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For the first time, a critically endangered
Sumatran orangutan
has been filmed using a canopy bridge to cross a public road in North Sumatra, Indonesia. In 2024, conservationists built the bridge high over the Lagan-Pagindar road, which provides an essential route for local people but which became a barrier for animals. It took two years for an orangutan to build up the courage to cross, to cries of delight from those involved in the project
Photograph: Courtesy of Sumatran Orangutan Society
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A great egret shows off its full breeding plumage in a mating ritual from the top of its nest in a bird rookery in St Augustine, Florida, US. Great egrets were once nearly driven to extinction by the plume trade, when their feathers were prized for fashion
Photograph: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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Sweet cheeks … a green frog inflates its vocal sacs as it croaks to attract a mate and assert its territory in a pond in La Barben, southeastern France
Photograph: Thibaud Moritz/AFP/Getty Images
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Puffins on the Farne Islands in Northumberland, UK. The National Trust has reopened Inner Farne for visitors to enjoy the annual spectacle of seabirds returning to breed
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
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Grand central cetacean …
Timmy the humpback whale
inside his “travel cot” – a barge full of water that will travel from Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, to the North Sea, where, if Timmy is well enough, he will be released. The rescue operation, which has captivated onlookers, is proving controversial
Photograph: Philip Dulian/AP
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A slant-faced grasshopper perfects its imitation of a leaf in a garden in Assam, India
Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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A robin chirps away in the spring sunshine by Lough Neagh, County Armagh, UK
Photograph: David Hunter/Alamy Live News
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A peacock spreads its tail-feathers at the Parc Floral de Paris, Vincennes, France
Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
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A starling perches on the back of a cow in Aceh province, Indonesia. Starlings often hitch a ride on cattle to peck at the lice that live in their pelts. It’s a mutual relationship that benefits both species benefit: the starlings get food, while the cows are rid of the itchy pests
Photograph: Khairu Syukrillah/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock
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High-wire act … a monkey climbs on overhead electric power cables on a street in Ajmer, India
Photograph: Himanshu Sharma/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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A Canada goose gosling enjoys the spring sunshine on a lake near Moreton, Essex, UK
Photograph: Elli Birch/IPS/Shutterstock
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A stork flies over its nest on a power pole in fields near Frankfurt, Germany. These nests can be more than two metres wide
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
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Père David’s deer at Shishou Milu Deer national nature reserve in China’s Hubei Province. After years of efforts by protectors, the population of deer at the reserve reached 2,901 by the end of 2025
Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock
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A sideband snail crosses a gravel road near Elkton in rural southwestern Oregon, US. One of the Pacific Northwest’s largest native land snails, it can travel at a rate of about one metre an hour at a steady crawl
Photograph: Robin Loznak/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock
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Wild horses roam across the green plains of Eynif plateau in Antalya, Turkey
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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Open wide … a hippo wallows in a lagoon in the Hacienda Napoles park, once the private estate of the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, near Puerto Triunfo, Colombia
Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP
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A burrowing owl ruffles its feathers in Davie, Florida, US. These owls are known to scatter animal dung around their burrow entrances to attract dung beetles, a favourite snack
Photograph: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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An endangered one-horned rhino has a drink in Chitwan national park, Nepal
Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
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A mute swan sits on a nest in Warrington, UK
Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA
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Tibetan antelopes roam at the Chang Tang national nature reserve, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region
Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock
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A seal surfaces in Fraserburgh Harbour, north of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters
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A squirrel adjusts the camera to capture its best side in a park in Moscow, Russia
Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA
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