2014 - August 2014 (196) More files...
Here are the highlights of new images uploaded to our site between May and July 2014. Our editor's choice includes African wildlife from new contributors Lou Coetzer and Will Burrard-Lucas, sharks and orcas in action, the newly discovered olinguito, dramatic ibex from Radomir Jakubowski, the amazing Chinese giant salamander, new insects from Solvin Zankl and Stephen Dalton, and some super cute pets.
Slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) approaching Boomslang snake (Dispholidus typus) in tree, Etosha National Park, Namibia, July.
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Lou Coetzer / Slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) approaching Boomslang snake (Dispholidus typus) in tree, Etosha National Park, Namibia, July.
Adult male Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) 'skipping / dancing' across open ground between forest fragments, eastern Madagascar.
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Nick Garbutt / Adult male Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) 'skipping / dancing' across open ground between forest fragments, eastern Madagascar.
Young bull African elephant (Loxodonta africana) splashing in water, Chobe River, Botswana, March, Vulnerable species.
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Lou Coetzer / Young bull African elephant (Loxodonta africana) splashing in water, Chobe River, Botswana, March, Vulnerable species.
Black Lemur (Eulemur macaco) male, Nosy Komba, Madagascar
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Bernard Castelein / Black Lemur (Eulemur macaco) male, Nosy Komba, Madagascar
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) bull feeding in deep flood waters, Chobe River, Botswana, April, Vulnerable species.
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Lou Coetzer / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) bull feeding in deep flood waters, Chobe River, Botswana, April, Vulnerable species.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) five month cubs playing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) five month cubs playing, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) portrait of pup, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) portrait of pup, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) cow reassuring young calf with trunk, Chobe River, Botswana, October, Vulnerable species.
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Lou Coetzer / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) cow reassuring young calf with trunk, Chobe River, Botswana, October, Vulnerable species.
Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Taken with remote camera.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Taken with remote camera.
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) silhouetted against orange sky, Chobe River, Botswana, Vulnerable species.
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Lou Coetzer / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) silhouetted against orange sky, Chobe River, Botswana, Vulnerable species.
Adult Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii) incubating a clutch of 3 eggs. Nest constructed in the fork of a Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium sp.) Masoala National Park, north east Madagascar.
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Nick Garbutt / Adult Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii) incubating a clutch of 3 eggs. Nest constructed in the fork of a Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium sp.) Masoala National Park, north east Madagascar.
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) cow with her two calves, Chobe River, Botswana, August, Vulnerable species.
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Lou Coetzer / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) cow with her two calves, Chobe River, Botswana, August, Vulnerable species.