Baby Yemen chameleon. Photo courtesy of ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. Ten Yemen chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) were recently born at the Zoological Society of London's (ZSL) Whipsnade Zoo. A popular pet species,…
BPL-223 with the carcass of gaur calf, an animal that may be twice the size of the leopard. Photo by: Vinay S. Kumar. Click to enlarge. It's true: a leopard…
Green sea turtle released back into its natural habitat after being raised for 10 months. Photo by: Sea Turtles 911. Earlier this month, Sea Turtles 911, a conservation organization in…
Flamingos head across the lakebed toward the corral. Photo by: Julie Larsen Maher. Click to enlarge. Scientists with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other groups have banded nearly 200…
A newborn greater bamboo lemur baby at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park. Photo by: Dave Rolfe. Greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus) are one of over a hundred lemur species…
Spotted hyena cub (sex not yet determined) born at Colchester Zoo. Photo courtesy of Colchester Zoo. Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) are found across sub-Saharan Africa. Adept hunters, hyenas can also…
Male greater roadrunner at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo. Photo by: Julie Larsen Maher. Charging at speeds up to 26 miles an hour (42 kilometers), the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx…
This young California sea lion was saved after stranding herself one too many times. Photo by: Julie Larsen Maher. A young female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), who had stranded…
LEGO tiger. Photo by: Julie Larsen Maher. LEGO animals are debuting next to the real things at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo this summer. LEGO artists have created a…
A Sunda clouded leopard caught on camera trap. The Sunda clouded leopard was only recently declared a distinct species from its mainland Asian relative. See close-up below. Photo by: Sabah…
A rare image of a mother Iranian cheetah and its three cubs. Photo by: Javad Shokouhi/Yazd DOE-CACP. The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus), also known as the Iranian cheetah, is…
Baby black lemur. Picture by Dave Rolfe. Howletts Wild Animal Park in near Canterbury in Britain released photos of an infant black lemur born recently. The facility is holding a…
A male dromedary camel calf was born at the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Bronx Zoo. Photo by: Julis Larsen Maher/WCS. The dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) is the world's largest camel.…
Water monitor photographed in Sabah, on the island of Borneo. The monitor lizards is known as 'biawak' in Malay. Picture by Rhett A. Butler. The Southeast Asian water monitor (Varanus…
Moose twins born at the ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. Photo by: ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. On May 21st, two Eurasian moose twins (Alces alces) were born at the Zoological Society of London's…
A male black necked swan with three babies in Heart Lake at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo. Photo by: Julie Larsen Maher © WCS. The black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus)…
Cheetahs fitted with collars. Photo by: N/a'an ku se Research Project. Click to enlarge. The N/a’an ku se Carnivore Conservation Research Project in Namibia has recently been tracking a male…
Coquerel's Sifaka and Baby. Photo by Julie Larsen Maher © WCS Two baby lemurs were put on display this week in the Madagascar! exhibit at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx…
Silvery marmoset. Photo courtesy of ZSL. The Zoological Society of London's (ZSL) Whipsnade Zoo is allowing its seven silvery marmosets (Mico argentatus) to roam the 600 acre facility freely. "It’s…
Three baby North American river otters at the Prospect Zoo. Photo by: Julie Larsen Maher. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo in New York City has recently seen the…
Boat-billed heron in Costa Rica. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Boat-billed herons (Cochlearius cochlearius) are found in Central and South America, as far north as Mexico and as far south…
Three jaguars on Hato la Aurora. Courtesy of Nelson and Jorge Barragan. Images of several jaguars, including cubs, have been captured by camera traps on a Colombian ranch that is…
Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) in flight over Colombia. May 12-13 is World Migratory Bird Day for 2012. The scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) is just one of thousands of bird species…
Activists hold a banner in front of a damaged coral reef in the vulnerable Marshall islands. Rising temperatures and increased CO2 uptake are raising the acidity of the ocean, which…
The Chacaon peccary, the newest member of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Queens Zoo. Photo by: Julie Larson Maher. The Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) was only known from fossils and thought…
Cicada emerges from its exoskeleten. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Cicadas are generally large insects with broad heads and transparent wings. The group is known for some species' habitats of…
Red-eye treefrog. Today is Save the Frogs Day, a global event that aims to raise awareness on the plight of amphibians, which are increasingly endangered by climate change, habitat loss…
Amur Amur tiger in China. Photo credit: Hunchun Amur Tiger National Nature Reserve. Click image to enlarge. Camera traps have captured rare images of Amur or Siberian tigers in China.…
Camera trap photo of an Amur leopard in China. Photo credit: Hunchun Amur Tiger National Nature Reserve. Click image to enlarge. Camera traps in China's Hunchun Amur Tiger National Nature…
A spotless or golden cheetah in Kenya. Photo by: Guy Combes. A strange cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) has been photographed in Kenya by wildlife artist Guy Combes. The "golden" cheetah's telltale…
