Italy: “We found this little lobster in a narrow river. While I was taking a picture, he showed me his dangerous shears ;o)” writes photographer Sebastian Güntzel.

“Entwined Lives,” by Tim Laman, orangutan in fig tree, 2016 Wildlife Photography of the Year winner

“At night, in a suburb of Mumbai bordering Sanjay Gandhi national park, leopards slip through the maze of alleys, looking for food. Despite close encounters and occasional attacks, the cats are an accepted part of the Warli people’s lives and culture.”

Mountain Goat on the Plain of Six Glacier’s Trail

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Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

“Help me up, Mum! Elephants photographed in South Luangwa, Zambia,” writes photographer Will Burrard-Lucas.

Australian Wood Duck (chenonetta jubata)

Juvenile black racer (Coluber constrictor)

A cat is stranded on a fence due to floodwaters from the Lumber River on October 11, 2016 in Fair Bluff, North Carolina.
