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European beaver (Castor fiber) climbing the bank to eat young shoots Alsace, France
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
European beaver (Castor fiber) climbing the bank to eat young shoots Alsace, France
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Electric Crab (Achaeus spinosus) with transplanted anemones for defence and camouflaged on Ascidian (Ascidiidae Family), night dive, Torpedo Alley
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Electric Crab (Achaeus spinosus) with transplanted anemones for defence and camouflaged on Ascidian (Ascidiidae Family), night dive, Torpedo Alley dive site, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, south Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia
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Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) with its most prominent feature the long tusks, coming close to check the photographer, Spitsbergen, Svalbard,
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) with its most prominent feature the long tusks, coming close to check the photographer, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norwegian archipelago, Norway, Arctic Ocean
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Male ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) drumming on a birch trunk to assert its territory. Territorial behaviour in spring and autumn. La Mauricie
© Philippe Henry / Biosphoto
© Philippe Henry / Biosphoto
Male ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) drumming on a birch trunk to assert its territory. Territorial behaviour in spring and autumn. La Mauricie National Park. Province of Quebec. Canada
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Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), male on a prey he killed (a red deer doe (Cervus elaphus), the prey already eaten previously was covered by earth and
© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), male on a prey he killed (a red deer doe (Cervus elaphus), the prey already eaten previously was covered by earth and grass to escape the sight of vultures, Natural Park of Sierra de Andújar, Sierra de Andújar, Sierra Morena, Andalusia, Spain
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Split level of a Sockeye salmon male (Oncorhynchus nerka) in shallow water migrates back to the river of their birth to spawn. Adams river, British
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Split level of a Sockeye salmon male (Oncorhynchus nerka) in shallow water migrates back to the river of their birth to spawn. Adams river, British Columbia, Canada
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Split level photo of two Sockeye salmon/ Red salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swimming upstream as they migrate back to the river of their birth to spawn.
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Split level photo of two Sockeye salmon/ Red salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swimming upstream as they migrate back to the river of their birth to spawn. Adams river, British Columbia, Canada
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Split level photo of two Sockeye salmon/ Red salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swimming upstream as they migrate back to the river of their birth to spawn.
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Split level photo of two Sockeye salmon/ Red salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swimming upstream as they migrate back to the river of their birth to spawn. Adams river, British Columbia, Canada
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Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in sunrise, Gulf of
© Guy Van Langenhove / Biosphoto
© Guy Van Langenhove / Biosphoto
Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in sunrise, Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, France Awarded image: Gold medal at the "Fédération Française de la photographie et des métiers de l'image" FFPMI 2020. Selected to represent France at the "World photographic cup". Best off at the Rambouillet festival 2021. Gold medal at the Spotnature festival 2022 (landscape category).
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Montbeliarde cows on pasture, returning for evening milking, Terres de Chaux, Doubs, France
© Dominique Delfino / Biosphoto
© Dominique Delfino / Biosphoto
Montbeliarde cows on pasture, returning for evening milking, Terres de Chaux, Doubs, 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
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© 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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Camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion) gathered for spawning, Fakarava, French Polynesia
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
Camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion) gathered for spawning, Fakarava, French Polynesia
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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
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
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
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
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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Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) attacking a grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in flight and landing on it, to keep it away from its young,
© Alain Roux / Biosphoto
© Alain Roux / Biosphoto
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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Spotted sea hare, (Aplysia dactylomela) a tropical Atlantic species considered alien in Mediterranean Sea where first seen in 2002 and likely
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Spotted sea hare, (Aplysia dactylomela) a tropical Atlantic species considered alien in Mediterranean Sea where first seen in 2002 and likely self-established due to increasing temperatures. Puolo Bay, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean
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Dead acacia trees on the background of sand dunes and stripes of morning fog. A very rare natural phenomenon for these places. Stunning light, color
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Dead acacia trees on the background of sand dunes and stripes of morning fog. A very rare natural phenomenon for these places. Stunning light, color and shape. Sossusvlei. Deadvlei. Namib-Naukluft National Park. Landscapes of Namibia. Africa.
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Fight. Seagull (Larus sp) facing Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix). Slovakia
© Ervin Horesnyík / Biosphoto
© Ervin Horesnyík / Biosphoto
Fight. Seagull (Larus sp) facing Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix). Slovakia
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Western Tarsier (Cephalopachus bancanus) jumping to catch an insect , Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, South Sumatra
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Western Tarsier (Cephalopachus bancanus) jumping to catch an insect , Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, South Sumatra
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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
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
"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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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) young begging for food, France
© Claude Balcaen / Biosphoto
© Claude Balcaen / Biosphoto
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) young begging for food, France
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Coot (Fulica atra) running on water to mark territory, Vosges, France.
© Cédric Join / Biosphoto
© Cédric Join / Biosphoto
Coot (Fulica atra) running on water to mark territory, Vosges, France.
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Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) male in place on his favorite tree to call
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) male in place on his favorite tree to call his female at the end of January, courtship period, Alsace, France
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African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), using trunk to reach leaves on tree, Loango National Park, Gabon, central Africa.
© Lee Dalton / Biosphoto
© Lee Dalton / Biosphoto
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), using trunk to reach leaves on tree, Loango National Park, Gabon, central Africa.
