97 pictures found
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Kimberley rock monitor (Varanus glauerti)
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Meadow Saxifrage, Mossy Rockfoil, Saxifraga arendsii 'White',
© Alain Kubacsi / Biosphoto
© Alain Kubacsi / Biosphoto
Meadow Saxifrage, Mossy Rockfoil, Saxifraga arendsii 'White', flowers
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Musky Saxsifrage (Saxifraga moschata) growing in its high altitude habitat, Austria
© Tonči Maletic / Biosphoto
© Tonči Maletic / Biosphoto
Musky Saxsifrage (Saxifraga moschata) growing in its high altitude habitat, Austria
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Dolomite saxifrage (Saxifraga squarrosa) growing in Dolomites high altitude habitat, Trentino, Italy
© Tonči Maletic / Biosphoto
© Tonči Maletic / Biosphoto
Dolomite saxifrage (Saxifraga squarrosa) growing in Dolomites high altitude habitat, Trentino, Italy
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Prost's Saxifrage (Saxifraga pedemontana prostii), endemic to the Cévennes, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Prost's Saxifrage (Saxifraga pedemontana prostii), endemic to the Cévennes, France
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Crustose lichen Xanthoria elegans on a quartzite wall, Saxicolous, nitrophilous, thermophilous and heliophilous species with mountainous tendencies,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Crustose lichen Xanthoria elegans on a quartzite wall, Saxicolous, nitrophilous, thermophilous and heliophilous species with mountainous tendencies, Grande Sassière Reserve, Vanoise, Savoie, France
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Crustose lichen Xanthoria elegans on a quartzite wall, Saxicolous, nitrophilous, thermophilous and heliophilous species with mountainous tendencies,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Crustose lichen Xanthoria elegans on a quartzite wall, Saxicolous, nitrophilous, thermophilous and heliophilous species with mountainous tendencies, Grande Sassière Reserve, Vanoise, Savoie, France
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Complex of saxicolous lichens on quartzites in Savoie, Brodoa atrofusca (grey foliaceous) + Rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow crustacean), Grande
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Complex of saxicolous lichens on quartzites in Savoie, Brodoa atrofusca (grey foliaceous) + Rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow crustacean), Grande Sassière Nature Reserve, Savoie, France
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Complex of saxicolous lichens on quartzites in Savoie, Brodoa atrofusca (grey foliaceous) + Rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow crustaceous) and
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Complex of saxicolous lichens on quartzites in Savoie, Brodoa atrofusca (grey foliaceous) + Rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow crustaceous) and Aspicilia sp (grey crustaceous), Grande Sassière Nature Reserve, Savoie, France
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Crustacean lichens of the genus Lecanora in the Haut Var, Shield lichen (Lecanora concolor), saxicolous, calcifuge species of the middle mountains,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Crustacean lichens of the genus Lecanora in the Haut Var, Shield lichen (Lecanora concolor), saxicolous, calcifuge species of the middle mountains, Southern Alps, France
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Pyrenean Saxifrage (Saxifraga longifolia), Habitat: sunny limestone rocks, Pyrenean endemic, In the background, the Peña Telera overlooking the Tena
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Pyrenean Saxifrage (Saxifraga longifolia), Habitat: sunny limestone rocks, Pyrenean endemic, In the background, the Peña Telera overlooking the Tena valley, Aragonese Pyrenees, Spain
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Lichens on wet basalts of El Hierro island (Canary Islands). Stereocaulon vulcani: pioneer lichen on basalts - El Golfo area
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lichens on wet basalts of El Hierro island (Canary Islands). Stereocaulon vulcani: pioneer lichen on basalts - El Golfo area
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Lichens on wet basalts of El Hierro island (Canary Islands).
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lichens on wet basalts of El Hierro island (Canary Islands). Stereocaulon vulcani: pioneer lichen on basalts - El Golfo area
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Orchilla lichen (Roccella canariensis) on the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands). Roccella canariensis is a fruticose lichen of the Roccellaceae
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Orchilla lichen (Roccella canariensis) on the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands). Roccella canariensis is a fruticose lichen of the Roccellaceae family known as Orchilla from which a natural dye used for the colour purple is extracted (orcein). It grows on the Canary Islands, on cliffs exposed to the trade winds, and was particularly prized by the Romans and by Genoese and Venetian cloth merchants in the 15th century. It was one of the main historical exports of the Canary Islands. El Hierro
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El Golfo caldera, on the island of El Hierro in the Canary
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
El Golfo caldera, on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands. Huge collapse in the north of the island, more than 1500 m high. In the foreground, bejecs (genus Aeonium) colonise the windy ridges on which the trade winds blow constantly.
