Nature & Wildlife Pictures of the Week

Last Light on The Mara Giraffe
by Gail Beerman

Northern Lights, Tromsø Norway
by Daniel Martini

Gorilla Baby at Lincoln Park Zoo

Fish-catch-under-rain
by Mai Huong

Northern Lights Reflection by David Taylor

Snow Monkey in Hot Spring
by Ade Photography

Young Leopard
by Alison Buttigieg Photography
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Black Backed Jackals, Etosha Naional Park, Namibia
by Alison Buttigieg Photography
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Sea Turtle
by Sam Rutherford

Colourful Birds Wallpaper (3)

Goldian Finch
by Karin Eberhard

Goldian Finch

Flying Ray

Hyacinth Macaws are native to central and eastern South America . It is the largest macaw and the largest flying parrot species in the world, though the flightless Kakapo of New Zealand can outweigh it at up to 3.5kg. In terms of length it is larger than any other species of parrot. Their popularity as pets has taken a heavy toll on their population in the wild. Birds in captivity fetch a price of around $9,000-$12,000 US.

Birds of Paradise (Paradisaeidae)
The greater bird of paradise found in New Guinea has elongated flank feathers that form ornamental plumes. Bird of Paradise is a tropical bird known for the brilliant plumage of the male. They live mostly in New Guinea and neighbouring islands. The brilliantly colored feathers of the male were once widely sought as decorations for women’s hat.

Zebras, Kenya ,Monochrome
by Gail Beerman

Hoopoe
by Marek Paluch

Cubs at Play
Courtesy of Misa Reznik

Beautiful Lion Fam
by Misa Reznik

King Cheetah
Courtesy Gepard Cheetah and Big Cats Club

King Cheetah
Courtesy of Gepard Cheetah

Black Leopard and Cub

Male Wahnes’ Parotia, a Bird of Paradise Courtship Dance
by Tim Laman/Nat Geo

The Explosion
Busaba, a well cared for Indochinese Tigress whose home is at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Thailand shaking herself dry.
by Ashley Vincent Photography
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Gentoo Penguin Chicks by Richard Sidey

Lotus Flower, Sandy Beach Resort Da Nang
Courtesy of Anil Salunkhe

Tender moment between Malaika the female Hitch-hiking Cheetah and her cub .Malaika is well known for her habit of jumping onto vehicles in order to scan the Savannah for prey as well as danger. She learned that from her mother Kike, and Kike from her mother Amber.Like her mother she is teaching this lessons to her cub . Teaching lessons means addition of another moment for tourist . Masai Mara National Reserve , Kenya
by Sanjeev Bhor

Meet Smasher—the male in the background. That’s the name Steve Winter gave this youngster, cooling off in a watering hole in Bandhavgarh National Park, after he slapped the automated camera trap until it stopped clicking. Both tigers are thought to have killed people, and Smasher is now in captivity.
Photograph by Steve Winter
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Red Fox catching mouse under snow
With his exceptional hearing a red fox has targeted a mouse hidden under 2 feet of crusted snow. Springing high in the air he breaks through the crusted spring snow with his nose and his body is completely vertical as he grabs the mouse under the snow.
by Michael Eastman

King of Saxony Bird of Paradise Antenna Swing
Special muscles swing its antenna-like head feathers.
by Tim Laman

Four Headed Giraffe Kenya
by Mohammed Yousef

The very rare sight of a pride of lions successfully bringing down an elephant in broad daylight.
Only a handful of lion prides in Africa are know to have taught themselves to actively hunt elephants. About 12 lions including cubs were present. They waited calmly in the shade while this lion in this picture attacked.
This was likely the same pride (or relatives of) the lions that the BBC filmed attacking elephants at night for the Planet Earth series a few years ago: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-415243/BBC-face-complaints-lions-attack-elephants.html
by Ed Hetherington Photography
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Lion, Moremi, Botswana
by Ed Hetherington Photography
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Stephen Dalton’s photograph of a Basilisk lizard running across water at up to five miles per hour
Picture: Stephen Dalton/Photoshot/Solent News

Smiling Bug !!
A closeup macro photo by Shikhei Goh of a dragonfly that looks as if it is smiling for the camera
Picture: SHIKHEI GOH/CATERS NEWS

Carry On Smiling!!
American photographer Randy Rimland captured a male lion cub seeming to smile for the camera at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina. There is a surprising similarity to the wide grin of Carry On actor Sid James.
Picture: Newsteam/PA

The hand of the one-week-old drill short-tailed monkey holds onto its mother Kaduna in the primate enclosure in the zoo of Munich, Germany
Picture: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images

Chester Zoo’s newest resident, a meerkat pup.The tiny newcomer has made its first public appearance after being hidden away in burrows by its parents since being born three weeks ago.
Picture: Chester Zoo/PA

A sixteen-week-old white tiger cub is carried by keepers as he receives his first medical check-up at the safari-park in Hodenhagen, Lower-Saxony, Germany
Picture: REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

An almost full-circle rainbow at Victoria Falls taken by Nicole Cambre on the Zambian side of the falls
Picture: Nicole Cambre / Rex Features

A tiny Madagascar dwarf chameleon is thought to be the worlds smallest chameleon and measures less than 30mm from its snout to the tip of its tail. With a unique ability to blend into the background chameleons can be tricky to spot at the best of times but its almost impossible to see this little guy who is barely as big as a fingernail.
Picture: MASAHIRO LIJIMA/ARDEA/CATERS NEWS

One-year-old Siberian tigers play in the reserve at the Tiger’s Park in Hailin city, China. Over 40 tigers are in the program now, hunting livestock put by researchers in an area of 20 hectares. The park, a breeding center of tigers, owns more than 300 Siberian tigers, all born in captivity.
Picture: Feature China / Barcroft Media

Lion at Kruger National Park, South Africa
by Simon Riekert Photography

Leucistic Yellow-Billed Hornbill at Limpopo Lipadi Game Reserve
by Anton Kruger/Limpopo Lipadi

Lovely shot of elephant interactions at Mogorosi Waterhole taken by shareholder Tim Doyle on a recent visit. From the family group at the water’s edge to the wrestling adolescents stirring up a dust cloud in the background there is always something of interest going on when you encounter these giants.
by Tim Doyle/Limpopo Lipadi
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A mother rests with her two-month-old in Bandhavgarh National Park, where—contrary to the global trend—managers have built up tiger numbers. Compensation for loss of life caused by cats outside the park gives villagers some consolation.
Photograph by Steve Winter

One moment this Bandhavgarh tiger was snoozing in the shade. The next, says Steve Winter, he charged “like a shot out of a cannon.” Winter, who was photographing perched on the windshield of his open-top Jeep, jumped back down into his seat. The tiger veered off.
Photograph by Steve Winter