2019 September Highlights Gallery

Wonderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) in its juvenile or larval stage

Wonderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) in its juvenile or larval stage. At this stage it is transparent and drifts in the open ocean as plankton. Anilao, Philippines

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Animal, Animalia, Asia, Biodiversity Hotspot, Biodiversity Hotspots, Cephalopod, Cephalopoda, Invertebrate, Invertebrates, Larva, Marine, Mollusc, Mollusca, Night, Ocean, Octopoda, Octopodidae, Octopus, Pacific Ocean, Pelagic, Philippines, Republic Of The Philippines, Saltwater, Size, Small, South East Asia, Water, Wildlife, Wonderpus, Wunderpus, Wunderpus Photogenicus

Head of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) showing callosities, pathches

Head of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) showing callosities, pathches of roughened skin that are unique to each whale. Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. August

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Animal, Animal Behaviour, Atlantic Ocean, Behaviour, Behavioural, Canada, Distinct, Individual, Individuality, Marine, Ocean, Portrait, Saltwater, Surface, Surfacing, Temperate, Water

Strips of cultivated Black oats (Avena strigosa) , grown by crofters ,who create sillage

Strips of cultivated Black oats (Avena strigosa), grown by crofters ,who create sillage and feed it to their cattle in the winter. Berneray, North Uist, Scotland, UK, July

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Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Avena, Avena Strigosa, Black Oat, Crop, Crops, Europe, Flowering Plant, Gramineae, Grass, Great Britain, Hebrides, Lilianae, Magnoliopsida, Monocot, Monocotyledon, Oat, Outer Hebrides, Plant, Plantae, Poaceae, Poales, Produce, Scotland, Scottish Islands, Scottish Isles, Seed Plant, Spermatophyte, Spermatophytina, Tracheophyta, True Grass, Uk, Vascular Plant, Western Europe