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Black Rhino, Etosha National Park, Namibia - 2015

Arid Apparition

Once driven to near extinction by trophy hunting, the black rhino’s slow recovery is now encountering a new threat.

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European Elk / Moose bull shedding his velvet, Alces alces, Sarek National Park, Laponia World Heritage area, Norrbotten, Lapland, Sweden
Red Velvet

While shedding velvet is a common annual occurrence among bull moose, photographers aren't often on hand to document the graphic details.

Otter (lutra lutra) is eating a wintering common frog it just caught from a river in Southern Estonia.
Frog Leg Feast

With native fish populations in decline, resourceful European otters have turned their attention to frogs and toads, a food source that presents its own challenges.

cusk-eel (Lamprogrammus sp.)
It’s Got Guts

An elaborate headdress and a frilly external stomach is apparently just what this deep-sea creature needs to survive its precarious youth.

Rose-ringed / ring-necked parakeets (Psittacula krameri) in flight on their way to roost in an urban cemetery. London, UK. January
Feral Spirits

These beautiful invasives most likely escaped from pet owners, but now they’re firmly established across the English countryside.

Male Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) displaying on a snow covered lek. Sublette County, Wyoming. March.
Wyoming’s Bird of Paradise

As if in defiance to the many threats they face, sage-grouse perform one the West's most impressive mating rituals.

Eurasian beavers
Mealtime Swim

Back from the brink, Eurasian beavers are once again an integral part of the river ecosystem in France's Loire Valley.

eider ducks (Somateria mollissima)
Ducking and Diving

An eider duck seeks shelter and sustenance in the the icy waters along the central Norwegian coast.

Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) slung from Super Huey Bell helicopter Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape Province SOUTH AFRICA A viable breeding population of 15 animals being relocated to an undisclosed destination. ENDANGERED SPECIES. CITES 1
Rhino Relocation

To protect rhinos from poachers, conservation workers have taken to the air to move these massive animals quickly and efficiently to safer ground.

Brazilian Pantanal
Night of the Caiman

Once threatened by over-hunting, yacare caimans now number in the millions across Brazil’s Pantanal region.

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