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The week in wildlife – in pictures

August 21, 2020
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  • A Somali sengi (or elephant shrew) – a tiny, proboscis-nosed mammal – which for half a century many believed to be lost, has been living quietly in rocky areas of the Horn of Africa

    Photograph: Steven Heritage/Global Wildlife Conservation/AFP/Getty

    A Somali sengi (or elephant shrew) - a tiny, proboscis-nosed mammal - which for half a century many believed to be lost, has been living quietly in rocky areas of the Horn of Africa


  • As dusk falls, a cautious red-sided garter snake moves towards its resting place under a rock after an evening of hunting in the shallows of the Umpqua River near Elkton, Oregon

    Photograph: Robin Loznak/PA

    As dusk falls, a cautious red-sided garter snake moves towards its resting place under a rock after an evening of hunting in the shallows of the Umpqua River near Elkton, Oregon


  • Golden lion tamarins, also known as golden marmoset, nibble on fruits in Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. To help this threatened exotic animal reproduce, a viaduct has been built between forests

    Photograph: Antonio Lacerda/EPA

    Golden lion tamarins, also known as golden marmoset, nibble on fruits in Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. To help this threatened exotic animal reproduce, a viaduct has been built between forests


  • Turkey. An ecosystem where caracal and Eurasian lynx live together has been discovered in western Anatolia

    Photograph: Yasin Ilemin/Anadolu Agency/Getty

    An ecosystem where caracal and Eurasian lynx live together has been discovered in western Anatolia


  • A chamois stands on a slope at Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi, Russia.

    Photograph: Dmitry Feoktistov/Tass/Getty

    A chamois stands on a slope at Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi, Russia.


  • The birds in the environment category winner for the 2020 bird photographer of the year. Swifts over Iguazu Falls, which border Argentina and Brazil, by Francesco Filippo Pellegrini, Italy

    Photograph: Francesco Filippo Pellegrini/BPOTY/Cover Images

    The birds in the environment category winner for the 2020 bird photographer of the year. Swifts over Iguazu Falls, which border Argentina and Brazil, by Francesco Filippo Pellegrini, Italy


  • A young lion looks towards the skyline in Kenya’s Nairobi national park. The park faces threats of habitat loss, a decline in wildlife species and government infrastructure developments. According to National Geographic, 200,000 lions roamed across Africa a century ago. Today, there are fewer than 30,000

    Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty

    A young lion looks towards the skyline in Kenya's Nairobi national park. The park faces threats of habitat loss, a decline in wildlife species and government infrastructure developments. According to National Geographic, 200,000 lions roamed across Africa a century ago. Today, there are fewer than 30,000


  • Iridescence on the water in Petit Bel Air, south-east Mauritius, after hundreds of tonnes of heavy fuel leaked from the Japanese carrier MV Wakashio, causing an environmental disaster

    Photograph: Fabien Dubessay/AFP/Getty Images

    Iridescence on the water in Petit Bel Air, south-east Mauritius, after hundreds of tonnes of heavy fuel leaked from the Japanese carrier MV Wakashio, causing an environmental disaster


  • Hyacinth macaws feed near a cow on a ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal. The Pantanal, a vast tropical wetland straddling Brazil’s border with Bolivia and Paraguay, is suffering its worst fires in more than two decades

    Photograph: Luciano Candisani/Instituto Arara Azul

    Hyacinth macaws feed near a cow on a ranch in the Brazilian Pantanal. The Pantanal, a vast tropical wetland straddling Brazil's border with Bolivia and Paraguay, is suffering its worst fires in more than two decades


  • A mating pair of large blue butterflies on Rodborough Common, Gloucestershire. The globally endangered large blue butterfly has been reintroduced to this Cotswolds’ site to halt its decline

    Photograph: Sarah Meredith/National Trust

    A mating pair of large blue butterflies on Rodborough Common, Gloucestershire. The globally endangered large blue butterfly has been reintroduced to this Cotswolds' site to halt its decline


  • Ospreys known as LM12 and NC0 have successfully raised a chick in their first season as a breeding pair near the Loch of the Lowes in Perthshire