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Bejeque sanjora (Aeonium hierrense) in flower on the island of El Herrio in the Canary Islands. A spectacular endemic species of this isolated island
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bejeque sanjora (Aeonium hierrense) in flower on the island of El Herrio in the Canary Islands. A spectacular endemic species of this isolated island at the western end of the Canary Islands
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Orchilla lichen (Roccella canariensis) on a cliff in the Anaga Peninsula. Roccella canariensis is a fruticose lichen of the Roccellaceae family known
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Orchilla lichen (Roccella canariensis) on a cliff in the Anaga Peninsula. Roccella canariensis is a fruticose lichen of the Roccellaceae family known as Orchilla from which a natural dye used for purple colouring is extracted (orcein). It grows on the Canary Islands, on cliffs exposed to the trade winds, and was particularly prized by the Romans and by Genoese and Venetian cloth merchants in the 15th century. It was one of the main historical exports of the Canary Islands. Anaga Peninsula - Tenerife Island
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Orchilla lichen (Roccella canariensis) and Ramalina on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands). Roccella canariensis is a fruticose lichen of the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Orchilla lichen (Roccella canariensis) and Ramalina on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands). Roccella canariensis is a fruticose lichen of the Roccellaceae family known as Orchilla from which a natural dye used for purple colouring is extracted (orcein). It grows on the Canary Islands, on cliffs exposed to the trade winds, and was particularly prized by the Romans and by Genoese and Venetian cloth merchants in the 15th century. It was one of the main historical exports of the Canary Islands. Anaga Peninsula - Tenerife Island
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy de Bemaraha. Typical landscape with tree. Madagascar.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy de Bemaraha. Typical landscape with tree. Madagascar.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy de Bemaraha. Typical landscape with tree. Madagascar.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy de Bemaraha. Typical landscape with tree. Madagascar.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy de Bemaraha. Typical landscape with tree. Madagascar.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy de Bemaraha. Typical landscape. Madagascar.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy de Bemaraha. Typical landscape. Madagascar.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy de Bemaraha. Typical landscape with tree. Madagascar.
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Tsingy. Plants with red leaves on the gray stones. Madagascar.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy. Plants with red leaves on the gray stones. Madagascar.
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Tsingy. Plants with red leaves on the gray stones. Madagascar.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy. Plants with red leaves on the gray stones. Madagascar.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Tsingy de Bemaraha. Typical landscape with tree. Madagascar.
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Rock-shield Lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) on shale in the Cevennes, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Rock-shield Lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) on shale in the Cevennes, France
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Cladonia lichens (white: Cladonia portentosa, green: Cladonia
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Cladonia lichens (white: Cladonia portentosa, green: Cladonia coniocraea), Polypodial and Capillary ferns, and various mosses on shale, Cevennes, France
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Site of the gorges of Kakouetta in Sainte Engrâce in the Basque Country, nicknamed "The little Amazon", Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
© Laurent Lhoté / Biosphoto
© Laurent Lhoté / Biosphoto
Site of the gorges of Kakouetta in Sainte Engrâce in the Basque Country, nicknamed "The little Amazon", Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
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Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) on granite boulder, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) on granite boulder, Namibia
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Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) on granite boulder, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) on granite boulder, Namibia
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Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) on granite boulder, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) on granite boulder, Namibia
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Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) and young on granite boulder, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) and young on granite boulder, Namibia
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Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) on granite boulder, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) on granite boulder, Namibia
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Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) in a tree, Spitzkoppe, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) in a tree, Spitzkoppe, Namibia
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Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) on granite boulder, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis) on granite boulder, Namibia
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Dassie Rat (Petromus typicus) on rock, Spitzkoppe, Namibia
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Dassie Rat (Petromus typicus) on rock, Spitzkoppe, Namibia
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Common Swift (Apus apus) nest boxes installed under a roof
© Dominique Delfino / Biosphoto
© Dominique Delfino / Biosphoto
Common Swift (Apus apus) nest boxes installed under a roof overhang, Montbéliard, Doubs, France
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Common Swift (Apus apus) nest boxes installed under a roof overhang, Montbéliard, Doubs, France
© Dominique Delfino / Biosphoto
© Dominique Delfino / Biosphoto
Common Swift (Apus apus) nest boxes installed under a roof overhang, Montbéliard, Doubs, France
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Common Swift (Apus apus) nest boxes installed under a roof overhang, Montbéliard, Doubs, France
© Dominique Delfino / Biosphoto
© Dominique Delfino / Biosphoto
Common Swift (Apus apus) nest boxes installed under a roof overhang, Montbéliard, Doubs, France
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Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria) female in winter on a church wall, Brittany, Ille et Vilaine, France
© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria) female in winter on a church wall, Brittany, Ille et Vilaine, France
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Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria) male in winter on a dyke wall, Loiret, France
© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria) male in winter on a dyke wall, Loiret, France
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Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria) male in winter on a dyke wall,
© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria) male in winter on a dyke wall, Loiret, France
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Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria) male in winter on a dyke wall, Loiret,
© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria) male in winter on a dyke wall, Loiret, France
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Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria) male in winter on a dyke wall, Loiret, France
© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
© Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria) male in winter on a dyke wall, Loiret, France