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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

The week in wildlife

fish fight for food
Tianjin, China: Fish fight for food in a pond outside the Tianjin Olympic stadium Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA
Panda rest
Sichuan, China: A panda rests after a meal at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA
group of baboons
Nakuru, Kenya: A group of baboons make their way up a road winding through a forest inside the national park in western Kenya Photograph: Francois Ausseill/Getty
hare swims in floodwater
Budapest, Hungary: A hare swims in the floodwater of River Hernad Photograph: Janos Vajda/EPA
newborn clawmonkey
Amsterdam, Netherlands: A newborn Emperor tamarin sleeps on the back of his mother in Artis Zoo. This week, new figures showed that nearly half of all primate species are now threatened with extinction Photograph: Marcel Antonisse/Getty
white snake
Sundarban, India: A non-poisonous unidentified species of white snake. The 20-inch-long white snake was found in a mangrove forest in Sundarban area by a local scientific organisation that claims the snake is a very rare species in India Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA
tiger temple
Sai Yok, Thailand: Tigers play in their pool in tiger temple. Abbot Chan created a wildlife sanctuary at Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno monastery Photograph: Olivier Matthys/EPA
sunflower field
Schwenningen, Germany: People walk through a sunflower field Photograph: Patrick Seeger/EPA
young baboon trying to climb
Leipzig, Germany: A young baboon tries to climb a bamboo pole as he is watched by his family Photograph: Waltraud Grubitzsch/EPA
Guanay birds
Asia Island, Peru: Hundreds of "Guanay" birds rest on island. The Guanay cormorant or Guanay shag, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, is a member of the cormorant family found in South America, living on the Pacific coast of Peru and northern Chile Photograph: Martin Mejia/AP
Ducklings wait for their mother
Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic: Ducklings wait for their mother under a weir of the Vltava river Photograph: Petr Josek/Reuters
pink flamingo chicks
Arles, France: Volunteer workers at the Biology Station of Tour du Valat herd pink flamingo chicks into an enclosure before tagging them Photograph: Patrick Valasseris/Getty
great white pelicans
Budapest, Hungary: A couple of great white pelicans are seen at the Hortobagy National Park Photograph: Tibor Olah/EPA
tame red deer
Katzhuette, Germany: A tame red deer, though still living in the wild, lies on the lawn in front of the house of Renate Machold Photograph: Stefan Thomas/EPA
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