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Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) two adults fighting for a nest near Abbeville, Hauts de
© Marc Tisseau / Biosphoto
© Marc Tisseau / Biosphoto
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) two adults fighting for a nest near Abbeville, Hauts de France, France
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Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba), standing on a sign of protest for the airport of Notre dame des landes
© Marc Tisseau / Biosphoto
© 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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School of sweetlips in very very tight formation. The purpose of this training is to intimidate a potential predator who wants to attack these fish.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
School of sweetlips in very very tight formation. The purpose of this training is to intimidate a potential predator who wants to attack these fish. We notice that there are two species of sweetlips in this big ball of fish. Ribbon diagram (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) and Yellowbanded Sweetlip (Plectorhinchus lineatus, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
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Eudocima phalonia, fruit piercing moth caterpillar showing fake eyespot to deter predator, Malaysia
© Melvyn Yeo / Biosphoto
© Melvyn Yeo / Biosphoto
Eudocima phalonia, fruit piercing moth caterpillar showing fake eyespot to deter predator, Malaysia
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timber rattlesnakes, (Crotalus horridus), adult females and newborn young, Pennsylvania, gravid female timber rattlesnakes gather together at maternity sites and bask and give
© John Cancalosi / Biosphoto
© John Cancalosi / Biosphoto
timber rattlesnakes, (Crotalus horridus), adult females and newborn young, Pennsylvania, gravid female timber rattlesnakes gather together at maternity sites and bask and give birth to live young. They stay with the young for a period of several weeks showing a degree of parental care. These groups tend to be somewhat related females.
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Sub-adult sperm whale try to move away a calf to to mate with a female, (Physeter macrocephalus), Vulnerable (IUCN), The sperm whale is the largest
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Sub-adult sperm whale try to move away a calf to to mate with a female, (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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Social Spider (Theridion nigroannulatum) is one of the few species of social spider. The colony lives under leaves, where it waits for prey to catch
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
Social Spider (Theridion nigroannulatum) is one of the few species of social spider. The colony lives under leaves, where it waits for prey to catch in its son to throw on it en masse. Peru.
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Parasitic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) hoofing a Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) to extract food from the background of the
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
Parasitic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) hoofing a Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) to extract food from the background of the Brasvellbreen Glacier of North-East Land, Svalbard
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A Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) sticks his tongue out whilst preening in the Cairngorms National Park, UK.
© Tesni Ward / Biosphoto
© Tesni Ward / Biosphoto
A Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) sticks his tongue out whilst preening in the Cairngorms National Park, UK.
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Chacma baboon (Papio hamadryas ursinus) Young playing climbing a
© Didier Couvert & Muriel Moreau / Biosphoto
© Didier Couvert & Muriel Moreau / Biosphoto
Chacma baboon (Papio hamadryas ursinus) Young playing climbing a tree to spend the night, Hwange, Zimbabwe
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Lion (Panthera leo) Kalahari males fighting for a female, Kgalagadi, Botswana. 1st place, Montier en Der festival 2018.
© Didier Couvert & Muriel Moreau / Biosphoto
© Didier Couvert & Muriel Moreau / Biosphoto
Lion (Panthera leo) Kalahari males fighting for a female, Kgalagadi, Botswana. 1st place, Montier en Der festival 2018.
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Ant snatching assassin bug (Acanthaspis petax) carrying ants' corpses on its back for camouflage.
© Husni Che Ngah / Biosphoto
© Husni Che Ngah / Biosphoto
Ant snatching assassin bug (Acanthaspis petax) carrying ants' corpses on its back for camouflage.
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Two Buzzards (Buteo buteo) fighting for the perch, Valli di Argenta, Ferrara, Italy
© Alberto Ghizzi Panizza / Biosphoto
© Alberto Ghizzi Panizza / Biosphoto
Two Buzzards (Buteo buteo) fighting for the perch, Valli di Argenta, Ferrara, Italy
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White-spotted pufferfish, Torquigener albomaculosus. Male with characteristic circular nest in the sand on the foreground. Males never reuse a
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
White-spotted pufferfish, Torquigener albomaculosus. Male with characteristic circular nest in the sand on the foreground. Males never reuse a nest. The spectacular nest with 2 meters in diameter is excavated on the sand to attract the females with the impressive design. Amami Oshima Island. Japan Digital composite. Composite image
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Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Female diving in water to catch a fish, England, Summer
© Frédéric Desmette / Biosphoto
© Frédéric Desmette / Biosphoto
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Female diving in water to catch a fish, England, Summer
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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
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
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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Lion (Panthera leo). A cub crosses a road at dawn. The cars behind just left a camp for the morning game drive. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Lion (Panthera leo). A cub crosses a road at dawn. The cars behind just left a camp for the morning game drive. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. Highlighted photo, Oasis 2018.
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Airplane struck by lightning on the approach to Geneva airport,
© Dimitri Rosel / Biosphoto
© Dimitri Rosel / Biosphoto
Airplane struck by lightning on the approach to Geneva airport, Switzerland, May 31, 2017, 8:53 p.m.
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Jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) with a couple of crabs (Liocarcinus vernalis), Gulf of Naples, Tyrrhenian Sea, Italia. When the jellyfish rub the sandy
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
Jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) with a couple of crabs (Liocarcinus vernalis), Gulf of Naples, Tyrrhenian Sea, Italia. When the jellyfish rub the sandy seabed, the crabs jump on it and get carried to different areas. Highly commanded UPY 2017
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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
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
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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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
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
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
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
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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Apidologie - Bees in a flight tunnel. This procedure was used to show that the evaluation of distance by bees proceeds from their
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Apidologie - Bees in a flight tunnel. This procedure was used to show that the evaluation of distance by bees proceeds from their visual system. And through the white and black stripes, its has been shown that it also depends on the landscape's structure. This experiment was carried out by then calculating the length of the bees's dance in relation to the food source of which the distance was identified. /
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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
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
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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Fight between Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) for fallen seeds in the snow, Regional Natural Park of the Vosges du Nord, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Fight between Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) for fallen seeds in the snow, Regional Natural Park of the Vosges du Nord, France