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New images: September 2025

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From the Valdez Peninsula to the deserts of Namibia, discover our new images.

The Summer 2025 gallery presents a new selection of images focusing on nature, animal life, landscapes, and the environment. It features works by international photographers who approach reality with a documentary eye. Franco Banfi unveils a series on the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), photographed in the protected waters of Golfo Nuevo, on the Valdez Peninsula in Argentina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. His images capture rare moments: the relationship between mothers and their calves, social interactions, and the spectacular leaps of young whales. Beyond their beauty, they nurture our knowledge of cetaceans and remind us of the importance of marine conservation.

Bruno Guénard, for his part, takes us on a dive into the discreet world of marine species. His lens focuses in particular on the young turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), revealing its adaptation strategies and the richness of aquatic biodiversity. His images demonstrate how photography can be a scientific tool for understanding and documenting living organisms.

Finally, Thomas Dressler turns his gaze to Namibia. His photographs explore desert landscapes: forests of quiver trees (Aloidendron dichotomum), monumental rock formations, and Kolmanskop, a mining town frozen in the sand. These scenes bear witness to both the strength of arid ecosystems and the imprints left by humans.

Together, these works offer much more than a simple exhibition: they are a valuable resource for research, scientific mediation, and reflection on our relationship with nature, whether wild or transformed.

