2020 December Highlights Gallery

Lemon shark juvenile (Negaprion brevirostris) trying to feed on the leaves of a red

Lemon shark juvenile (Negaprion brevirostris) trying to feed on the leaves of a red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). As pups, the sharks have to learn to hunt for themselves and sometimes make mistakes. Plant matter is indigestible and the sharks soon spit it out. Eleuthera, Bahamas

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American Mangrove, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Animal, Animalia, Baby, Biodiversity Hotspots, Bruguiera Decangulata, Carcharhinidae, Carcharhiniformes, Carcharias Fronto, Caribbean, Cartilaginous Fish, Chondrichthyes, Coast, Coastal, Coastal Waters, Coastal Wetland, Crisis, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Eleuthera, Feeding, Flowering Plant, Foliage, Great Bahama Bank, Ground Shark, Habitat, Humorous, Hypoprion Brevirostris, Island, Islands, Jawed Fish, Leaf, Lemon Shark, Lemon Sharks, Magnoliopsida, Malpighiales, Mangrove, Marine, Mouthful, Negaprion, Negaprion Brevirostris, Negaprion Fronto, Plant, Plantae, Pups, Red Mangrove, Requiem Sharks, Rhizophora, Rhizophora Americana, Rhizophora Mangle, Rhizophora Samoensis, Rhizophoraceae, Root, Rosanae, Rosid, Saltwater, Shark, Spermatophyte, Spermatophytina, The Caribbean, Tidal, Tide, Tides, Tracheophyta, True Mangrove Trees, True Mangroves, Underwater, Vascular Plant, Vertebrate, Water, Water Surface, West Indies, Wildlife, Young Animal

A school of Blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) forming the number 6 as they circle in

A school of Blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) forming the number 6 as they circle in deep water adjacent to a coral reef, Yolanda Reef, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea. July. Candidate for Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award 2018

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3d Shape, Acanthopteri, Actinopterygii, Africa, Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animalia, Arty Shots, B W, Barracuda, Black Background, Blackfin Barracuda, Blacktail Barracuda, Bony Fish, Chevron Barracuda, Egypt, Fish, Freshwater, Geometric, Group, Group Of Animals, Marine, Military Sea Pike, Monochromatic, North Africa, Northern Africa, Osteichthyes, Perciformes, Percomorphi, Plain Background, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Ray Finned Fish, Red Sea, Saltwater, School, Sea, Shape, Sinai, Sphyraena, Sphyraena Genie, Sphyraena Nigripinnis, Sphyraena Qenie, Sphyraena Tessera, Sphyraenidae, Sub Tropical, Vertebrate, Vortex, Vortexes, Vortices, Water, Wildlife, Yolanda Reef

Moths (Lepidoptera) swarming with flight trails, attracted by light during insect

Moths (Lepidoptera) swarming with flight trails, attracted by light during insect trapping and identification session. Long-term monitoring in De Kaaistoep Nature Reserve, Tilburg, The Netherlands. July

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Animal, Animal Track, Animalia, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Arty Shots, Europe, Flying, Group, Group Of Animals, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Holland, Insect, Insecta, Invertebrate, Large Group, Lepidoptera, Lepidopterans, Long Exposure, Mixed Species, Multitude, Netherlands, Night, Nocturnal, North Brabant, Photographic Effect, Protected Area, Reserve, Shape, Swarm, Swarms, The Netherlands, Tilburg, Tracks, Western Europe, Wildlife