Chadden Hunter / Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) males dive through openings in the sea ice to take their first swim in over 4 months as they have spent the bleak winter incubating their eggs. Cape Washington,...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) two 4-5 month kits running along branch of tree in caledonian forest, The Black Isle, Highlands, Scotland, UK, July. Photographer quote: 'Watching a family of young pine ma...
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Tim Edwards / Transmitter change on female kakapo. Little Barrier Is. NZ Rarest, heaviest bird in world>> Pictures taken Sept 91 high on one of the volcanic mountains of the island. Nocturnal habit unusual for parr...
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Marie Read / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) female perched amid berries and seedheads with falling snow, New York, USA. November. Non-ex.
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Tony Wu / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) female's carcass covered with bites from cookie cutter sharks, indicating that the whale spent substantial time in deep water, where cookie cutter sharks reside. Gul...
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Chris Mattison / RF - Royal Fern, (Osmunda regalis), fertile frond showing spent spore cases. Yorkshire, July. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Children from Lochinver primary school planting trees on moorland at Culag Wood, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, January 2011. Photographer quote: 'Getting out of the classroom, even on a cold, c...
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Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff looking into a crate full of sea snakes caught during 3 hours spent spotlighting the river's surface at night. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover...
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Kim Taylor / Vapourer Moth (Orgyia antiqua) spent female clinging to her egg-covered cocoon. Surrey, UK, August.
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Chadden Hunter / Chadden Hunter (cameraman) and film crew filming inside 'moulins', the ice caves that drain meltwater through glaciers, Gorner Glacier, Alps, Switzerland, October 2005. Filming for the Mountains Epis...
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Piotr Naskrecki / True Bug (Tomaspis sp) undergoing final molt in foamy froth in which is has spent its entire larval development, Costa Rica