Biosphoto | 2606755 | Male Kingfisher (Alcedo Atthis) grooming, perched on a branch above the river - Lorraine, France | © Michel Poinsignon / Biosphoto
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Male Kingfisher (Alcedo Atthis) grooming, perched on a branch above the river - Lorraine, France
Biosphoto | 2607015 | Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica), Bocas del Toro Panama | © Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica), Bocas del Toro Panama
Biosphoto | 2606747 | Red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris feedind on old tree stump in heather, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK | © Michel Poinsignon / Biosphoto
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Red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris feedind on old tree stump in heather, Cairngorms National Park, [...]
Biosphoto | 2606746 | Buzzard (Buteo buteo) landing on tree stump in winter, Lorraine, France | © Michel Poinsignon / Biosphoto
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Buzzard (Buteo buteo) landing on tree stump in winter, Lorraine, France
Biosphoto | 2606796 | European Hamster (Cricetus cricetus), male and female approaching before mating in a grassy field, Neusiedlsee National Park, Austria | © Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
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European Hamster (Cricetus cricetus), male and female approaching before mating in a grassy field, [...]
Biosphoto | 2606813 | Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) on a mossy rock, guarding its territory, Europe | © Emile Barbelette / Biosphoto
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Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) on a mossy rock, guarding its territory, Europe
Biosphoto | 2607116 | Chassiron lighthouse at the northern tip of Oleron Island - charente maritime - France | © Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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Chassiron lighthouse at the northern tip of Oleron Island - charente maritime - France
Biosphoto | 2605370 | Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus), female, protected natural site of the limestone lawn of Troussey, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus), female, protected natural site of the limestone lawn of Troussey, [...]
Biosphoto | 2605338 | Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) on flower, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) on flower, Lorraine, France
Biosphoto | 2605339 | Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) on daisy flower, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) on daisy flower, Lorraine, France
Biosphoto | 2605366 | Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus), on sage, protected natural site of the limestone lawn of Troussey, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus), on sage, protected natural site of the limestone lawn of [...]
Biosphoto | 2605323 | Abeille domestique (Apis mellifera) couverte de pollen sur une fleur de Chicorée sauvage, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Abeille domestique (Apis mellifera) couverte de pollen sur une fleur de Chicorée sauvage, Lorraine, [...]
Biosphoto | 2605355 | Marmalade Hover-fly (Episyrphus balteatus), foraging hoverfly in flight on a wild chicory flower, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Marmalade Hover-fly (Episyrphus balteatus), foraging hoverfly in flight on a wild chicory flower, [...]
Biosphoto | 2605332 | Anteater (Myrmeleon formicarius) adult whose larvae make funnel traps on wild Chicory flowers, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Anteater (Myrmeleon formicarius) adult whose larvae make funnel traps on wild Chicory flowers, [...]
Biosphoto | 2605372 | Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus), mating, protected natural site of the limestone lawn of Troussey, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus), mating, protected natural site of the limestone lawn of Troussey, [...]
Biosphoto | 2605379 | Wood white (Leptidea sinapis) on flower, protected natural site of the Troussey limestone lawn, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Wood white (Leptidea sinapis) on flower, protected natural site of the Troussey limestone lawn, [...]
Biosphoto | 2603956 | Goldenrod Spider (Misumena vatia), a crab spider that has captured a Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on a flower, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Goldenrod Spider (Misumena vatia), a crab spider that has captured a Marbled White butterfly [...]
Biosphoto | 2605381 | Clearwing moth (Chamaesphecia empiformis) on its host plant: Cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias), Plateau de Bouxières aux Dames, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Clearwing moth (Chamaesphecia empiformis) on its host plant: Cypress spurge (Euphorbia [...]
Biosphoto | 2603904 | Black cockchafer (Amphimallon atrum) on an oak leaf, Lorry-Mardigny, Lorraine, France | © Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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Black cockchafer (Amphimallon atrum) on an oak leaf, Lorry-Mardigny, Lorraine, France
Biosphoto | 2607152 | Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), breaching calf in the shallow protected waters of the Golfo Nuevo, Valdez Peninsula, UNESCO World Heritage site, Argentina. | © Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), breaching calf in the shallow protected waters of the [...]
Biosphoto | 2607151 | Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), surfacing in the shallow protected waters of the Golfo Nuevo, Valdez Peninsula, UNESCO World Heritage site, Argentina. | © Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), surfacing in the shallow protected waters of the Golfo [...]
Biosphoto | 2607133 | The massive tail ot mother and calf Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), in the shallow protected waters of the Golfo Nuevo, Valdez Peninsula, UNESCO World Heritage site, Argentina. | © Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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The massive tail ot mother and calf Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), in the shallow [...]
Biosphoto | 2607132 | The massive tail ot a Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), in the shallow protected waters of the Golfo Nuevo, Valdez Peninsula, UNESCO World Heritage site, Argentina. | © Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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The massive tail ot a Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), in the shallow protected waters [...]
Biosphoto | 2607129 | Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), white young calf with mother, in the shallow protected waters of the Golfo Nuevo, Valdez Peninsula, UNESCO World Heritage site, Argentina. | © Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), white young calf with mother, in the shallow protected [...]
Biosphoto | 2607127 | Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), (white young calf) in the shallow protected waters of the Golfo Nuevo, Valdez Peninsula, UNESCO World Heritage site, Argentina. | © Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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Southern Right Whale, (Eubalaena australis), (white young calf) in the shallow protected waters of [...]
