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A mother kangaroo and her joey, survivors of a forest fire / bushfire in Mallacoota, Australia. January 2020

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Aerial view of Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) lunge-feeding, with throat pouch distended, southern Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico.

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White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) doe and fawn standing on snow covered pond. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. January.

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Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) rolling on its back, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

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Aerial of patterns of receding waves, Playa del Silencio, Asturias, Spain. April 2018

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Great egret (Ardea alba) diving head into water to catch prey, in evening light. Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March. Sequence 1/2.

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Lemon-yellow tree frog (Hyla savignyi) Cyprus. April.

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Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male perched amid snow-covered branches, New York, USA, February.

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Red squirrel, (Sciurus vulgaris), two backlit on pine branch, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.May

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Sunlight splintering through misty pine forest at sunset, Glencharnoch Wood, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.November

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Little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor), two standing on rocks at night, silhouetted against Melbourne city lights. St Kilda breakwater, Victoria, Australia.   December 2016.

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Smeathman's furrow bee (Lasioglossum smeathmanellum) feeding on Wallflower (Erysimum sp.) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.

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Images and Inspiration from the Natural World

Mute swan (Cygnus olor) parent and cygnets swimming. London, UK. May

March 2020 Highlights

Visitors taking selfie with smartphone while giant polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is swimming past, Zoo de la Fleche, France, September 2019

Eyecatchers - March 2020

Footage spotlight - Latin America

Flowers of the Field by Steve Nicholls

European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) fighting each other, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. June.

Natural Inspiration

February 2020 Highlights

Pangolin scales for sale in a Chinese medicine store in Beijing, China.

Animal Trade in the time of Coronavirus

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