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#13079842

10 December 2025

Turkey vultures walk along a dirt road at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on December 9, 2025. The scavengers play a crucial ecological role by helping prevent the spread of disease through consuming carrion.

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#13079843

10 December 2025

A turkey vulture spreads its wings at the Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on December 9, 2025. The scavengers play a crucial ecological role by helping prevent the spread of disease through consuming carrion.

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#12483561

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483563

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483565

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483567

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483568

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12483571

17 June 2025

A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely.

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#12331648

4 May 2025

A White-rumped Vulture and a Himalayan Griffon Vulture feed on a carcass in Ghachok, Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality, Nepal, on May 4, 2025. The White-rumped Vulture is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2000 due to a severe population decline, primarily caused by kidney failure from diclofenac poisoning. These vital scavengers help maintain ecosystem health by consuming carrion and preventing the spread of diseases.

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#12331692

4 May 2025

A White-rumped Vulture and a Himalayan Griffon Vulture are spotted in Ghachok, Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality, Nepal, on May 4, 2025. The White-rumped Vulture is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2000 due to a severe population decline, primarily caused by kidney failure from diclofenac poisoning. These vital scavengers help maintain ecosystem health by consuming carrion and preventing the spread of diseases.

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#12331700

4 May 2025

A White-rumped Vulture and a Himalayan Griffon Vulture feed on a carcass in Ghachok, Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality, Nepal, on May 4, 2025. The White-rumped Vulture is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2000 due to a severe population decline, primarily caused by kidney failure from diclofenac poisoning. These vital scavengers help maintain ecosystem health by consuming carrion and preventing the spread of diseases.

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#10787049

15 November 2023

Argiope aetherea is a large orb-web spider (family Araneidae). Like other species of Argiope, it is commonly known as the St Andrew's Cross spider, due to the characteristic cross-shaped web decorations female spiders often include in their webs. Like most orb-web spiders, this spider shows considerable sexual size dimorphism, with females being many times larger than males. Like almost all other spiders, Argiope are harmless to humans. As is the case with most garden spiders, they eat insects, and they are capable of consuming prey up to twice their size. An Argiope aetherea spider sits in webs waiting to catch prey in a forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 15/11/2023.

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