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27 February 2026

A great blue heron holds a greater siren, an aquatic amphibian, in its beak at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on February 26, 2026. Greater sirens are eel-like salamanders that live in shallow wetlands, where wading birds like great blue herons prey on them.

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27 February 2026

A great blue heron holds a greater siren, an aquatic amphibian, in its beak at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on February 26, 2026. Greater sirens are eel-like salamanders that live in shallow wetlands, where wading birds like great blue herons prey on them.

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25 January 2026

A pair of great blue herons is seen by their nest at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, on January 25, 2026. The great blue heron is North America's largest heron, renowned for its patient stalking technique to spear fish and other prey with its dagger-like bill.

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25 January 2026

A pair of great blue herons is seen by their nest at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, on January 25, 2026. The great blue heron is North America's largest heron, renowned for its patient stalking technique to spear fish and other prey with its dagger-like bill.

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7 December 2025

A juvenile abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani), also known as a common garden spider, captures a black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in its web in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on December 7, 2025. The spider immobilises the insect with silk and saliva before retreating behind a dry leaf.

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7 December 2025

A juvenile abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani), also known as a common garden spider, captures a black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in its web in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on December 7, 2025. The spider immobilises the insect with silk and saliva before retreating behind a dry leaf.

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13 November 2025

An American bald eagle prepares to take a fish from the water during the morning hours at the Oxbow Nature Conservancy in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on November 13, 2025.

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11 October 2025

Diacamma ants, a genus of queenless ants belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae, are found from India to Australia. These ants construct their nests by cutting into wooden window frames. A worker ant is seen hunting and storing fuzzy caterpillars as prey at its nest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 11, 2025.

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11 October 2025

Diacamma ants, a genus of queenless ants belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae, are found from India to Australia. These ants construct their nests by cutting into wooden window frames. A worker ant is seen hunting and storing fuzzy caterpillars as prey at its nest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 11, 2025.

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11 October 2025

Diacamma ants, a genus of queenless ants belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae, are found from India to Australia. These ants construct their nests by cutting into wooden window frames. A worker ant is seen hunting and storing fuzzy caterpillars as prey at its nest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 11, 2025.

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11 October 2025

Diacamma ants, a genus of queenless ants belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae, are found from India to Australia. These ants construct their nests by cutting into wooden window frames. A worker ant is seen hunting and storing fuzzy caterpillars as prey at its nest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 11, 2025.

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11 October 2025

A curious goose approaches a parkgoer at Lake Eola Park in Orlando, Florida.

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30 September 2025

A white ibis takes a bath at Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida.

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30 September 2025

A white ibis takes a bath at Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida.

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30 September 2025

A white ibis takes a bath at Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida.

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30 September 2025

A white ibis takes a bath at Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida.

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