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Jack-o'-lantern mushrooms (Omphalotus illudens) fruiting from a rotting log at Nachusa Grasslands oak savanna habitat in Illinois, U.S.

Mila Łozowska

American bison (Bison bison) herd at Nachusa Grasslands tallgrass prairie habitat in Illinois, U.S.

Mila Łozowska

Ring-tailed vontsira (Galidia elegans) in Madagascar

Chien C. Lee

King ragworm (Alitta virens) in the White Sea, Russia

Alexander Semenov

Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti) in Zacapa, Guatemala

Oleg Chernyshov

Atlantic purse-web spider (Sphodros atlanticus) in Georgia, U.S.

Noah K. Fields

Twin-spot goby (Signigobius biocellatus) off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia

François Libert

Cloud forest at Udzungwa Mountains National Park in Tanzania

Chien C. Lee

Noble chafer (Gnorimus nobilis) in Croatia

David

Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) off the coast of Komodo National Park in Indonesia

Iain Fraser

Gaur (Bos gaurus) at Periyar National Park in India

Praveen Pandian

Sea squirts (Rhopalaea sp.) off the coast of the Maldives

Alexander Semenov