Nick Hawkins / Head of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) showing callosities, patches of roughened skin that are unique to each whale. Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. August
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Marie Read / Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male displaying in cattail marsh, Viera Wetlands, Brevard County, Florida, USA, January.
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Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...
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Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...
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Eric Dragesco / Wild male Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) running down barren mountainside with snow covered patches, Altai mountains, Mongolia. February
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Eric Dragesco / Wild male Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) running down barren mountainside with snow covered patches, Altai mountains, Mongolia. February
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Franco Banfi / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) with patches covered in parasitic crustaceans named cyamids or whale lice (Cyamus ovalis). Golfo Nuevo, Peninsula Valdes, UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site,...
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Franco Banfi / Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) with patches covered in parasitic crustaceans named cyamids or whale lice (Cyamus ovalis). Golfo Nuevo, Peninsula Valdes, UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site,...
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Unterthiner / Frozen river with small unfrozen patches, Bialowieza NP, Poland, February 2009
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Tony Heald / Pigtail Macaques (Macaca nemestrina) crossing purpose-built "primate wires" connecting isolated patches of forest, Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, September 2008
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Nick Hawkins / Head of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) showing callosities, patches of roughened skin that are unique to each whale. Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Endangered. July
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Marie Read / Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male displaying in cattail marsh, backlighting, Ithaca, New York, USA, April.
