235 pictures found
© H. Rigel / Biosphoto
Air shot of a lonely tree in the middle of naked grounds Fra ; February 23, 2004.
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Bigeye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) huge flock with single Yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus), Bali, Indonesia
© Wahrmut Sobainsky / BIA / Biosphoto
© Wahrmut Sobainsky / BIA / Biosphoto
Bigeye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) huge flock with single Yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus), Bali, Indonesia
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European Aspen (Populus tremula) alone in a forest in spring, Ardennes, Belgium
© Philippe Moës / Biosphoto
© Philippe Moës / Biosphoto
European Aspen (Populus tremula) alone in a forest in spring, Ardennes, Belgium
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Tiny islet. A tiny islet with a single mangrove tree in the lagoon of Mayotte.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Tiny islet. A tiny islet with a single mangrove tree in the lagoon of Mayotte.
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Pruning of a watermelon plant grown in a pot on a terrace: the
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
Pruning of a watermelon plant grown in a pot on a terrace: the stems are shortened upstream of the fruit that has formed, to keep only one fruit per plant.
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Bare ridges of eroded sandstone in the badlands of the Tabernas Desert, Europe's only true desert. Aerial view. Drone shot. Almería
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Bare ridges of eroded sandstone in the badlands of the Tabernas Desert, Europe's only true desert. Aerial view. Drone shot. Almería province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Cluster of Altica ampelophaga eggs on a vine leaf. Only one is empty. 20 May 2022 -
© Jean Lecomte / Biosphoto
© Jean Lecomte / Biosphoto
Cluster of Altica ampelophaga eggs on a vine leaf. Only one is empty. 20 May 2022 -
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Portrait of an endangered Seychelles magpie-robin, Copsychus sechellarum, perching on one leg. Denis Island, The Republic of the Seychelles.
© Sergio Pitamitz / Biosphoto
© Sergio Pitamitz / Biosphoto
Portrait of an endangered Seychelles magpie-robin, Copsychus sechellarum, perching on one leg. Denis Island, The Republic of the Seychelles.
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Luzon Sea Star (Echinaster luzonicus) regenerating from a single arm with Creeping Comb Jellies (Coeloplana astericola), Jepun dive site, Padang Bai,
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Luzon Sea Star (Echinaster luzonicus) regenerating from a single arm with Creeping Comb Jellies (Coeloplana astericola), Jepun dive site, Padang Bai, Bali, Indonesia
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Luzon Sea Star (Echinaster luzonicus) regenerating from a single arm with Creeping Comb Jellies (Coeloplana astericola), Gili Tepekong dive site,
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Luzon Sea Star (Echinaster luzonicus) regenerating from a single arm with Creeping Comb Jellies (Coeloplana astericola), Gili Tepekong dive site, Candidasa, Bali, Indonesia
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Luzon Sea Star (Echinaster luzonicus) regenerating from a single arm with Creeping Comb Jellies (Coeloplana astericola), Gili Tepekong dive site,
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Luzon Sea Star (Echinaster luzonicus) regenerating from a single arm with Creeping Comb Jellies (Coeloplana astericola), Gili Tepekong dive site, Candidasa, Bali, Indonesia
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Alone in front of the ocean, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, Morbihan, France
© David Henrot / Biosphoto
© David Henrot / Biosphoto
Alone in front of the ocean, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, Morbihan, France
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Luzon Sea Star (Echinaster luzonicus) regenerating from a single arm on top of Blue Star (Linckia laevigata), Bio Rock dive site, Pemuteran, Buleleng
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Luzon Sea Star (Echinaster luzonicus) regenerating from a single arm on top of Blue Star (Linckia laevigata), Bio Rock dive site, Pemuteran, Buleleng Regency, Bali, Indonesia
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Bare ridges of eroded sandstone in the Tabernas Desert, Europe's only true desert. Aerial view. Drone shot. Almeria province, Andalusia, Spain.
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Bare ridges of eroded sandstone in the Tabernas Desert, Europe's only true desert. Aerial view. Drone shot. Almeria province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) alone in the snow, Vosges, France
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) alone in the snow, Vosges, France
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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) wandering alone on the pack ice, leaving its footprints in the snow, arctic ocean off the coast of Spitsbergen.
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) wandering alone on the pack ice, leaving its footprints in the snow, arctic ocean off the coast of Spitsbergen.
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Bowmouth Guitarfish, Rhina ancylostoma. The only member of the Sharkfin Guitarfish family (Rhyncobatidae) with a broadly rounded snout. Australia.
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
Bowmouth Guitarfish, Rhina ancylostoma. The only member of the Sharkfin Guitarfish family (Rhyncobatidae) with a broadly rounded snout. Australia.
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Bowmouth Guitarfish, Rhina ancylostoma. The only member of the Sharkfin Guitarfish family (Rhyncobatidae) with a broadly rounded snout. Australia.
