Adrian Davies / Common scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis) on cliff top, Port Isaac, Cornwall, UK, April.
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Jean E. Roche / Salt table formed from salt collected from Salin de Giraud lake. Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. June.
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Jean E. Roche / Salt table formed from salt collected from Salin de Giraud lake. Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. June.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming to the surface and forming whirlpools with its flippers, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) coming to the surface and forming a whirlpool with its flipper, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female surfacing with its fin pointed towards the surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming just below the ocean surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming to the surface near freediver, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female surfacing next to another Humpback whale swimming on its back beside a freediver, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male and female engaging in courtship, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing next to snorkeler, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing next to snorkelers, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Freediver swimming with two Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing next to snorkelers, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing next to snorkelers, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female surfacing next to snorkelers, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Freediver swimming between two Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) creating bubble arc with fin after surfacing, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) creating bubble arc with fin after surfacing, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) ascending towards surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swmiming near water surface, viewed from below,Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Crown jellyfish (Cephea cephea) floating near surface, Moorea, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) leaving a coral cavern as another hides within, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Shoal of Lowfin chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis) evading a Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata), Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Shoal of Lowfin chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis) swimming to avoid Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata), Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Pacific trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis) juvenile swimming near the water surface in the open ocean, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female and two males in courtship, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) creating bubble arc with fin at waters surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) ascending towards waters surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming next to snorkelers, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Shells from Giant clams (Tridacna gigas) left on the seabed after being discarded by fisherman, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / A tourist stands on a small island known as a Motu, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris) on seabed with shell-protecting mantle fully extended, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male and female pair courting, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming towards surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming towards surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming below water surface with snorkeler in the background, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swims towards freediver, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming towards surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming at surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female swimming at surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female swimming at surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Shane Gross / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming towards the water surface, Tubuai, French Polynesia.
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Lynn M. Stone / American brant (Branta bernicla hrota) on water, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, USA. January.
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Lynn M. Stone / Ochre sea stars (Pisaster ochraceus) clinging to barnacle-encrusted rock at low tide, Lone Ranch Beach, Brookings, Oregon, USA. July.
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Lynn M. Stone / Ochre sea stars (Pisaster ochraceus) on rock at low tide, Lone Ranch Beach, Oregon, USA. July.
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Lynn M. Stone / Leather sea star (Dermasterias imbricata) on Rockweed at low tide, Lone Ranch Beach, Brookings, Oregon, USA. July.
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Lynn M. Stone / Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) feeding on Mole crab (Emerita sp.) on beach, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA. May.
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Lynn M. Stone / Least tern (Sternula antillarum) in flight, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA. May.
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Lynn M. Stone / Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) in breeding plumage, scavenging on a dead Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus) on beach, Gulf of Mexico, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. May.
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Lynn M. Stone / White ibis (Eudocimus albus) in breeding plumage, catching a Mole crab (Emerita sp.) along the shore, Tierra Verde, Florida, USA. May.
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Lynn M. Stone / Snowy egret (Egretta thula) walking along shoreline on beach, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA. May.
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Lynn M. Stone / Reddish egret (Egretta rufescens) fishing in saltwater cove at sunrise, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA. May.
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Lynn M. Stone / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) foraging on wet sand flat at low tide, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA. May.
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Lynn M. Stone / Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) walking along shoreline, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA. May.
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Nick Upton / Japanese wireweed / Japanese weed (Sargassum muticum) fronds dominating the seabed, near Swanage, Dorset, UK, English Channel. July.
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Russell Laman / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming over shallow coral reef, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean. Endangered.
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Russell Laman / Ribboned sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) shoal, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Russell Laman / Ostracods (ostracoda) displaying bioluminescence, spiralling up from the sand after sunset, three days after the full moon to spawn, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean Sea.
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Russell Laman / West Atlantic trumpet fish (Aulostomus maculatus) camouflaged against soft coral, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean Sea.
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Russell Laman / Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) close up detail revealing the pigment-filled chromatophores, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean Sea.
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Russell Laman / Remoras (Echeneis naucrates) swimming on underside of Reef manta (Mobula alfredi), Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Russell Laman / False clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) hiding in an anemone with Sarasvati anemone shrimp (Periclimenes sarasvati), Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Russell Laman / Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swimming close to surface with islands in background, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Russell Laman / Sarasvati anemone shrimp (Periclimenes sarasvati) resting on an anemone with Clarks anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) behind, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.
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Russell Laman / Reef manta (Mobula alfredi) getting cleaned of parasites, dead skin, bacteria, and mucus by Blacklip butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) and Moon wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) at a cleaning station in Raja...
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Gabriel Rojo / Southern right whale (Eubalaena Australis) mother and calf, Peninsula Valdes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina.
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Gabriel Rojo / Tide going out, Peninsula Valdes, Unesco World Heritage Site, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina, August 2022.
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Gabriel Rojo / Tide going out, Peninsula Valdes, Unesco World Heritage Site, Chubut Province , Patagonia, Argentina, August 2022.
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Gabriel Rojo / Aerial view of tourists watching Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from beach, Peninsula Valdes, El Doradillo Nature Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chubut Province, Patagonia,Argentina...
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Gabriel Rojo / Aerial view of tourists watching Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from beach, Peninsula Valdes, El Doradillo Nature Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chubut Province, Patagonia,Argentina...
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Gabriel Rojo / Aerial view of tourists watching Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from beach, Peninsula Valdes, El Doradillo Nature Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentin...
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Gabriel Rojo / Aerial view of tourists watching Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from beach, Peninsula Valdes, El Doradillo Nature Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentin...
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David Tipling / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) diving for mackerel with Herring gulls ( Larus argentatus) flying amongst them, Bempton Cliffs, North Yorkshire, UK. June.
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Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) checking a Ringed seal breathing hole with blood on the ice, Svalbard, Norway.
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Frederique Olivier / Sea butterflies / Pelagic swimming sea snails (Thecosomata) drifting with the current, Bellot Strait, Nunavut, Canada.
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Frederique Olivier / Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) barrel rolling and rubbing its face. The animal then swims out of the frame. Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
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Frederique Olivier / Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) floating on its back. The animal then barrel rolls, yawns and rubs its face. Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
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Frederique Olivier / Seaotter (Enhydra lutris) floating on its back. The animal then barrel rolls and rubs its face. Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
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Frederique Olivier / Seaotter (Enhydra lutris) floating on its back and rubbing its face. Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
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Frederique Olivier / Seaotter (Enhydra lutris) floating on its back. The animal then barrel rolls. Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
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Frederique Olivier / Seaotter (Enhydra lutris) swimming. The animal then floats on its back and rubs its face. Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
