The week in wildlife

Week in wildlife: A young bearded vulture reintroduced into the wild

A young Bearded Vulture is reintroduced to the wild in the Swiss Alps as part of a 20-year-long breeding and reintroduction project
Photograph: Ennio Leanza/EPA

Week in wildlife: An Impala grazes at Kruger National Park

An Impala grazes at Kruger National Park, some 60 km from the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, South Africa
Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images

Wild horses run through Spanish villages during the Rapa Das Bestas event in Galicia
Photograph: Miguel Vidal/REUTERS

Week in wildlife: Mediterranean Monk Seals Deserta Grande, Madeira, Portugal

The welcome sight of endangered Mediterranean Monk Seals mating in the Madeira archipelago
Photograph: NPL/Rex Features

Week in wildlife: Poppies in field near Bewdley

A vibrant poppy field near Bewdley in Worcestshire is attracting photographers from all over the county who are keen to snap the display while it lasts
Photograph: Wendy Carter/The Wildlife Trusts

Week in wildlife: An oiled crane sits on a tree limb on a small island near Grand Isle

An oiled crane sits on a tree limb on a small island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The birds are being rescued from the devastating effects of the Gulf oil spill and transported to the Fort Jackson Rehabilitation Center
Photograph: Sean Gardner/Reuters

Week in wildlife: Sumatran Elephant's Threatened With Extinction In Indonesia

Increasingly endangered Sumatran elephants forage for food in between patrolling for the illegal loggers who are destroying their habitat in Way Kambas, Indonesia
Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Week in wildlife: The wallabies of Loch Lomond

A wallaby looks surprisingly at home on the Scottish island of Inchconnachan on Loch Lomond – but time could be up for the Aussie marsupial with locals calling for the island's wallaby colony to be culled
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/Guardian

Week in wildlife: Penguins At Boulders Beach In Cape Town

Endangered African Rock Hopper Penguins stand on rocks at Boulders Beach in Cape Town, South Africa
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Week in wildlife: A hippopotamus makes its way through the

A hippopotamus basks serenely in its pond at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin
Photograph: Barbara Sax/AFP/Getty Images

Week in wildlife: the world's largest baobab tree at Sunland Nurseries, Limpopo, South Africa

Reputed to be 6,000 years old, the world's largest baobab tree stands proudly at Sunland Nurseries in Limpopo, South Africa
Photograph: Jonathan Brady/EPA

Water buffalo wallow in low water in the reservoir of Lam Takhong Dam in Thailand, where dams are at their lowest levels in nearly two decades – threatening to halve the country's rice output next year
Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA

Week in wildlife: water birds at Pilanesberg National Park

Water birds engage in aerial combat at Pilanesberg National Park near Sun City, South Africa
Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA

Week in wildlife: Caterpillar fungus gold rush near Yushu on Tibetan plateau, Qinghai, China

Spectacular Tibetan hillsides like this one in Qinghai province, China, are home to the caterpillar fungus gold rush
Photograph: Jonathan Watts/Guardian

Week in wildlife: Whale Washes Ashore On Long Island Beach

A 25-foot-long dead baleen humpback whale calf lies on the beach after it washed ashore on Jones Beach in Wantagh, New York – animal rescue crews were on the scene to assist but the whale was dead on arrival
Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images