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A deer hunts a fox in a harvested wheat field near Chinon, France
Photograph: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images
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Red kites descend on Gigrin farm in Rhayader, Wales
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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Pokrent, Germany: A bumblebee collects pollen on a lavender plant. The hymenoptera (a group comprising bees, wasps and sawflies) has an average life expectancy of 28 days
Photograph: Jens Buttner/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa
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A red-crested cardinal and two grayish baywings near the Lago del Rosedal in Buenos Aires
Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images
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A spotted hyena chews on a carcass as a black-backed jackal and a vulture wait for their own turn at the Ol Kinyei conservancy in Maasai Mara, Kenya
Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images
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A bearded vulture living on the moors above Sheffield. Hundreds of visitors have flocked to see the bird
Photograph: Mark Thomas/RSPB/PA
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Grey reef sharks captured by a baited remote underwater video system in French Polynesia. An unprecedented survey of coral reefs worldwide has revealed a shocking decline in the numbers of sharks
Photograph: Global Finprint/AFP/Getty Images
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An anemonefish fish at Koh Tao island in the southern Thai province of Surat Thani
Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images
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Still footage from a video clip shows Italian coastguard divers trying to free a sperm whale caught in a fishing net at sea north of the Sicilian Aeolian Islands
Photograph: Carmelo Isgro/MuMa Museo del Mare di Milazzo/Reuters
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A small-spotted catshark. A study has revealed microfibres from fishing lines and nets, and materials from textiles were found in 67% of seabed-dwelling sharks in UK waters
Photograph: Charlotte Sams/Exeter University
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First Dog on the Moon highlights the extinction of the smooth handfish
Illustration: First Dog on the Moon/The Guardian
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A photo of Thao whipping frogs at Paignton zoo in Devon, UK. It was taken by Eleanor Stobbart and named the winner of the Hearts and Minds category in the Biaza photography competition. The 2020 winners showcased the work of zoos and aquariums at a challenging time
Photograph: Eleanor Stobbart/Biza 2020 photography competition
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An alligator rests on the Olympic golf course in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Alligators, foxes, capybaras and even snakes share terrain with visitors to the site
Photograph: Antonio Lacerda/EPA
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A sunbird sucks nectar from flowers during monsoon season in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The species is mainly found in south Asia
Photograph: Monirul Alam/EPA
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Scientists have predicted for the first time when, where and how polar bears are likely to disappear. If greenhouse gas emissions stay on their current trajectory all but a few polar bear populations in the Arctic will probably be gone by 2100
Photograph: BJ Kirschhoffer/BJ Kirschhoffer/ Polar Bears International
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A pet macaque sits chained on a tree branch outside its owner’s house in Leupung, Indonesia
Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images
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A dead sea turtle in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. About 160 sea turtles have been rescued after washing up on the beach
Photograph: Suzauddin Rubel/AFP/Getty Images
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One-horned rhinos stand on ground above floodwaters inside the Kaziranga national park in Assam, India
Photograph: EPA
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A hillstar hummingbird perched on a Chuquiraga jussieui flower in Ecuador. A study found the species can sing and hear frequencies beyond the range of other birds
Photograph: Paolo David Escobar/AP
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A lime butterfly camouflaged in grass in Tehatta in the Indian state of West Bengal
Photograph: Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/PA Images
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Singapore zoo’s twin red-ruffed lemurs are placed in a carrier during their first health checkup in the animal hospital
Photograph: Wildlife Reserves Singapore
