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Madagascar Net casting spider (Asianopis madagascariensis) in situ, Analamazaotra, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar

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Shadow of a surfer on a beach, Pas de Calais, France

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A free diver exercises dynamic apnoea below an iced platform, in the chilly salt water of the White Sea, at minus 2 degrees Celsius. Must be extremely prepared, brave and self-controlled to free-dive, holding the breath, in ambient without a fast and clear access to the surface.
Reaching the underwater world, is an adventure itself since a thick layer of ice bars the passages every night, due to very low temperatures, and every day one must cut ice holes (called mainas by locals) into the ice platform. Salted water needs very low temperature to freeze. Below the ice platform, the upper layer is a melt of fresh and salt water, allowing a surprising amount of life to thrive. 

Location: White Sea, northern Russia.


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Sunset over the Dentelles de Montmirail and the vineyards, Vaucluse, France

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Blue wildebeest or common wildebeest, white-bearded wildebeest or brindled gnu (Connochaetes taurinus) skeleton. Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). Tanzania

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Hoopoe (Upupa epops), feeding at a nest in a dry stone wall in the Alsatian vineyard, Haut-Rhin, France

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Hoopoe (Upupa epops), feeding at a nest in a dry stone wall in the Alsatian vineyard, Haut-Rhin, France

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Little Tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus) trapped in a net,,Gulf of Naples, Italy

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"Yellow candy". Damselfish (Chromis chromis) trapped in a yellow plastic net used to wrap lemons, Marina di Bacoli Napoli, Campania, Italy

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Sunset over the vineyards and the Dentelles de Montmirail, Vaucluse, Provence, France

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Sunset over the vineyards and the Dentelles de Montmirail, Vaucluse, Provence, France

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Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding in the vineyards, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

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European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) on a branch, nesting site, quarry in operation, Oselle, Doubs, France

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© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto

House cat and European Serin (Serinus serinus) on the road, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

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Blacktip Shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas, South Africa, Indian Ocean.

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© Marc Tisseau / Biosphoto

Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba), standing on a sign of protest for the airport of Notre dame des landes

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'Last Dawn, Last Gasp'. This winter, I went diving with some local fishermen. At 6 in the morning I was already in the water, as the nets were raised at first light. During the dive I followed the path of the fishing nets from the bottom to the surface. As the fishermen quickly hauled on the nets, I tried to take some shots of trapped fish still suffering in the mesh, such as this tuna ().

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A tiny Benthic Hydromedusa, with a bell size of less than one centimeter, (Ptychogastria polaris), swimming in front of an iceberg, Tasiilaq, East Greenland

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Only in springtime, when the hard winter slowly subsides, are the ice-cold waters suitable for divers who can dive around a iceberg that floats in crystal-clear water, Tasiilaq, East Greenland

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Free diver is swimming over a pod of Sleeping sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Researchers first saw this unusual sleep behavior in sperm whales in 2008. The scientists in that study found that sperm whales dozed in this upright drifting posture for about 10 to 15 minutes at a time, Vulnerable (IUCN). The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit n°RP 16-02/32 FIS-5.

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Pod of sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus), Vulnerable (IUCN), The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Image has been shot in Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit n°RP 16-02/32 FIS-5.

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© Markus Varesvuo / Biosphoto

Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) Canada January 2017 Some wires removed

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© Olivier Born / Biosphoto

Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) in winter white coat, Alps, Switzerland.

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Photo denunciation, garbage in the sea. No matter the place if not the consequences. Curiously, some waste becomes a refuge for some species. Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus).

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Scuba diver in cenote above a sulfur cloud -Yucatan Peninsula; Mexico; 1st place UPY 2015

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The pygmy canopy honey. On an enormous mahogany tree 50 metres high, the honey-hunter perched on the trunk passes a branch with dexterity. The pygmies are excellent climbers, athletes of the forest who accomplish feats every day in harvesting the honey. Likouala, Congo

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The Banas were beekeepers well before becoming farmers ten years ago. Ownership of the trees bearing the hives predates land ownership and it is passed down by inheritance. So, on the land of Oïta’s concession, there is a tree holding a hive but Oïta owns neither one nor the other and in no case can he cut this tree down without the hive owner’s permission. Karo people, Omo valley, Ethiopia

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Here, time stands still. This same phantasmagoric harvest spectacle was taking place 30,000 years ago, when the first honey hunters faced the savage swarms. Solukumbu, Nepal. The tiger men honey hunting

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To try to defend the colony from this incessant predation, the bees fight back by forming a cluster on the flight board. They thus save a few foraging bees returning after gathering nectar and pollen from the flowers. France

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Face-off between David and Goliath. The bee has no chance of defeating the formidable predator that is the Asian hornet Vespa velutina.

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - Children of the sun, a hive's activity is intense when the temperature rises above 15° Celsius and when the flowers produce an abundance of nectar. The nectar is secreted by the flowers to attract the insects who thus ensure the flowers' reproduction by transporting the pollen from the pistils to the stamens.

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - A bee on the newly-built wax cells. We can see the different sizes of the cells for the males and for the others bees. The males' cells are a third bigger. Their width is 8.75mm and their depth 16-17mm as opposed to 6mm and 12mm for the worker bees' cells.

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - The coming and going of bees during a massive return to the hive. A bee transports 20 to 30 milligrams of nectar and carries out 3 to 10 flights per day during 10 to 20 days of activity. A hive has between 100,000 and 200,000 foraging bees and thus harvests between 60 kilos and 300 kilos of honey per year.

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - In the hive between two parallel honeycombs. The bees store the nectar in the wax cells and, fanning it, transform it into honey by lowering the moisture level from 80% to 17%. The buccal exchange between bees, the trophallaxis, plays a role in the making of the honey through the addition of enzymes.

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - Microchips are used by researchers to mark the bees and identify them with a scanner at the entrance to the hive or near the nurse bees. In that way, it is possible to monitor the bees' activities on an individual level. The times they go out, etc… Research Center HOBOS, Würzburg, Germany.

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Free diver swimming with sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus). Vulnerable (IUCN). The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Image has been shot in Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit n° 351/12 W-2.

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© Stéphane Godin / Biosphoto

Indonesia, Java Island, East Java province, Kawah Ijen volcano, sulfur flames

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Indonesia, Java Island, East Java province, Kawah Ijen volcano, sulfur flames

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Diver and the wreck of Hai Siang sliding by 55 m deep, Indian Ocean, Reunion

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volcanologist on Piton de la Fournaise in activity, Volcano eruption 16 of september 2016, Reunion

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Piton de la Fournaise in activity, Volcano eruption 13 of september 2016, Reunion

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Piton de la Fournaise in activity under the milky way, Volcano eruption 11 of september 2016, Reunion

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Piton de la Fournaise in activity, Volcano eruption of July 31, 2015, Reunion

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King of herrings, Regalecus glesne. Composite image. Portugal. Composite image

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Little Owl (Athene noctua) in the natural cavity of an apple (Malus domestica) marked by bark beetles, Belgium

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Tomato on stakes and Tagetes as companion planting in a vegetable garden, Provence, France

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Tomato on stakes and Tagetes as companion planting in a vegetable garden, Provence, France

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Diver and Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) during a session baiting with chunks of Sardines - Site of Protea Banks, off the town of Umkomaas, South Africa

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Diver and Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) during a session baiting with chunks of Sardines - Site of Protea Banks, off the town of Umkomaas, South Africa

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Diver and Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) during a session baiting with chunks of Sardines - Site of Protea Banks, off the town of Umkomaas, South Africa