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Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) mate during breeding season, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) mate during breeding season, the Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Northern giant petrels (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead fur seal pup at St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flipping sand onto its back to cool off on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult bull southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult bull southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult bull southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

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

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

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) breeding colony on New Island in the Falkland Island.

Adult male long-tailed meadowlark (Sturnella loyca) in breeding plumage on New Island in the Falkland Islands

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

Mated bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) pair on nest near the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus) in full breeding plumage at Isfjardardjup, Iceland

Wild male plains bison courts a female during the mating season, Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America

Wild male plains bison during the mating season, Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America

Rocky mountain bighorn ram (ovis canadensis) during the rut (mating) season, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

Rocky mountain bighorn rams (ovis canadensis) during the rut (mating) season, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

Rocky mountain bighorn rams (ovis canadensis) during the rut (mating) season, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

Rocky mountain bighorn rams (ovis canadensis) during the rut (mating) season, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

Rocky mountain bighorn rams (ovis canadensis) during the rut (mating) season, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

Adult rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) at breeding and molting colony on New Island, Falkland Islands

Adult Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) atriceps) returning to the colony with nesting material, Falkland Islands

Adult male long-tailed meadowlark (Sturnella loyca) in breeding plumage on New Island in the Falkland Islands

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

Adult arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) male bringing female a fish, Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Rocky mountain bighorn rams headbutting (ovis canadensis) during the rut (mating) season, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

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

Wild male plains bison during the mating season, Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America

Moose, alces alces. In fall; female/cow and male/ bull; in mating season tundra in fall colour north america

Three Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) in flight during mating season over Isla San Pedro Martir in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) mock-mating (it is not mating season) on the beach on Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Adelie penguins are truly an ice dependant penguin species.

Male Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) with inflated gular sack during mating season near the Baja Peninsula, Mexico.

Adult Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) on sea ice off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to the coast of Hudson Bay in Fall waiting for the ice to freeze, and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly anxious as they wait for winter. While they wait, they engage in frequent wrestling matches to determine a mating hierarchy for the breeding season in March and April, and regularly check on the ice to see if it will carry them out to sea.

Farmland Green Tree Frog (Rhacophorus arvalis), inflated vocal sac, courtship display, species endemic to Taiwan, Asia

Farmland Green Tree Frog (Rhacophorus arvalis), inflated vocal sac, courtship display, species endemic to Taiwan

Great Egret or Great White Egret (Casmerodius albus, Egretta alba), displaying on the nest, Florida, USA

Farmland Green Tree Frog (Rhacophorus arvalis), inflated vocal sac, courtship display, species endemic to Taiwan, Asia

Magnificent fregate bird (Fregata magnificens) sitting on brushwood and mating with bloated throat pouch, Genovesa Island, Tower Island, Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador, South America

Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus, Sula bassana), in spring, mating season, ocean island, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), adult, pair, courtship display, native to South America

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), male displaying, Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA

Moor frog (Rana arvalis) male, blue coloured during mating season, with spawn in spawning waters, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Moor frogs (Rana arvalis), two males, blue coloured during mating season, with spawn in spawning waters, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Black-browed Albatrosses or Black-browed Mollymawks (Diomedea melanophris), Falkland Islands, South America

Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) during the rutting season, Daun wildlife park, Vulkaneifel area, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Red deer (Cervus elaphus), royal stag with does, rutting stag, old bull, roaring, mating herd, Jaegersborg, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix, Tetrao tetrix), courting in a snow-covered moor, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), male displaying in prairie, vocal sac inflated, Canadian, Panhandle, Texas, USA

Red deer (Cervus elaphus), royal stag, rutting stag, old bull, roaring, Jaegersborg, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) during winter, beginning of the mating season. NP Bavarian Forest, enclosure. Europe, Germany, Bavaria

Portrait of a bull moose (Alces alces) walking through an alpine meadow late in the rut in Southcentral Alaska's Chugach State Park, Alaska, United States of America