Brent Stephenson / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and large second year cub swim across calm water, Scott Inlet, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, August. Vulnerable species.
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Brent Stephenson / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking across melting sea ice, Scott Inlet, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, August. Vulnerable species.
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Ben Hall / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on rock with lava lizard sitting on its head, Galapagos Islands, May.
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Ben Hall / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on rock taken with slow shutter speed to show motion in the water, Galapagos islands, May.
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Mark MacEwen / Snare's island crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) colony on the coast, high angle view, Snares Island, New Zealand.
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David Pattyn / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) taking off from water, Lake Kerkini, Greece. February. Vulnerable species.
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Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) diving to feed on algae, Sombrero Chino Islet, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.
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Paul Williams / Spectral tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) returning to sleep in fig tree after a night hunting, Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Wim van den Heever / Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) in flight, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Brent Stephenson / Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini) landing on sea, off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, November, Vulnerable species.
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Adrian Davies / Crested gecko, (Correlophus ciliatus) captive, native to New Caledonia.
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Greater prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido) Bob Price's Ranch, Garfield County, Nebraska, USA, October.