naturepl.fr 2017 Best-of octobre 2017

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Jack Dykinga / Cap-rocks on the rim of the Escalante Canyon at dawn. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2012.

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Sandesh Kadur / Kashmir Gray Langur / Chamba Sacred Langur (Semnopithecus ajax) outside building, Dachigam National Park, Kashmir, India.

Massive wildflower display. Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) and Orange fiddle neck (Amsinckia intermedia) and the Temblor Range carpeted with flowers in the background. Carrizo Plain Nation...

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Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display. Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) and Orange fiddle neck (Amsinckia intermedia) and the Temblor Range carpeted with flowers in the background. Carrizo Plain Nation...

Massive wildflower display. Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) Great valley phacelia (Phacelia ciliata) and purple stalks of Lemmon's mustard (Caulanthus anceps) the Temblor Range carpeted...

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Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display. Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) Great valley phacelia (Phacelia ciliata) and purple stalks of Lemmon's mustard (Caulanthus anceps) the Temblor Range carpeted...

Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceleota) Tidy-tips (Layia platyglossa) Great Valley phacelia (Phacelia ciliata) and the Temblor Range carpeted with flower in the back...

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Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceleota) Tidy-tips (Layia platyglossa) Great Valley phacelia (Phacelia ciliata) and the Temblor Range carpeted with flower in the back...

Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceleota) Tidy-tips (Layia platyglossa) and the Temblor Range carpeted with flower in the background. Carrizo Plain National Monument,...

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Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceleota) Tidy-tips (Layia platyglossa) and the Temblor Range carpeted with flower in the background. Carrizo Plain National Monument,...

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Kerstin Hinze / Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus), adult, feeding on mossy ground in a spruce forest next to deadwood, captive. September.

Portrait of man with skin coloured with sand for traditional dance, Bolama Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Portrait of man with skin coloured with sand for traditional dance, Bolama Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

Portrait of three girls, with containers on head to collect water, and dog, Orango Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Portrait of three girls, with containers on head to collect water, and dog, Orango Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

Norilsk, a large industrial town above the Arctic Circle produces Nickle, Palladium, Copper, Cobalt etc. and is the largest stationary source of air pollution in Russia. Gases including sulfur dioxide...

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Willem Kolvoort / Norilsk, a large industrial town above the Arctic Circle produces Nickle, Palladium, Copper, Cobalt etc. and is the largest stationary source of air pollution in Russia. Gases including sulfur dioxide...

Polluted land with dead trees near Norilsk, a large industrial town above the Arctic Circle which produces Nickle, Palladium, Copper, Cobalt etc. and is the largest stationary source of air pollution...

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Willem Kolvoort / Polluted land with dead trees near Norilsk, a large industrial town above the Arctic Circle which produces Nickle, Palladium, Copper, Cobalt etc. and is the largest stationary source of air pollution...

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Andy Rouse / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) on stone wall, UK.

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Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus arctos) playing with ship's mooring rope, Svalbard, Norway. Sequence 3 of 5

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Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus arctos) walking on sea ice, Svalbard, Norway.

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Andy Rouse / Polar bear (Ursus arctos) getting ready to enter water, Svalbard, Norway.

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Andy Rouse / Stonechat (Saxicola rubocola) male in winter plumage on teasel, UK.

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Andy Rouse / Goosander (Mergus merganser) male stretching wings, UK.

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Andy Rouse / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets in forest, UK.

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Andy Rouse / Little owl (Athene noctua) hunting for worms on grassland, UK.

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Andy Rouse / Little owl (Athene noctua) hunting for worms on grassland, UK.

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Andy Rouse / Tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) mobbing Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), UK. May. Sequence 3 of 3

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Andy Rouse / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) males fighting, UK.

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Andy Rouse / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) male hunting for caterpillars, UK.

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Andy Rouse / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) male hunting for caterpillars, UK.

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Andy Rouse / African leopard (Panthera pardus) walking across rocks Masai Mara, Kenya.

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Andy Rouse / African leopard (Panthera pardus) Walking across rocks Masai Mara, Kenya.

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Andy Rouse / African leopard (Panthera pardus) in grassland Masai Mara, Kenya.

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Andy Rouse / African leopard (Panthera pardus) jumping river, Masai Mara, Kenya.

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Graham Eaton / Millstones made from millstone grit beneath Stannage Edge, Hathersage, Derbyshire, November 2016.

Rock formations at Brimham Rocks created by variable erosion of soft and hard layers of carboniferous age millstone grit, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK, October 2016.

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Graham Eaton / Rock formations at Brimham Rocks created by variable erosion of soft and hard layers of carboniferous age millstone grit, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK, October 2016.

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Nayan Khanolkar / Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Assam, India, February.

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Nayan Khanolkar / Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) mother and young. Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Assam, India, February.

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Jack Dykinga / Eroded sandstone petrified sand dune formations at sunrise, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. USA.

Narrows with canyon wall reflections in mud patterned shore, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Paria Canyon Wilderness, Arizona, USA.

