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Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt (moult) on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) resting on ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway, Arctic, Europe

A pair of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica), on a hilltop in Borgarfjaroarhofn, Iceland, Polar Regions

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) entering the sea from the beach at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at breeding and nesting colony at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) (grey-headed mollymawk), Elsehul, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) at breeding and molting colony, Falkland Islands, South America

Adult Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) at breeding and molting site on Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Adult Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) at breeding and molting site on Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) breeding colony at Baily Head on Deception Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) breeding and molting at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) breeding colony at Petermann Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Sandwich Terns (Sterna sandivicensis), in their breeding colony in June, on Brownsea Island, a nature reserve in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) breeding colony on Steeple Jason Island in the Falkland Islands

Adult dovekie (Alle alle alle) breeding area on the island of Bolscheoya in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult dovekie (Alle alle alle) breeding area on the island of Bolscheoya in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Ground agama (Agama aculeta) in breeding colours, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Adult southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome), at breeding colony on West Point Island, Falklands, South America

Adult Subantarctic Skua (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi) on tussac at Salisbury Plain on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) amongst king penguin chicks at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult dovekie (Little Auk) (Alle alle) at their breeding site amongst scree slopes at Rubini Rock, Tikhaya Bay, Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

Curious walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) near Apollo Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) in snowstorm at Brown Bluff on the Antarctic Peninsula in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) in snowstorm at Brown Bluff on the Antarctic Peninsula in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Blue footed booby (sula nebouxii) nest, Punta Pitt, San Cristobal island, Galapagos, UNESCO, Ecuador

Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) at a breeding and molting site in Estancia San Lorenzo, Argentina

Adult Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica), breeding on the island of Bolscheoya in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult Atlantin puffin (Fratercula arctica) during breeding season on Sumburgh Head, Shetlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Northern gannet (Morus bassanas), on the wing at the cliffs of Noss, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sunrise on king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at nesting and breeding colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with females and pups at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) breeding and nesting site at Cape Fanshawe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus galapagensis) chick along the shoreline on Bartolome Island in the Galapagos Island Group, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Galapagos shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) nesting in lava nook in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding and nesting colony on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in downy plumage (okum boys) on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Heermann's gulls (Larus heermanni), quarreling at breeding colony on Isla Rasa, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North Anerica

Blue footed booby (sula nebouxii) incubating eggs at Punta Pitt, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, UNESCO, Ecuador

Sunrise on king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at nesting and breeding colony at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Female mute swan asleep on nest of moss and twigs, Donnington, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, England, United Kingdom

Brown boobies, Sula leucogaster, rookery at dusk, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, Atlantic Ocean

Snowy Owls (Nyctea scandiaca), two fledglings callingtdoors, outside, ornithology, zoology, color, colour

Birds' nests in a Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) at nest hole in a beech with chicks (Fagus sylvatica), Biosphaerenreservat Schwaebische Alb or Swabian Mountains Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) at nest hole in a beech with chick (Fagus sylvatica), Biosphaerenreservat Schwaebische Alb or Swabian Mountains Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Honey bees (Apis mellifera), worker bees caring for the brood, on brood cells, larvae, circa 8 days, in honeycomb cells

Great Spotted Woodpecker or Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), with insects in its beak at the nesting hole, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Two Spotted Owlets (Athene brama) staring from their tree hole in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) at nest hole in a beech with chicks (Fagus sylvatica), Biosphaerenreservat Schwaebische Alb or Swabian Mountains Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding young bird at breeding cavity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Stagnant water, ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes transmitting malaria, center of Quelimane, Mozambique, Africa

Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) on sea cliff top and great skua chasing gannet in seabird colony, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

Flying great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) with nesting material building a nest, Lembruch, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) copulating at the nest, Oldenburger Muensterland, Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Southern Masked-Weaver or African Masked-weaver (Ploceus velatus), adult male hanging beneath its nest, displaying, Madikwe National Park, South Africa

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons), male at nesting cavity in palm tree, Brownsville, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, USA

Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) building a nest in the Penguin National Park on Magdalena Island, Magellanes, Patagonia, Chile, South America

Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) on the way to their colony, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South Atlantic, South America

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) on the breeding rock Langanes, Langanesbyggo, Norourland eystra, Iceland, Europe

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) with Blue-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens) as food, young birds feeding at brood cave, Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with chicks, breeding colony, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, South America

Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius), with food in its beak at the breeding cavity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), in flight with nesting material, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Two Puffins (Fratercula arctica), standing in the grass, bird rock Latrabjard, Westfjords, Iceland, Europe

Puffin (Fratercula arctica), standing in the grass, bird rock Latrabjard, Westfjords, Iceland, Europe

Hoopoe (Upupa epops), adult bird feeds young birds at the breeding cave in the tree, worm in the beak, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), animal pair at greeting, animal portrait, Lummenfelsen, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) feeds chicks, breeding colony, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, South America

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with abdominal crease during hatching, breeding colony, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, South America