    Photograph: Scottish Wildlife Trust/PA

    Ospreys known as LM12 and NC0 have successfully raised a chick in their first season as a breeding pair near the Loch of the Lowes in Perthshire


  • A hornet hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) on bramble flowers. This large species (15-20mm long) colonised Britain in the 1940s and has now spread throughout the south, apparently as a result of climate change

    Photograph: Rupert Higgins

    A hornet hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) on bramble flowers. This large species (15-20mm long) colonised Britain in the 1940s and has now spread throughout the south, apparently as a result of climate change


  • A wild boar and its two newborns in Teufelssee in Grunewald, Berlin, where it was recently chased by a naked man after stealing his laptop The state forestry office has announced it will keep a close eye on the animals because of possible risks to humans

    Photograph: Ingolf Konig-Jablonski/dpa

    A wild boar and its two newborns in Teufelssee in Grunewald, Berlin, where it was recently chased by a naked man after stealing his laptop The state forestry office has announced it will keep a close eye on the animals because of possible risks to humans


  • A sea otter colony feed on kelp near Elkhorn Slough, an estuary in Monterey Bay, California. Studies show that sea otters have a positive impact on Elkhorn Slough’s seagrass

    Photograph: Isabelle Groc

    A sea otter colony feed on kelp near Elkhorn Slough, an estuary in Monterey Bay, California. Studies show that sea otters have a positive impact on Elkhorn Slough's seagrass


  • Rescued pangolins, bought from a wildlife seller, rest at the Green Fingers wildlife conservation park in Lagos, Nigeria

    Photograph: Seun Sanni/Reuters

    Rescued pangolins, bought from a wildlife seller, rest at the Green Fingers wildlife conservation park in Lagos, Nigeria


  • Confiscated sea turtle scutes – the scales that make up the top of a turtle shell – in Doral, Florida. The shipment of 1,400 scutes, on its way to Asia from the Caribbean, had been painted blue and labeled as plastic recyclables in an attempt to pass undetected

    Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP

    Confiscated sea turtle scutes - the large scales that make up the top of a turtle shell - in Doral, Florida. The shipment of 1,400 scutes, on its way to Asia from the Caribbean, had been painted blue and labeled as plastic recyclables in an attempt to pass undetected


  • Gabonese authorities uncover a box of ray fins during a routine inspection of a local trawler as part of a collaboration between the government of Gabon and Sea Shepherd to stop illegal and unregulated fishing

    Photograph: Youenn Kerdavid/Sea Shepherd

    Gabonese authorities uncover a box of ray fins during a routine inspection of a local trawler as part of a collaboration between the government of Gabon and Sea Shepherd to stop illegal and unregulated fishing


  • Mountain skink (Liopholis montana) in 2006 in Dargo High Plains in the Victorian alps, Australia. The hand-sized lizard lives in in the hilly regions that were badly hit by last summer’s bushfires

    Photograph: Nick Clemann

    Mountain skink (Liopholis montana) in 2006 in Dargo High Plains in the Victorian alps, Australia. The hand-sized lizard lives in in the hilly regions that were badly hit by last summer's bushfires


  • Lightning wildfire continues to spread in Fairfield, California

    Photograph: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty

    Lightning wildfire continues to spread in Fairfield, California


  • An orangutan in Ketapang, west Kalimantan province, Borneo, Indonesia. The orangutan, named Boncel, was released into the forest after being found on a palm plantation

    Photograph: International Animal Rescue/EPA

    An orangutan in Ketapang, west Kalimantan province, Borneo, Indonesia. The orangutan, named Boncel, was released into the forest after being found on a palm plantation


  • Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) are released into the sea after being treated in Mugla, Turkey

    Photograph: Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty

    Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) are released into the sea after being treated in Mugla, Turkey


  • One of two lynx kittens recently born at the Wild Place Project, Bristol

    Photograph: Katie Horrocks/Bristol Zoological Society

    One of two lynx kittens recently born at the Wild Place Project, Bristol


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