2019 February Highlights Gallery

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on Champ Island glacier above the sea

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on Champ Island glacier above the sea, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic. Highly commended in Animals in their Enviroment Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition. 2018

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Alone, Animal, Animalia, Arctic, Bear, Blue, Carnivora, Carnivore, Colour, Competition Winner, Distant, Endangered Species, European Russia, Franz Josef Land, Glacier, Ice, Mammal, Mammalia, Northwest Federal District, Photography Award, Polar, Polar Bear, Russia, Russian Europe, Solitary, Solitude, Threatened, Ursidae, Ursus, Ursus Labradorensis, Ursus Marinus, Ursus Maritimus, Ursus Polaris, Vertebrate, Vulnerable, Western Russia, Wildlife

Scarred face of a white rhinoceros (Ceratotherum simum) that survived an attack by

Scarred face of a white rhinoceros (Ceratotherum simum) that survived an attack by poachers who illegally tranquillised her, two other rhinoceroses died from their injures. However this female Thandi survived due to quick response from rangers and vets. South Africa. October 2017. Highly Commended in the Natural World Category of the Sony Photography Awards 2018. Winner of the Environmental Picture Story Category of the NPPA Best in Photojournalism contest

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Parsons chameleon (Calumma parsonii), male hunting in forest canopy. Mitsinjo Forest

Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii), male hunting in forest canopy. Mitsinjo Forest, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, eastern Madagascar

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Africa, Andasibe, Andasibe Mantadia National Park, Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animalia, Behaviour, Behavioural, Biodiversity Hotspot, Biodiversity Hotspots, Calumma, Calumma Parsonii, Cameleonis Rarissima, Camouflage, Chamaeleo Parsonii, Chamaeleonidae, Chameleon, Chameleons, Colour, Endemic, Forest, Green, Hunting, Lizard, Madagascar, Malagasy Republic, Male Animal, National Park, Plant, Predation, Profile, Protected Area, Rainforest, Reptile, Reptilia, Republic Of Madagascar, Reserve, Side View, Squamata, Squamate, Tree, Tree Canopies, Tree Canopy, Vertebrate, Wildlife