Alex Hyde / Various pollen grains from several species of UK plant. False coloured scanning electron micrograph. Digital composite.
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Alex Hyde / Various rockpool animals and seaweeds, photographed on a white background. Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, March. Digital composite.
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David Shale / Pencil urchin (Cidaroid). Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.
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Solvin Zankl / Dragonfish (Melanostomias melanops) - deep sea specimen from 2000m depth, nr Cape Verde Islands, North Atlantic
Nick Garbutt / Wallace's Flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) male from lowland dipterocarp rainforest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo. Photographed in situ in makeshift studio in the forest.
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Mark Taylor / Blue tabby kitten playing with a common European toad (Bufo bufo).
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Daniel Heuclin / Deathstalker / Palestine Yellow Scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus) against white background. Tunisia, Africa.
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Kim Taylor / Dobsonfly (Chloronia mexicana) from Costa Rica
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Shibai Xiao / Hainan leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus hainanensis) young photographed on white background, China.
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Danny Green / Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) portrait in winter coat. Norway, Captive, March.
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Steven Kazlowski / Two curious young Polar bears (Ursus maritimus), Barter Island, off the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, October 2011