A black woodpecker takes care of some newly hatched chicks in…
A black woodpecker takes care of some newly hatched chicks in Cheolwon-gun, South Korea. The plumage of this crow-sized woodpecker is entirely black apart from a red crown. In males, the entire crown is red, but in females only the hindcrown. Photograph: JEON HEON-KYUN/EPA
A baby sea eagle sits in a nest at a wild animals park in…
A baby sea eagle sits in a nest at a wild animals park in Eekholt, northern Germany. Photograph: Carsten Rehder/AFP/Getty Images
Michael Jamison feeds his pet Bengal tiger Enzo at home in…
Michael Jamison feeds his pet Bengal tiger Enzo at home in Brakpan, South Africa. One-year-old, 150kg, Enzo lives with Michael and his girlfriend Jackie, and one glance at the scratched and chewed furniture is enough to reveal that the couple’s cat is no ordinary one. Picture: Gallo Images / Rex Features
A Rhacophorus gongshanensis treefrog on Gaoligong mountain, in…
A Rhacophorus gongshanensis treefrog on Gaoligong mountain, in south-west China’s Yunnan province. The Gaoligong Mountain nature reserve is home to more than 3,500 plant species – 318 of which are found nowhere else in the world – 40 species of mammals and more than 300 species of birds. Photograph: Wang Qian/Corbis
A little Golden Lion Tamarin watches visitors at the zoo in…
A little Golden Lion Tamarin watches visitors at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany. Picture: Martin Meissner/AP