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Jack Dykinga / Narrows with canyon wall reflections in mud patterned shore, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Paria Canyon Wilderness, Arizona, USA.

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Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) with full moon rising, Namib Desert. Namibia.

ARCHIVED SG - Duplicate 10/10/2017. ~~Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) at sunset, with drooping frost damaged limbs, South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona,...

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Jack Dykinga / ARCHIVED SG - Duplicate 10/10/2017. ~~Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) at sunset, with drooping frost damaged limbs, South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona,...

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Jack Dykinga / Devils Garden, eroded hoodoo sandstone formations. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. October.

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Jack Dykinga / Banded Navajo Sandstone slot canyon in the Escalante Canyon complex. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA.

Fremont cottonwood trees (Populus fremontii) with autumnal leaves, Coyote Gulch,Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA.

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Jack Dykinga / Fremont cottonwood trees (Populus fremontii) with autumnal leaves, Coyote Gulch,Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA.

Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia 1+Monolopia lanceolata+2, and Orange fiddle neck 1+Amsinckia intermedia+2 The Temblor Range, also carpeted in flowers, in evening light in the backg...

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Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia 1+Monolopia lanceolata+2, and Orange fiddle neck 1+Amsinckia intermedia+2 The Temblor Range, also carpeted in flowers, in evening light in the backg...

Massive wildflower display Lanceleaf monolopia 1+Monolopia lanceolata+2 Great Valley phacelia 1+Phacelia civiliata+2 and purple Lemmon's mustard 1+Caulanthus anceps+2 The Temblor Range in evening...

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Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display Lanceleaf monolopia 1+Monolopia lanceolata+2 Great Valley phacelia 1+Phacelia civiliata+2 and purple Lemmon's mustard 1+Caulanthus anceps+2 The Temblor Range in evening...

School of Munk's devil ray (Mobula munkiana), feeding on plankton at night, photographed on a long exposure, Espiritu Santo Island, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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Franco Banfi / School of Munk's devil ray (Mobula munkiana), feeding on plankton at night, photographed on a long exposure, Espiritu Santo Island, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

California sealion, (Zalophus californianus), playing with seastar, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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Franco Banfi / California sealion, (Zalophus californianus), playing with seastar, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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Eric Baccega / Afrian lioness (Panthera leo) playing with her juvenile cub aged 2 years in Duba Plains concession. Okavango delta, Botswana

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David Pattyn / Ring tailed lemur (Lemur catta) backlit in late afternoon light, Berenty Private Reserve, southern Madagascar.

RF - Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in a tree, Anjajavy Private Reserve, north west Madagascar. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

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David Pattyn / RF - Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in a tree, Anjajavy Private Reserve, north west Madagascar. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

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David Pattyn / Madagascar / Malagasy kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides) perching, Anjajavy Private Reserve, north west Madagascar.

Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) female with young on back climbing in bamboo, Anjajavy Private Reserve, north west Madagascar.

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David Pattyn / Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) female with young on back climbing in bamboo, Anjajavy Private Reserve, north west Madagascar.

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Georgette Douwma / Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp) in coral reef, West Papua, New Guinea.

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Angelo Gandolfi / White fronted capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus) feeding, March, Costa Rica

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Angelo Gandolfi / White-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa) Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica. February

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Angelo Gandolfi / Blue morpho (Morpho helenor) butterflies feeding on mango fruit, butterfly observatory, La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica.

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Angelo Gandolfi / White-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus) walking on giant palm-tree, Costa Rica

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Emanuele Biggi / Peringuey's desert adder (Bitis peringueyi) hidden in sand, Namibia.

Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) females with infant, endemic to Cat Ba island, Ha Long Bay UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vietnam. Critically Endangered

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Cyril Ruoso / Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) females with infant, endemic to Cat Ba island, Ha Long Bay UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vietnam. Critically Endangered

Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) Ha Long Bay UNESCO World Heritage Site, endemic to Cat Ba island, Vietnam. Critically Endangered

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Cyril Ruoso / Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) Ha Long Bay UNESCO World Heritage Site, endemic to Cat Ba island, Vietnam. Critically Endangered

Yakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui) adult and infant, Yakushima Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Japan. Endemic to Yakushima Island.

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Cyril Ruoso / Yakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui) adult and infant, Yakushima Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Japan. Endemic to Yakushima Island.

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Cyril Ruoso / Crab in leaf litter, Yakushima Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Japan.

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Cyril Ruoso / Northern viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) Huascaran National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Andes, Peru.

River through Virgin Komi Forests UNESCO World Heritage site, the largest virgin forests in Europe. Ural Mountains, Komi Republic, Russia. August 2016

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Igor Shpilenok / River through Virgin Komi Forests UNESCO World Heritage site, the largest virgin forests in Europe. Ural Mountains, Komi Republic, Russia. August 2016

Landscape of the Virgin Komi Forests UNESCO World Heritage site at sunrise. These are the largest virgin forests in Europe. Ural Mountains, Komi Republic, Russia. August 2016

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Igor Shpilenok / Landscape of the Virgin Komi Forests UNESCO World Heritage site at sunrise. These are the largest virgin forests in Europe. Ural Mountains, Komi Republic, Russia. August 2016

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Phil Savoie / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying to White clover (Trifolium repens) flowers, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July.

