Photo Contest Submissions

Animals

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  How many baby quail can fit inside a teacup? After hatching this little crew, I decided it was time to find out. (Andrew Stillman)

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  A female Polyphemus moth spreads its wings for the first time after emerging from a silky cocoon - a spectacular addition to our native fauna! (Andrew Stillman)

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  I'll let you in on a little secret: young tree frogs often ride stag beetles into battle against their sworn enemies, the orb weaver spiders. The beetle will use its jaws to rip apart the web, while the frog attempts to either eat the spider, or knock it off the web. This is completely true and the photo was totally not staged at all. (Brigette Zacharczenko)

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  A beautiful green tree python from the Bronx Zoo. (Kaitlin Gallagher)

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  I had been birding heavily in the Machu Picchu area for 3 days and had just about given up on finding a Long-tailed Sylph. It was my last morning and I was photographing tanagers at a feeder when suddenly I looked up and sitting directly in front of me was this male sylph. It was so close I had to zoom out to 100 mm in order to get its body in the frame. I was too close to capture the full extent of its awesome tail, but I’m not complaining. (Morgan Tingley)

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  Tongue-flick sequence in a juvenile Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) made by compositing selected, individual images from a high-speed video taken at 200 frames per second. (Kurt Schlenk)

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  Finally an animal that actually cooperates with road-signs! (Annette Evans)

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  A rare erythristic Plethodon cinereus color morph cooperatively poses for a photo. (Annette Evans)

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  “Fuzzy moths in the spotlight (Bertholdia trigona, Megaolpyge bissesa, Tolype sp.) Sierra Vista, AZ July 26, 2015. " (Ben Gagliardi)

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  “This was the last photograph found on the abandoned, bloodied camera of an amateur cryptozoologist who went missing in the desert scrublands of SW Arizona last July. The image shows undeniable proof of the fabled Sonoran horse-faced jackalope. This, of course, is a juvenile and has yet to grow its distinctive antlers, but based on its coyote-like limbs and vapid, exophthalmic countenance, it is clearly a Sonoran horse-face. Most experts who have reviewed this image agree that this is the animal’s classic attack stance which likely preceded the untimely demise of the photographer.” (Ben Gagliardi)

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  This Great Potoo in the canopy was approximately 5297523751 times harder to find than this picture may lead you to believe. (Yasuni, Ecuador) (Jason Lech)

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  The Corkscrew" - unknown species of amphipyrine caterpillar from AZ, 2015 (Kevin Keegan)

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  Connecticut state endangered Northern Metalmark (Calephelis borealis) on black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), Bethel, CT 2015 (Kevin Keegan

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  "This rescued cheetah was attracted by the stuffed animal being held by the person standing next to me." (Timmo Bot)

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  "Wait? Did it just step on a Pelargonium?"Eastern Cape, South Africa (Dustin Ray)

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Plants

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  Pretty in pink: Protea punctata in Swartberg Pass. So wet. (Nora Mitchell)

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  The "curly whirlies" of South Africa are known to induce a dream-like state (Dustin Ray)

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  A New Zealand silver fern frond uncurls in Karangahake Gorge, New Zealand (Annette Evans)

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  A pretty invasive Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis) in Greer, AZ, July 29, 2015 (Ben Gagliardi)

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  Treacherous plant of doom, one of many reasons why not to grab hold of things when falling in a rainforest. (Yasuni, Ecuador) (Jason Lech

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  Purple and yellow morphs of skunky monkeyflower (Mimulus mephiticus) less than 25cm apart from one another, outside Reno, NV (Kevin Keegan)

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  Orobanche sp, outside Reno, NV. (Kevin Keegan)

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  "A natural bouquet at Kew Gardens"(Timmo Bot)

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Environment

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  Sometimes, somber weather coaxes a dramatic twist into even the most famous landscape sentinels. After climbing Yosemite Falls in the pouring rain, this climatic view was well worth it. (Andrew Stillman)

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  Torres del Paine National Park. In 2012 a fire of more than 40.000 acres was started by an irresponsible tourist. These days, we can still see the consequences and forests composed by slow growing trees, some of them maturing after 200 years!!! (Pancho Concha)

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  Looking down towards Cape Town from Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. (Dustin Ray)

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  The rugged Muriwai beach coastline, Auckland NZ... featuring the precariously perched cliff-top gannet colony. (Annette Evans)

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  Exploring the old gold mining tunnels carved out through the Karangahake Gorge, New Zealand (Annette Evans)

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  The most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen, I’ve shared with…….my advisor! Sorry Armand! :P (Ben Gagliardi)

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  Simple symmetry. (Acadia, Maine) (Jason Lech)

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  Mojave (James Mickley)

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  View of Dove Lake from Cradle Mountain, Tasmania (Timmo Bot)

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Lab and Field Work

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  Distinguished faculty member, Charlie Henry, pauses for a moment to have his picture taken after his student insists he needs a faculty profile picture less than 20 years old. (Katie Taylor)

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  No caption provided (Katie Nazzario)

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  Dr. Kent "I'd rather NOT be dean-ing" Holsinger assists Kristen Nolting in the field by holding a bouquet of Leucadendron stems (Nora Mitchell)

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  "I guess this is why they told us to wear hardhats" -- Andrew Stillman after narrowly dodging a falling Sugar Pine cone. (Andrew Stillman)

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  Becoming immersed in the local humor (Anna Sjodin)

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  The dragon-hunter quietly approaches his prey. Bear Creek, Sierra Vista, AZ. July 2015. (Ben Gagliardi)

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  The wondrous joys of nocturnal surveying in the dark and rain. (El Yunque, Puerto Rico) (Jason Lech)

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  The end of the day" Pole Canyon, NM 2015 (Kevin Keegan)

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  How far to La Plata?" Carson Sink, NV 2015 (Kevin Keegan)

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  "Kelp me if you can" Photo was taken by Charles Yarish (Simona Augyte)

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  We found a Pelargonium up here! Wolfberg Arch, Cederberg (Timmo Bot)

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  Henry Frye measures a leaf angles near Springbok, South Africa (Dustin Ray)

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  Catchin lizards in southern Utah. (Austin Spence)