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December 2022 Highlights Collection

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Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) dusted in snow

Wompoo pigeon (Ptilinopus magnificus) sitting on nest

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with Mount Kilimajaro in the background

Portuguese man o war (Physalia physalis) floating on sea surface. Azores, Atlantic Ocean

Common loon (Gavia immer), in breeding plumage

Focus stacked, inverted image of Diatoms on a microscope slide

Salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) swimming, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Caterpillar, probably Cholla moth caterpillar

Mount Lewis spiny crayfish (Euastacus fleckeri) in defensive posture with claw raised

Prickly knob-tailed gecko (Nephrurus asper) hunting at night

Red-backed toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea) male

Musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) feeding on Eucalypt (Eucalyptus sp)

View over the rainforest canopy reaching into the distance

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) resting during the day in large Eucalypt (Eucalyptus sp)

Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) walking on beach, Etty Bay, Queensland, Australia

Common Swift (Apus apus) skimming water surface having just taken a drink

New Forest donkeys, female with foal

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) on moorland at sunrise

Two Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags, fighting during the rut, Cheshire, UK. July

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) in flight over moorland, Yorkshire, UK. September

Frog (Anura) in waterhole at night with two Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in background

Leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea) and Dentex (Dentex dentex) hunting a huge school of Sardines (Sardina pilchardus)

Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) perched on wodden post at dusk, Canada. February

Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) standing behind dried plant in snow, Canada. January

Two Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) male, competing at a lek, Vardo, Norway. May

Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)

Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with commensal Crested sculpin (Blepsias bilobus)

Pacific red hermit crab (Elassochirus gilli) on sea floor

Jaws of Salmon shark (Lamna ditropis), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. July

Crested sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) hiding in smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)

Horse-eye jack fish (Caranx latus) schooling around Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) near Eleuthera Island

Female Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) in snow

Blackburnian warbler (Dendroica fusca) male in breeding plumage

Grey-headed flying-fox bat (Pteropus poliocephalus) hanging from branch looking down with wing extended

Day octopus (Octopus cyanea), occurs in both Pacific and Indian Oceans

Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)

Pahoehoe lava flowing from Kilauea reaching Pacific Ocean near Kalapana

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) swimming

Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) swimming with Remoras (Echeneidae)

Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) holding fish in beak

Water flooding across Prickly pear (Opuntia sp. ) landscape, South Texas, USA. May, 2021

Fire ants (Solenopsis sp. ) swarm making a raft to float in water, Texas, USA. June

Green toad (bufo debilis) crawling over aquatic plants in shallow water, Texas, USA. June

Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) juvenile, perched on branch, Texas, USA. May

American bobcat (Lynx rufus) male, drinking at water's edge, Texas, USA. April

Pair of Couch's spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus couchii) mating in water, Texas, USA. June

Red tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) juvenile female, head portrait, Texas, USA. April

Ants (Formicidae) crawling along cactus spines to escape floodwater, Texas, USA. June

Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp)

Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) young

Dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling a ball of dung, Texas, USA. May

Katydid (Tettigoniidae) on Prickly pear (Opuntia sp. ) flower, Texas, USA. May

Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) feeding on leaves, Texas, USA. May

Painted bunting (Passerina ciris) male, perched on branch, Texas, USA. May

Vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus) male, courtship display, Texas, USA. May

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) drying feathers after a bath, Texas, USA. April

Tail fluke of Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) diving. Azores, Atlantic Ocean

Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) accompanied by Imperial blackfish (Schedophilus ovalis) swimming

Common dolphin pod (Delphinus delphis) jporposing, Horta island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean

Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapilla) perched in snow-covered Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)

Male Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) foraging in flowering Crabapple (Malus sp)

Alcedo giant tortoises (Chelonoidis vandenburghi)

Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) resting during dry season

Detail of hind toes of Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi)

Darwin's Small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) cleaning Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi)

Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) walking around caldera rim with fog rolling in during dry season

Alcedo giant tortoises (Chelonoidis vandenburghi)

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) swimming in shallows

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) with shoals of damselfish (Pomacentridae) swimming through coral reef

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Close up of Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) in immature plumage

Old male Espanola giant Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis) stretching its neck in clearing

American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) performing courtship wing flashing

Spring cyclamen (Cyclamen repandum) in flower in woodland

Ivy-leaved cyclamen (Cyclamen hederifolium) in flower in autumnal woodland

Wild tulips (Tulipa sylvestris australis and Tulipa australis) flowering at altitude above Piano Grande plateau

Poet's narcissus (Narcissus poeticus) in flower with Wild tulips (Tulipa sylvestris australis) in background

Mountain fritillary (Fritillaria montana) in flower on the slope of Mount Vettore

Mass of Field poppies (Papaver rhoeas)flowering in summer, Sibillini, Umbria, June

Wildflowers flowering in abundance on fallow agricultural land

Arnica (Arnica montana) in flower on mountainside, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May

Scarce swallowtail butterfly (Iphiclides podalirius) landing on a flower

Hybrid orchis, Orchis x colemanii (Orchis mascula x Orchis pauciflora)

Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) caterpillar crawling over Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) leaf



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