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
Bowmouth Guitarfish, Rhina ancylostoma. The only member of the Sharkfin Guitarfish family (Rhyncobatidae) with a broadly rounded snout. Australia.
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Shortening of a too long pear bearer: only one eye is kept at the
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
Shortening of a too long pear bearer: only one eye is kept at the base.
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Shortening of a pear twig at the end of winter: conservation of a
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
Shortening of a pear twig at the end of winter: conservation of a single flowering button.
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Térénez bridge, allowing to cross the Aulne: the only curved cable-stayed bridge in France and the longest of this type in the world. Finistère,
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Térénez bridge, allowing to cross the Aulne: the only curved cable-stayed bridge in France and the longest of this type in the world. Finistère, Brittany, France
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Autumn Arum (Arum pictum) in bloom. It is the only arum to bloom
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
Autumn Arum (Arum pictum) in bloom. It is the only arum to bloom in autumn, its foliage appearing after and remaining all winter.
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Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii), adult with missing foot in winter plumage standing on a rock, Dhofar, Oman
© Saverio Gatto / Biosphoto
© Saverio Gatto / Biosphoto
Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii), adult with missing foot in winter plumage standing on a rock, Dhofar, Oman
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Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) coming ashore after a swim of several hundred meters distance; Isabela
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) coming ashore after a swim of several hundred meters distance; Isabela Island; Galapagos, Ecuador; The Marine Iguana appears slow and clumsy on land, but this particular species of lizard is the only sea-going lizard in the world. However, it has to return the the land to breed. Galapagos
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Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. diving Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus); Isabela Island; Galapagos, Ecuador; The Marine Iguana appears
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. diving Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus); Isabela Island; Galapagos, Ecuador; The Marine Iguana appears slow and clumsy on land, but this particular species of lizard is the only sea-going lizard in the world. However, it has to return the the land to breed.
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Alone in the dark cave, Mayotte. The diver gives the scale of the cavity.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Alone in the dark cave, Mayotte. The diver gives the scale of the cavity.
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Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus), adult male alone, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia
© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus), adult male alone, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia
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Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) imago, sole Antarctic insect, and Collembole sp, probably (Cryptopygus antarcticus) on a rock in Antarctica
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) imago, sole Antarctic insect, and Collembole sp, probably (Cryptopygus antarcticus) on a rock in Antarctica
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Male approaches a feeding pair. At a cold and misty morning at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Male approaches a feeding pair. At a cold and misty morning at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Two pairs. Feeding females and quarrelling males. At a cold and misty morning at the Laguna de Fuente de
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Two pairs. Feeding females and quarrelling males. At a cold and misty morning at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Feeding at a cold and misty morning. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Feeding at a cold and misty morning. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). A male in the mood for mating follows a female. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). A male in the mood for mating follows a female. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) alone in the snow, Alps,
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) alone in the snow, Alps, Switzerland
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Silhouette of an immature in an enclosure where it awaits a medical check and the ringing procedure. At
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Silhouette of an immature in an enclosure where it awaits a medical check and the ringing procedure. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). An apparently relaxed
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). An apparently relaxed immature is weighed during a medical check and the ringing procedure. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). The beak of an apparently relaxed immature is measured during a medical check and the ringing procedure. At
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). The beak of an apparently relaxed immature is measured during a medical check and the ringing procedure. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Apparently relaxed
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Apparently relaxed immatures in the care of volunteers while awaiting a medical check and the ringing procedure. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Apparently relaxed immatures in the care of volunteers while awaiting a medical check and the ringing
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Apparently relaxed immatures in the care of volunteers while awaiting a medical check and the ringing procedure. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Apparently relaxed immature in the care of a volunteer while awaiting a medical check and the ringing
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Apparently relaxed immature in the care of a volunteer while awaiting a medical check and the ringing procedure. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Apparently relaxed
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Apparently relaxed immature in the care of a volunteer while awaiting a medical check and the ringing procedure. At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Volunteers at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera have captured immature Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) which will
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Volunteers at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera have captured immature Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) which will be ringed and go through a medical check. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Volunteers at dawn at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. Waiting for the start of the immature Greater Flamingos
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Volunteers at dawn at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. Waiting for the start of the immature Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) capture event in order to ring them. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Volunteers at dawn at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. Waiting for the start of the immature Greater Flamingos
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Volunteers at dawn at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. Waiting for the start of the immature Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) capture event in order to ring them. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Volunteers at dawn at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. Waiting for the start of the immature Greater Flamingos
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Volunteers at dawn at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. Waiting for the start of the immature Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) capture event in order to ring them. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Resting at dusk at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Resting at dusk at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Resting at dusk at the
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Resting at dusk at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Flying at sunset at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Flying at sunset at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Taking flight at sunset at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Taking flight at sunset at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). At sunset at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). At sunset at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). At the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra near the town of Antequera. This is the largest natural lake in Andalusia and Europe's only inland breeding ground for this species. In the backround cultivated olive trees (Olea europaea). Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain.