooting to a height of a nine-story building and releasing 30 tons of water per minute. Colonies of thermophilic bacteria co...
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Igor Shpilenok / Kronotskaya River and the Kronotsky Volcano covered in snow in April, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} beside water with Kronotsky volacano in the background, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} lying, stretching on snow, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / First snow on the smoking Karymsky volcano and lake in October, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia.
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Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} walking over ice, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} flying through snow, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) fishing for salmon in the Kronotskaya River at the foot of the Kronotsky Volcano, covered with a fresh coat of snow in September, Kronotsky Zapovednik,...
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Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} walking over snow, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagles {Haliaeetus pelagicus} gather beside Kuril Lake with Ilinsky volcano in the background, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, winter 2007
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Igor Shpilenok / Snow-covered Kronotsky volcano connected to the Pacific Coast by the Kronotskaya river, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} about to pick up Sockeye salmon prey in its claws, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) at the "Stained glass window" in the Valley of the Geysers, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Brown bear {Ursus arctos} resting in the spring sunshine, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) on slope, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) at the Malachite Grotto, Valley of the Geysers, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) male sniffing the tracks of a female in snow, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) at the 'Stained glass window', Valley of the Geysers, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) enjoys hot steam from a geyser in Valley of the Geysers, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) near photographer's wooden cabin, Valley of the Geysers, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / A hot spring ringed by thermophilic bacteria in the vast caldera of the Uzon Volcano, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia .
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Igor Shpilenok / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) feeding on Sockeye salmon prey, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Snow-covered Kronotsky Volcano rises above wetland forest and river, Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Black smoke belching from the Karymsky volcano, Kamchatka, Far East Russia
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Igor Shpilenok / Aerial view of the Zhupanov river and surrounding wetlands just south of the Kronotsky Zapovednik, Kamchatka, Far East Russia