The Guardian newspaper (UK) has just published a series of the most beautiful wildlife photos of the past week, including a new salamander, a nesting weaver bird and a rare albino giant tortoise.
Newly hatched green iguanas rest on foliage in a terrarium at the Chennai Snake Park in Chennai, India. Photo: Arun Sankar / AFP / Getty ImagesGiant monkey and its baby at Wuyi Mountain in Fujian Province, Southeast China. This area is a habitat for a large number of wildlife and is important for biodiversity conservation. Photo: Xinhua / Rex / ShutterstockThe injured deer was treated by experts at the rehabilitation center at the Efteni Lake Wildlife Development Area in Duzce, Türkiye. Photo: Anadolu Agency / Getty ImagesThe baya weaver bird (Ploceus philippinus) builds a nest during the monsoon on the outskirts of Ajmer, India. Photo: Himanshu Sharma / NurPhoto / Rex / ShutterstockForest myna (Acridotheres fuscus), a member of the starling family, Tehatta, India. Photo: Soumyabrata Roy / NurPhoto / Rex / ShutterstockMonkey eating watermelon during heat wave in New Delhi, India. Photo: Rajat Gupta / EPAA jellyfish swims off the coast of Ithaca island, Greece. Photo: Cor Kuyvenhoven / Ghost Diving / ReutersGannets collect nesting material at Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire (UK), as more than 250,000 seabirds flock to the chalk cliffs to find a mate and raise their young. Photo: Danny Lawson/PAYoung herons hunt for food at the historic Venice Canal Zone, California, USA. Photo: Jonathan Alcorn / Zuma Press Wire / Rex / ShutterstockHorses search for food on the Aculeo lagoon in Paine commune in Santiago, Chile. Photo: Claudio Abarca Sandoval / NurPhoto / Rex / ShutterstockA rare image of a “stray” alligator was found in the desert of West Texas, USA. This species of crocodile typically lives in and around rivers, swamps, and lakes – not deserts. Photo: Midland County, Texas, sheriff’s officeFrogs in the pond at the US National Arboretum in Washington, DC. Photo: Daniel Slim / AFP / Getty ImagesWolf storks (Leptoptilos dubius) standing at a landfill in Guwahati, India. Photo: Anuwar Hazarika / NurPhoto / Rex / ShutterstockThe unique albino Galapagos giant tortoise, born on May 1, 2022, is sitting next to its mother at the Tropicarium of Servion, Western Switzerland. The Galapagos giant tortoise is strictly protected and is one of the most endangered species among the animals listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. (CITES Convention). Photo: AFP/Getty ImagesEndangered black rhinoceros and flying stork cross the road in Nairobi National Park, Kenya. Photo: Boniface Muthoni / Sopa Images / Rex / ShutterstockMother lion cuddling with her cub at Nairobi National Park, Kenya. Photo: Boniface Muthoni / SOPA Images / REX / ShutterstockTwo roe deer are trapped in a tunnel at the construction site of a new bus station in the Slussen area in central Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT News Agency / AFP / Getty ImagesBali mynah birds inside a barn in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia before they are released into the wild. Photo: Tatan Syuflana / APA female loggerhead turtle emerges for air in the treatment tank after it was brought to Zoo Miami’s new Sea Turtle hospital, USA. Photo: Ron Magill / APThousands of budgies flock to a remote dam near Alice Springs, Australia. Photo: Charles Davis / The GuardianGoats climb rocks in Ankara, Türkiye. Photo: Anadolu Agency / Getty ImagesSmall blue pea flowers bloom on the conservation land of the Winooski Valley Park District in Vermont, USA. Photo: John Gange / AP