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Phil Savoie / Oak tree (Quercus robur) silhouetted against night sky with stars, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK. December

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Phil Savoie / Oak tree (Quercus robur) silhouetted against night sky with stars, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK. December

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Phil Savoie / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on Goat willow (salix caprea) male flowers, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, March.

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Phil Savoie / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on Oilseed rape / Rapeseed (Brassica napus) flowers, UK, April.

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Phil Savoie / English oak tree (Quercus robur) in field of Oilseed rape / rapeseed (Brassica napus), UK, May 2017.

European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) flying at dawn. When backlit the tiny transparent barbs that make up the feather act like a prism revealing vivid colours in the early light. Monmouthshire, Wales...

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Phil Savoie / European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) flying at dawn. When backlit the tiny transparent barbs that make up the feather act like a prism revealing vivid colours in the early light. Monmouthshire, Wales...

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Phil Savoie / Spotted Lake, a saline endorheic alkali lake, a medicine lake for the Okanagan Syilx people, British Columbia, Canada, July.

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Cyril Ruoso / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) feeding along riverbed, viewed underwater, Burgundy, France. November.

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Cyril Ruoso / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) feeding underwater, Burgundy, France, November.

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Cyril Ruoso / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) feeding underwater, Burgundy, France, March.

Rim of ancient volcanic crater, Border Ranges National Park, Gondwana Rainforest UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales, Australia.

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Jiri Lochman / Rim of ancient volcanic crater, Border Ranges National Park, Gondwana Rainforest UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales, Australia.

Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), Gibraltar Range National Park, Gondwana Rainforest UNESCO World Hertiage Site, New South Wales, Australia.

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Jiri Lochman / Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), Gibraltar Range National Park, Gondwana Rainforest UNESCO World Hertiage Site, New South Wales, Australia.

Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata), Yengo National Park, Greater Blue Mountains UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales.

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Jiri Lochman / Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata), Yengo National Park, Greater Blue Mountains UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales.

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Jiri Lochman / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) , Wollemi National Park, Greater Blue Mountains UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales.

Blind cave eel (Ophisternon candidum), Cape Range National Park, Ningaloo Coast UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia.

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Jiri Lochman / Blind cave eel (Ophisternon candidum), Cape Range National Park, Ningaloo Coast UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia.

Red winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Purnululu National Park UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia.

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Jiri Lochman / Red winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Purnululu National Park UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia.

Magnificent tree frog (Litoria splendida), Purnululu National Park UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia. Kimberley endemic

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Jiri Lochman / Magnificent tree frog (Litoria splendida), Purnululu National Park UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia, Australia. Kimberley endemic

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Jiri Lochman / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female on beach to nest, Shark Bay UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia.

Greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor) group of three,, Shark Bay UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia. Endangered species reintroduced to Shark Bay.

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Jiri Lochman / Greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor) group of three,, Shark Bay UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia. Endangered species reintroduced to Shark Bay.

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Jiri Lochman / Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus), Shark Bay UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia.

Rusty antechinus (Antechinus adustus), Lake Eachem, Crater Lakes National Park, Wet Tropics of Queensland UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia. Endemic to Wet Tropics of Queenslan...

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Jiri Lochman / Rusty antechinus (Antechinus adustus), Lake Eachem, Crater Lakes National Park, Wet Tropics of Queensland UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia. Endemic to Wet Tropics of Queenslan...

Dainty green tree frog (Litoria gracilenta), Wallamans Falls, Girringun National Park, Wet Tropics of Queensland UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia.

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Jiri Lochman / Dainty green tree frog (Litoria gracilenta), Wallamans Falls, Girringun National Park, Wet Tropics of Queensland UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia.

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Jiri Lochman / Fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) Willandra Lakes UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, New South Wales, Australia.

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Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) tigress 'Noor' with cubs, , Ranthambhore, India

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Jussi Murtosaari / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) on river in winter, Finland, January.

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Jussi Murtosaari / Northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula) perched, Finland, January.

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Jussi Murtosaari / Common redpoll (Acanthis flammea), flock feeding, Finland, January.

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Jussi Murtosaari / Common redpoll (Acanthis flammea) two birds perched, Finland, January.

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Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) male calf playing just below the ocean surface, Tonga

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Tony Wu / Yellow pygmy goby (Lubricogobius exiguus) portrait, Kashiwajima, Japan.

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Tony Wu / Fireflies (Luciola parvula himebotaru) flashing at night for courtship and reproduction. Gifu, Japan. Composite image

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Tony Wu / Starry handfish / Minipizza batfish (Halieutaea stellata) descending after it was released from a fishing net. Kochi, Japan.

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Tony Wu / Rear view of a Red frog spanner crab (Ranina ranina) a crab species which walks with forward motionKochi, Japan, May.