Biosphoto | 2607126 | Detail of a young Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), Atlantic Ocean, Oléron Island, France | © Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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Detail of a young Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), Atlantic Ocean, Oléron Island, France
Biosphoto | 2606931 | Quiver Tree (Aloidendron dichotomum). Quiver tree forest, Keetmanshoop, Southern Namibia. | © Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
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Quiver Tree (Aloidendron dichotomum). Quiver tree forest, Keetmanshoop, Southern Namibia.
Biosphoto | 2606926 | At Kolmanskop, the abandoned ghost town of the diamond days of the early 1900 and of German origin. Inside the restricted Diamond Area east of the coastal town of Lüderitz. Namib Desert, Namibia. | © Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
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At Kolmanskop, the abandoned ghost town of the diamond days of the early 1900 and of German origin. [...]
Biosphoto | 2606924 | At Kolmanskop, the abandoned ghost town of the diamond days of the early 1900 and of German origin. Inside the restricted Diamond Area east of the coastal town of Lüderitz. Namib Desert, Namibia. | © Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
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At Kolmanskop, the abandoned ghost town of the diamond days of the early 1900 and of German origin. [...]
Biosphoto | 2606906 | The Pondok mountains seen through  The Bridge  belong to the Spitzkoppe mountain compound. Damaraland, Namibia. | © Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
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The Pondok mountains seen through "The Bridge" belong to the Spitzkoppe mountain compound. [...]
Biosphoto | 2607111 | Conger (Conger conger) sticking its head out of a hole in the hull of a wreck, Oleron island, Atlantic Oocean, France | © Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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Conger (Conger conger) sticking its head out of a hole in the hull of a wreck, Oleron island, [...]
Biosphoto | 2607110 | Spider crab on the sandy bottom, Oleron island, Atlantic ocean, France | © Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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Spider crab on the sandy bottom, Oleron island, Atlantic ocean, France
Biosphoto | 2607112 | Spider crabs, Oleron island, Atlantic Ocean, France | © Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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Spider crabs, Oleron island, Atlantic Ocean, France
Biosphoto | 2607120 | Portrait of a Goby (Gobidae sp), Atlantic Ocean, Ile d'Oléron, France | © Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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Portrait of a Goby (Gobidae sp), Atlantic Ocean, Ile d'Oléron, France
Biosphoto | 2607125 | Eye of Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta) - Atlantic Ocean, Ile d'Oleron, France | © Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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Eye of Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta) - Atlantic Ocean, Ile d'Oleron, France
Biosphoto | 2607014 | Mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata), male feeding on leaves, Panama | © Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata), male feeding on leaves, Panama
Biosphoto | 2607022 | Coiban agouti (Dasyprocta coibae), Coiba island, Panama | © Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Coiban agouti (Dasyprocta coibae), Coiba island, Panama
Biosphoto | 2607096 | Leafcutter ant (Atta cephalotes), Bocas del toro, Panama | © Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Leafcutter ant (Atta cephalotes), Bocas del toro, Panama
Biosphoto | 2607094 | Red-eyed Leaf frog (Agalychnis callidryas), tadpoles in eggs on a leaf, Bocas del Toro , Panama | © Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Red-eyed Leaf frog (Agalychnis callidryas), tadpoles in eggs on a leaf, Bocas del Toro , Panama
Biosphoto | 2607009 | Red-eyed Leaf frog (Agalychnis callidryas), tadpoles in eggs on a leaf, Bocas del Toro , Panama | © Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Red-eyed Leaf frog (Agalychnis callidryas), tadpoles in eggs on a leaf, Bocas del Toro , Panama
Biosphoto | 2606978 | Scorpion Tityus sp), fluorescent under UV light, Santa Fe, Panama | © Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Scorpion Tityus sp), fluorescent under UV light, Santa Fe, Panama
Biosphoto | 2606937 | Mexican Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) Boquete, Panama | © Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Mexican Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) Boquete, Panama
Biosphoto | 2606976 | Trilling Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus), at night in the vegetation, Santa Fe, Panama | © Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Trilling Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus), at night in the vegetation, Santa Fe, Panama
Biosphoto | 2605999 | Chira Gourd reef off Sada. Resilient coral reef weakened by the 2024 bleaching event, Mayotte | © Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
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Chira Gourd reef off Sada. Resilient coral reef weakened by the 2024 bleaching event, Mayotte
Biosphoto | 2605998 | Mushroom coral, night dive on the m'bouenatsa drop-off, Mayotte | © Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
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Mushroom coral, night dive on the m'bouenatsa drop-off, Mayotte
Biosphoto | 2606258 | Ground beetle (Merizodus soledadinus), an introduced species that has been monitored for several decades. Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago. | © Armand Patoir / Biosphoto
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Ground beetle (Merizodus soledadinus), an introduced species that has been monitored for several [...]
Biosphoto | 2606275 | Banding an Antarctic Prion chick (Pachyptila desolata). Île Verte. Gulf of Morbihan, Kerguelen archipelago. | © Armand Patoir / Biosphoto
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Banding an Antarctic Prion chick (Pachyptila desolata). Île Verte. Gulf of Morbihan, Kerguelen [...]
Biosphoto | 2606307 | Preparing the trout marking workshop. Irish Bay, Kerguelen Archipelago. | © Armand Patoir / Biosphoto
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Preparing the trout marking workshop. Irish Bay, Kerguelen Archipelago.
Biosphoto | 2606308 | Filling the anesthetic tank. Preparing the trout marking workshop. Irish Bay, Kerguelen Archipelago. | © Armand Patoir / Biosphoto
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Filling the anesthetic tank. Preparing the trout marking workshop. Irish Bay, Kerguelen Archipelago.
Biosphoto | 2606309 | Préparation de l'atelier de marquage des truites. Baie Irlandaise, Archipel des Kerguelen. | © Armand Patoir / Biosphoto
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Préparation de l'atelier de marquage des truites. Baie Irlandaise, Archipel des Kerguelen.