2012 - April 2012 (179) More files...
April 2012 was a fabulous month for new imagery at Nature Picture Library, with more than 5000 pictures added to our site.There was a really global spread to the new material, with rarities from Cuba, endangered primates from India and Africa, Russian wildlife, great new koalas, dolphins from Portugal, and mountain hares and urban peregrines from the UK.
African elephant charging (Loxodonta africana) female with young calf, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Sergey Gorshkov / African elephant charging (Loxodonta africana) female with young calf, Okavango Delta, Botswana
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) juvenile flapping ears, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Sergey Gorshkov / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) juvenile flapping ears, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Family of Southern coatis (Nasua nasua) in Atlantic Rainforest, Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro City, Southeastern Brazil.
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Luiz Claudio Marigo / Family of Southern coatis (Nasua nasua) in Atlantic Rainforest, Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro City, Southeastern Brazil.
Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus soricinus) feeding on blackberry, captive, Dorset, UK, October
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Colin Varndell / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus soricinus) feeding on blackberry, captive, Dorset, UK, October
Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) climbing on rose hips, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,
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Kerstin Hinze / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) climbing on rose hips, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,
Hanuman Langur / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) baby playing with a stick by its mother. Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Mary McDonald / Hanuman Langur / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) baby playing with a stick by its mother. Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Aerial view of Timber wolves (Canis lupus) attacking a Bison calf (Bison bison) on the Arctic circle in Northern Canada.  Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009
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Chadden Hunter / Aerial view of Timber wolves (Canis lupus) attacking a Bison calf (Bison bison) on the Arctic circle in Northern Canada. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2009
Cuban or Desmarest's Hutia (Capromys pilorides)~Jardines de la Reina National Park, endemic to Cuba, Caribbean
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Pete Oxford / Cuban or Desmarest's Hutia (Capromys pilorides)~Jardines de la Reina National Park, endemic to Cuba, Caribbean
Pair of mating Mouse Opossums (Marmosops cf. noctivagus) hanging from prehensile tail. Ecuador,
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Bert Willaert / Pair of mating Mouse Opossums (Marmosops cf. noctivagus) hanging from prehensile tail. Ecuador,
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) three standing together, silhouetted at dusk, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Sergey Gorshkov / Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) three standing together, silhouetted at dusk, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Bengal / Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) resting. Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Mary McDonald / Bengal / Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) resting. Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) split level view of salmon on river bed, annual spawning run, Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October
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Todd Mintz / Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) split level view of salmon on river bed, annual spawning run, Adams River, British Columbia, Canada, October