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Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae), adult male and female fighting in flight, Campania, Italy

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Whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) in flight, against the light, carrying twigs, Sologne, Loir et Cher, France

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Lion (Panthera leo) male in front of Gemsbok (Oryx gazella), Etosha National Park, Namibia

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Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), side view of an adult standing in a swamp with opened bill, Campania, Italy

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Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) pollinator on poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flower, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) covered with pollen, pollinator on Mallow (Malva sp), Pagny-sur-meuse, Lorraine, France

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Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) fighting in the snow, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

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Common Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) with Checkered Beetle (Trichodes alvearius) in flight, Pays de Loire, France

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© Dominique Delfino / Biosphoto

Montbeliarde cows on pasture, returning for evening milking, Terres de Chaux, Doubs, France

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Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus), feeding on a bait ball of sardines, Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus), feeding on a bait ball of sardines, Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus), feeding on a bait ball of sardines, Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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In a moment we’ve been surrounded and dazed by the curiosity of these California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) that seemed to have found us as playmates, while they were probably enjoying our blunder. They are used at the contact with the persons, because they are steadily studied and controlled by the researchers of the University of La Paz. Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

In a moment we’ve been surrounded and dazed by the curiosity of these California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) that seemed to have found us as playmates, while they were probably enjoying our blunder. They are used at the contact with the persons, because they are steadily studied and controlled by the researchers of the University of La Paz. Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) pair on the water, love, Alsace, France

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Mute swan (Cygnus olor) stretching on the water, Alsace, France

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Munk's pygmy devil ray / Munk's mobula (Mobula munkiana) flying out of the water, Baja California, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

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South African Oryx (Oryx gazella) walking in sand at sunset in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

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Marbled Newt (Triturus marmoratus) backlighting in a natural pond, Hérault, France

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Northern Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) backlighting in a natural pond, Gard, France

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Northern Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) in a natural pond, Gard, France

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Parson's Chameleon (Calumma parsonii), male on a branch, North and East Madagascar.

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Two ravens (Corvus corax) fighting in the snow. Slovenia

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Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) with fully open mouth. 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

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© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto

European hornets (Vespa crabro) arriving at the nest, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Brandt's cormorant feeds on small fish from the surface to sea floor, by pursuit diving using its feet for propulsion ; they have been observed foraging at depths of over 36.5 m. It is a marine bird of extraordinary skills.
 Species : Brandt's cormorant -- Phalacrocorax penicillatus Conservation status (IUCN) : Least concern Location : Los Islotes rockeries, Espiritu Santo archipelago, Sea of Cortez, east coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The area was declared part of a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1995


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An unbelievable large school of sardines, moving as one unit, opens while each individual tries to escape at the maw of grouper and dentex. The tiny sardines found themselves in a situation which limited their chances of survival, since they were locked up between the surface and the shallow bottom, with very few possibilities to escape the predators’ mouths. The large school was so big to darken the natural light coming through the surface in the shallow water and frantically moved apart under the attacks of the groupers and dentex, to reassemble shortly after. The school of fishes continually changed shapes, similarly to the flocks of starlings in the sky.
I remained hours in the shallow water, doing my best to take a representative picture, while avoiding to be part of the feast. Species : Sardines, Leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea), Dentex
Conservation status : Least concerned Location: Los Islotes rockeries, Espiritu Santo archipelago, Sea of Cortez, Mexico The area was declared part of a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1995

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

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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Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) Female cautiously approaching the shore, Raffles Island, Liverpool Land in early August, North East Greenland

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Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) in flight in rain, Costa Rcia

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Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) in flight, Ecrins National Park, Serre-Chevalier, Alps, France - Composite image

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Zander (Sander lucioperca) at the bottom of the Cher river - Municipality of Saint-Aignan sur Cher - Loir et Cher - France

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European eel (Anguilla anguilla) moving through seaweed in the middle of the night - Seudre estuary - Charente-Maritime - France

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Robber fly (Heteropogon sp) displaying of a pair in spring Acceptance of the female and approach of the male for mating, in a dry meadow, Around Hyères, Var, France

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Robber fly (Heteropogon sp) displaying of a pair in spring Acceptance of the female and approach of the male for mating, in a dry meadow, Around Hyères, Var, France

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Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) breeding adult drying its wings on a beacon, Finistère, France

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Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) attacking a grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in flight and landing on it, to keep it away from its young, which it was trying to hunt, Camargue, France

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Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus), adult swimming in the water, Northeastern Region, Iceland

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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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Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana), Mayotte

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Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) on the background of a beautiful sunset. Kenya. Tanzania. East Africa.

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Group of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) in savanna. Kenya. Tanzania. East Africa.

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Flock of African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) in flight. Uganda. East Africa.

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Mobula ray is jumps out of the water. Mexico. Sea of Cortez. Cal.

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Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) in flight, Costa Rica

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Reproduction. Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca) mating. Fish from the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) with prey. Very rare shot. Sri Lanka. Yala National Park

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Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi) is building a nest on a tree. Africa. Uganda.

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Big colony of Red-throated bee-eaters (Merops bulocki) in their burrows on a clay wall. Africa. Uganda.

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