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The Guardian
18-04-2025
- The Guardian
Week in wildlife: elephants on parade, a rescued serval and wandering bears
Sharp lookout … a burrowing owl balances on one leg while keeping an eye on its burrow in Davie, Florida, US. Photograph: Ronen Tivony/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock A herd of scimitar-horned oryx, a species once declared extinct in the wild due to hunting and desertification, grazes following recent rains in the Mhamid El-Ghizlane nature reserve in Morocco's southern Sahara desert. Photograph: Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP/Getty Images I'm out of here … blue tits on a pond in Aberystwyth, Wales Photograph: Philip Jones/Alamy A large huntsman spider, known for its crab-like appearance due to its horizontally positioned legs, on a rock in Tehatta, India. The species is harmless to humans Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images A woodpecker checks a tree for food in Bushy Park, London, UK Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Doing the frog stroke in Tokat, Turkey Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Make yourself at home … a serval (right) that was confiscated with 18 other exotic felines during a police operation on Majorca, Spain Photograph: Guardia Civil/AFP/Getty Images Wild horses roam the snow-covered Bugralar plateau north of Ankara, Turkey Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images People walk by the remains of a 45ft-long female grey whale that washed ashore overnight in Huntington Beach, California, US. The cause of its death is not known Photograph: Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images Two bears wander near a popular trail leading to the lower station of the cable car to Kasprowy Wierch, a mountain visited by skiers and hikers in southern Poland Photograph: Grzegorz Momot/EPA Migrating white storks in a field, a key stopover site for migratory birds near the West Bank city of Jenin, Israel Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA Come into my parlour … a spider consumes a fly on a daffodil flower in Dunsden Green, Oxfordshire, UK. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Rex/Shutterstock This poor fox was picked up by the RSPCA, who were called when a member of the public found it stuck under a derelict building in Leicester, UK, completely covered in thick heating oil. Staff cared for it and cleaned its fur using, among other things, Fairy Liquid … Photograph: RSPCA/PA … and here it is drying off after the oil was removed Photograph: RSPCA/PA Compact and bijou … a rose-ringed parakeet pops out of its nest at Bushy Park, London Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A red fox in the snow near Kars, Turkey Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A pair of courting great crested grebes in Bursa, Turkey. The colourful head-feathers you see here are grown specially for the the breeding period. They also perform an elaborate dance with moves that ornithologists have named the 'ghostly penguin display', the 'cat posture' and the 'weed ceremony' Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images An iguana basks in the sun at Seminario park in Guayaquil, Ecuador Photograph: Raúl Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images Breaking formation … a group of bee-eaters on a branch in Assam, India Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images At ease … wild elephants wander into an army base near Amchang wildlife sanctuary in Guwahati, India Photograph: Anupam Nath/AP
The Guardian
04-04-2025
- Science
- The Guardian
Week in wildlife: a fish dinner and Galápagos wonders
And relax … a sea lion joins in on a beach siesta on San Cristóbal island, Galápagos, Ecuador Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images One of five a day … a giant tortoise snacks at Galápagos national park Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Sooty terns fill the skies as they return to Johnston Island, a tiny outcropping in the Pacific west of Hawaii. The atoll is a wildlife refuge and an important breeding ground for many birds, but it was used extensively by the US air force in the 20th century – as an airbase and a test site for nuclear and biological weapons, and storage for chemical weapons Photograph: Eric Baker/US Fish and Wildlife Service/Reuters A one-horned rhino and calf in Chitwan national park, Nepal Photograph: Yunish Gurung/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock A school of fish in Kicker Rock Islet near San Cristóbal island, Galápagos, Ecuador Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Ready for takeoff … an osprey makes a nest near the vehicle assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US Photograph: Gregg Newton/AFP/Getty Images A sea urchin collects food at Asi bay on the Turkish coast, near Rhodes Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Two great hammerhead sharks swim in Kicker Rock Islet near San Cristóbal island, Galápagos, Ecuador Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Fluff at first sight … great egret chicks snuggle up in their nest at Wakodahatchee wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, US Photograph: Ronen Tivony/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock A starfish clings to a rock on San Cristóbal island, Galápagos, Ecuador Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A rescued macaw is released back into the wild after rehabilitation at an ecological reserve in Brasilia, Brazil, while its fellows wait their turn Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters Black-bellied whistling ducks – also known as Mexican squealers – strike a pose at Green Cay wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, US Photograph: Ronen Tivony/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock A flock of atherina cut out daylight underwater at Asi bay, Turkey. Fossil-hunters have found evidence that there were atherina swimming in our oceans more than 11m years ago Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images An ancient parasitic wasp preserved in amber, found in Myanmar. Its back end resembles a Venus flytrap plant Photograph: Qiong Wu/AP A thornback ray glides in Los Túneles, Galápagos, Ecuador Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Migrating frogs anticipate the breeding season as they make their way to a reservoir in eastern Slovakia Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A dead humpback whale washed up at Følle Strand, Denmark Photograph: Mikkel Berg Pedersen/EPA A shy brown booby chick peeks out from between its parent's legs on Sand Island, in the Johnston atoll national wildlife refuge Photograph: Ryan Rash/US Fish and Wildlife Service/Reuters A sally lightfoot crab on the rocks at Galápagos national park, Ecuador Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A whitetip reef shark near Santa Cruz island, Galápagos Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Bottoms up … a red-crested pochard dives in Mogan Lake, Turkey. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A curious Galápagos lava lizard Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Fish dinner … an osprey takes its catch home at the Sebastian inlet state park in Melbourne Beach, Florida, US Photograph: Ronen Tivony/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
