View image in fullscreenA homeowner in Altadena, California, US got a surprise when he found a large bear had made itself comfortable in the crawlspace of his home. Ken Johnson said he installed a camera after he noticed some things out of place. The bear has been living there for two weeks: “We call him ‘unbearable’, but he’s so cute.” After the Eaton wildfire tore through the Angeles national forest and scorched parts of Altadena in January, wildlife – including several bears – sought shelter in the communityPhotograph: NBCLAShareView image in fullscreenMeanwhile, in Darwin, Australia, a man came home to find a bull and a horse inside his house.
Andrew Mackay posted the incriminating evidence from his pet cam to social media at the weekend. It showed how his door had been left open a crack, allowing his dogs to edge it open and let themselves out, while ushering in their friends Sue, the bull, and Cricket, the horse.
No animals were harmed, although Sue and Cricket helped themselves to food (from the scrap bin) and drinks (from the fish tank)Photograph: Courtesy of Andrew Mackay/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenA Spanish imperial eagle makes a beeline for the camera in Toledo, Spain. Found only in areas of Spain and Portugal, the eagle has a wingspan that can reach more than 7ft (2.1 metres)Photograph: Tomas Calle/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenA wolf searches for food in Kars, TurkeyPhotograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenA bright-eyed kingfisher pauses briefly on a branch at Warnham nature reserve in Horsham, West Sussex, UKPhotograph: Richard Waters/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenNose for nuts … an urban opossum braves the snow to get a snack from a homeowner’s deck in suburban Chicago, Ohio, USPhotograph: H Rick Bamman/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenA wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.
The beaver was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge in a perfect beaver habitat on the river Wensun in Pensthorpe, a nature reserve near Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. “It’s very elusive,” said the reserve’s manager. “It was such a special moment to see it out there, living its life, after not being seen in Norfolk for hundreds of years”ShareView image in fullscreenA vet tends to some of the 25 cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, after they were flown from the New England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts, to the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, US, to warm up and be rehabilitated for eventual release.
The critically endangered turtles were found stranded recently on the coast of Cape Cod. “Cold stunning” is a hypothermic reaction that occurs when sea turtles are exposed to cold water for a prolonged time. It typically causes them to stop eating and swimmingPhotograph: Andy Newman/The Turtle Hospital/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenPretty in pink … a roseate spoonbill perches in the Orlando Wetlands in Christmas, Florida, US.
Like the flamingo, the spoonbill gets its distinctive pink hue from pigments in the crustaceans and other aquatic animals it eatsPhotograph: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenApprehensive drivers in Sarasota, Florida, US, called in police to remove a huge 14ft (4.25 metre) alligator that had decided to stop and rest in the middle of the road. The county sheriff reckoned it weighed at least 600lbs (275kg). It took “seven brave deputies and one skilled trapper” to move the animal, who was taken to an alligator farm and released therePhotograph: Sarasota County Sheriff’s OfficeShareView image in fullscreenA deer grazes while the full moon rises over the New York City skyline at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, USPhotograph: Derek French/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreen Flamingos gather at Qarun Lake in Fayoum province, Egypt.
Large numbers of flamingos fly to the lake for winterPhotograph: Xinhua/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenAn innovative programme in Borneo is pairing up orphaned orangutan babies with adult females who act as surrogate mothers, looking after the young ones and teaching them to climb, forage and build a nest. The nonprofit organisation Yiari, in partnership with Sussex-based International Animal Rescue, now has eight surrogate orangutan mother-and-infant pairs, with five pairs already released and living wild in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya national parkPhotograph: Ministry of Forestry, West Kalimantan BKSDA, Yiari and International Animal RescueShareView image in fullscreenA lioness walks away after a kill in Gir national park in India’s western state of Gujarat.
In the park, Asiatic lions reign over a 1,900 sq km expanse of savannah and acacia and teak forests, their last refuge. Gir’s success stems from more than three decades of rigorous conservation to expand the lions’ range, which now raises questions about the future of coexistence with humansPhotograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenSpectators enjoy a starling murmuration off Brighton beach, East Sussex, UK, by the pier after an afternoon of sunshinePhotograph: Simon Dack News/Alamy Live NewsShareView image in fullscreenA three-month-old tiger cub is vaccinated at his temporary home in the Budapest zoological and botanical garden, Hungary.
The healthy male cub, weighing 9kg, was confiscated by police during a drug-related search of a private residence. A man was arrested and faces multiple charges related to wildlife traffickingPhotograph: Zoltan Kocsis/EPAShareView image in fullscreenAn owl takes a nap on the outskirts of Pushkar, IndiaPhotograph: Himanshu Sharma/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenTwo baby echidnas have found themselves in expert care after being accidentally unearthed during building works in Victoria, Australia.
The orphaned puggles, as the young are called, were disturbed when two separate burrows were uncovered – one by an excavator clearing a paddock and the other beneath a concrete slab. Staff at Healesville sanctuary say the discovery of two puggles at once is rare, reflecting how easily wildlife can be affected by renovations. One of the youngsters is being cared for by a volunteer wildlife carer, and the other is being nurtured until its spines have developedPhotograph: Zoos Victoria/SWNSShareExplore more on these topicsEnvironmentThe week in wildlifeZoologyAnimalsPhotography
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