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Common or Eurasian crane flock (Grus grus) flying close to wind farm and natural gas plant, autumn, near Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Lourdaise domestic cattle (Bos taurus) grazing montane pastureland at Col d'Aspin with Pyrenees mountain chain in the background, Haute Pyrenees, France.
Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis) group approaching on land, captive, WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK.
Little egret (Egretta garzetta) adult stalking fish, reflected in water surface, Danshuei river estuary, Taiwan.
Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis) using its jaws to detach two suckersfrom Common Octopus tentacle as it hangs in the sun to tenderise. Skala Sikaminia harbour, Lesbos (Lesvos) Greece. MORE INFO: The yellow parts of this hornet's cuticle absorb sunlight and the pigment xanthopterin converts light into electrical energy.
Domestic goat (Capra hircus) adult with bell among herd climbing grassy slope on Mount Olympus, Greece.
Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) female resting on a leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK.
European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) adult male, Corsica, France. MORE INFO: Scarab beetle family Scarabaeidae.
Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus), three adults land to join many others and roosting Avocets (Recurvirostra avocetta) on Kallini salt pans during the autumn migration period, Isle of Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece.
Formosan or Taiwan macaque (Macaca cyclopis) adult male giving threat yawn while sitting on branch of banyan tree (Ficus microcarpus), Chaishan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Corymbites pectinicornis beetle, Estonia
Southern skimmer dragonfly (Orthetrum brunneum) male perched on a plant stem with sparkling stream in the background, Krka National park, Croatia.
Hard fern
Wigeon (Anas penelope) flock in flight over frozen, flooded marshland on a foggy winter morning, with some drakes calling, Greylake RSPB reserve, Somerset Levels, UK.
Harebells
Juvenile ladder snake, Alicante, Spain
Parasite fly or Tachinid fly (Cylindromyia bicolor) feeding on Wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris) umbel flowers, Corsica, France. MORE INFO: Parasite fly or Tachinid fly family Tachinidae, plant family Apiaceae.
Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) sun basking on grass stem in limestone meadow, Wiltshire, UK. MORE INFO: Butterfly family Lycaenidae.
Smooth newt
Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) adults with chicks in Antarctica
Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on the beach at Brown Bluff on the Antarctic Peninsula, southern Ocean
Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes-up dive with kelp gulls near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer enjoy a hot asado sandwich prepared by staff at BBQ on an ice floe near Adelaide Island, Antarctica
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) at cleaning station at Olowalu Reef, Maui, Hawaii, USA
Adult Grey-headed Albatross, (Thalassarche chrysostoma) on the wing in the Drake Passage between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean
Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colony at Baily Head on Deception Island, South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica
Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surface lunge-feeding on krill near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Long-beaked common dolphin pod (Delphinus capensis) encountered in the southern Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico
A small group of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) migrating north to feeding grounds in the spring from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
A younger polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Norway
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub in snow. Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult on snow, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean
Adult Magellan goose or upland goose (Chloephaga picta) with goslings on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in flight over a saltwater lagoon in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) foraging for small pink shrimp (Artemia salina) in saltwater lagoon in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) underwater at Leon Dormido (Sleeping Lion) Island off San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) scratching its back on a tree at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
Adult common (northern) minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) sub-surface feeding in the rich waters of Woodfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) sow with 4 COY (cubs-of-the-year) at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
Adult puffin (Fratercula arctica) during breeding season in Isfjardardjup, Northwestern Iceland
Underwater scenes from the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer, Spitsbergen, Norway
King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with introduced reindeer at breeding and nesting colony at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean.
A view of Gn%lodden in Hornsund (Horn Sound) on the southwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway.
Adult black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) wading and feeding in a brackish water lagoon at Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean.
Adult Shetland pony in the Shetland Isles, Scotland
The Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer deep in Trollfjord in the Lofoton Island Group, Norway
Adult red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) in flight in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) breeding and nesting site at Cape Fanshawe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Gull feeding frenzy on bait ball off Fugloy Island in the Faroe Islands, North Atlantic Ocean
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes-up dive near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
A sighting of adult sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) in the Drake Passage, Southern Ocean
Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) feeding underwater on small baitfish in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
A rare sighting of a lone adult king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Barrentos Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean
Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean
Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) spinning, possibly to dislodge attached remoras, Lanai, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean
Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer take the Polar Plunge off ice floe in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) chicks covered with mud and guano on Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Skara Brae, a Neolithic village constructed in 3,100 BC, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Lindblad Expeditions guests with a lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis glacialis) on the wing in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
Adult common (northern) minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) sub-surface feeding in the rich waters of Woodfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) at cleaning station at Olowalu Reef, Maui, Hawaii, USA
Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) at a breeding and molting site in Estancia San Lorenzo on Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia, Argentina, South Atlantic
Researcher Stephanie Martin takes a blubber biopsy using an arrow fired from a crossbow of an adult blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), South Orkney islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) tobogganing near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
Views of the Arctic ship Fram, Oslo, Norway
A small group of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) migrating north to feeding grounds in the spring from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Galapagos white-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis galapagensis) feeding near giant tortoise in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer enjoy a hot asado sandwich prepared by staff at BBQ on an ice floe near Adelaide Island, Antarctica
Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) spinning, possibly to dislodge attached remoras, Lanai, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean
The endemic Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) with Lindblad Expedition guests at Brown Bluff near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean
The endemic Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) feeding underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Holly Blue. Eperquerie Common, Sark, British
Comma Butterfly Polygonia c-album. Jersey, British Channel Islands
Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer lay in the relatively warm waters of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Razorbill egg (Alca torda). L'Etac, Sark, British Channel Islands
Robin Erithacus rubecula. Sark, British Channel Islands
Diver and Banded Sea Snake Laticauda colubrina
Adult caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA
Common Blue Butterfly Polyommatus icarus. Sark, British Channel Islands
Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) foraging for small pink shrimp (Artemia salina) in saltwater lagoon in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
Guest from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer photographing mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) on open tundra in Svalbard, Norway
Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) hauled out on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
An adult Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica) in flight near the Antarctic peninsula in the southern ocean
Adult black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) wading and feeding in a brackish water lagoon at Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean.
Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean
Canadian photographer Gilles Pucheu at work near his home in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. MORE INFO Model release number GP032810.