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Week in wildlife: snake on a car, a careful spider mum and a lazy squirrel
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
TL;DR
- A Sumatran tiger was evacuated in West Sumatra, Indonesia, due to potential human conflict; fewer than 400 remain in the wild.
- A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling emerged from its nest in South Carolina.
- A nuclear plant in France shut down reactors due to a jellyfish swarm clogging cooling pumps.
- Ostriches were seen in Nairobi National Park, Kenya, with city buildings in the background.
- A hawksbill turtle was observed in Addu Nature Park, Maldives.
- Great white pelicans successfully raised offspring in St James's Park, London, increasing the resident population to 10.
- A giant Asian mantis was spotted in South Korea.
- A blue crab was seen floating in Vistonida Lake, Greece.
- A female fishing spider was observed carrying an egg sac in South Korea.
- A killer whale was spotted in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada.
- White storks gathered in nests atop concrete pillars in an unfinished building near Novi Sad, Serbia, forming a large urban colony.
- A squirrel was photographed resting on a tree branch in Turkey.
- A lizard was seen feeding on a plant in San Antonio, Texas.
- Flamingo chicks were ringed at Fuente de Piedra Lagoon, Spain, for scientific monitoring.
- A newly discovered frog species, 'Rana de las nacientes', was found in San José, Costa Rica, with a habitat in coffee plantations.
- A rare eastern imperial eagle, Feliks, was released in Serbia after recovery from wildlife traffickers.
- A polar bear was seen along the coast in Svalbard, Norway.
- A Japanese macaque picked fruit from ice provided to cool off during a heatwave in South Korea.
- A takahē, a flightless swamphen, walked through bushland in Wellington, New Zealand.
- A swarm of Carniolan honey bees clustered on a tree branch in France.
- A fawn was released into an enclosure in France after being injured in a fire.
- A snake slithered across a car's windscreen in China.