The week in wildlife

A rabbit on Okunoshima Island or 'Rabbit Island' in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. According to the Japanese environment ministry, the rabbits arrived on the island when eight of their ancestors were released by a local school in 1971. Other sources say they were originally brought to the island for laboratory testing Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA

Locals play at the so-called 'Tree of Life' in Sakhir, Bahrain. The 400-year old mesquite tree stands alone in the desert, the source of its water is a mystery and many people come to visit the spectacle Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP

A double-crested cormorant surfaces after catching an alewife on Damariscotta Lake, Maine. While this one was unlucky, thousands of alewives evade their predators when they return to the freshwater lake to spawn after spending most of the year at sea Photograph: Robert F. Bukaty/AP

A long-eared jerboa eats steamed bread near Huoyanshan, also known as the Mountain of Flames in Turpan, China. This species lives on the edge of extinction in desert habitats Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Coral reefs in the Wakatobi Islands, where the Nature Conservancy (TNC) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are working together with Wakatobi National Park authority to improve the park Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images

A new-born penguin with its mother at Edinburgh Zoo Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Orang-utan Vladimir, 25, inspects his new larger enclosure at Schoenbrunn Zoo, Vienna Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters

A reed warbler in a reedbed at a lake near Zhdanovichi, Belarus Photograph: VASILY FEDOSENKO/REUTERS

A pair of Steenbocks feed from a tree in Kruger National Park which was established in 1898 to protect wildlife in South Africa Photograph: Steve Crisp/Reuters

An eagle called Kalinawan inside a cage at the University of the Philippines Los Banos. The country's national bird is critically endangered with only a few hundred species left in captivity and in the wild Photograph: Alanah M. Torralba/EPA

Thousands of jellyfish-like creatures stranded on beaches around Penzance, Cornwall, have been identified as By-the-wind-sailors (Velella velella) Photograph: Rex Features

A pygmy tarsier in Tangkoko forest, Indonesia. These tarsiers, which are up to 15 cm long and weigh about 100 grammes, are one of the smallest and rarest primates in the world Photograph: Stringer//Reuters

A shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) at Zurich Zoo, Switzerland Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella/EPA

A new-born eastern black rhinoceros calf sits with her mother at Chester Zoo. The four-day-old calf is the second of its species to be born at the zoo in eight months Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

A bee among rhododendron petals in Dansweiler near Cologne, Germany. According to weather forecasts, the coming days will see more sun breaking through the cloud Photograph: Boris Roessler/EPA

Hundreds of vultures feast on the dead rabbits which retired sailor Jose Ramon Moragrega dumped by his house in Valderrobres, in the mountains of Aragon, Spain. Fuelled by a passion for the large birds, the 57-year-old has repeated this ritual each morning for the past 21 years Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images

Lake Segara Anak, formed in the crater of Mount Rinjani in Lombok, Indonesia. The active volcano is the third highest (3,726m) in Indonesia and the crater lake is a popular fishing spot for locals Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/guardian.co.uk

Jessie Barry cups her ears listening for birds during New Jersey Audubon's annual World Series of Birding Photograph: Kathy Willens/AP