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Blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) frozen in ice
Leopard (Panthera pardus) cub looking up at birds (out of frame) with mother in background
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on Champ Island glacier above the sea
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with rays of sunlight
Close-up of the gills of a group of small mushrooms (unidentified) north Cornwall, UK
Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) eye, Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico, February
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) adult with train in background, Kent, UK
Great white egret (Ardea alba) group of three in winter, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary
White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) male and female perched on tree in snow
Lava lizard (Microlophus peruvianus) juvenile peering out of eye of dead sea lion
Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in extreme winds with spin drifts of snow
Red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), Andalusia, Spain, June
Whip scorpion (Heterophrynus elephas) hunting for food on a large tree root of the rainforest
Pallass cat (Otocolobus manul) Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China
Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) males fighting on oak tree branch, Elbe, Germany, June
A portrait of a male Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta), showing his bright mating colours
Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadmans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) on old pine tree, looking through autumn birch foliage
Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight, artistically blurred photograph
Beaver (Castor fibre) female feeding on willow bark with her two kits, River Otter
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) silhouetted against autumnal woodland, Highlands, Scotland
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on an old giant gnarled Oak tree. Highlands
Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) young female opens her mouth