Saturday, August 14, 2010

Sumatran Orangutan holds her newborn baby

Rochale, a 41-year old Sumatran Orangutan holds her newborn baby at the Ramat Gan Safari park near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Colorful lorikeet peers out of its' birdhouse

A colorful lorikeet peers out of its' birdhouse at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

American bald eagle casts wary eye

An American bald eagle casts a wary eye towards the camera at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Flamingos stand in basin of zoological garden

Flamingos stand in a basin of the zoological garden in Dresden, Germany, Wednesday, July 21, 2010.(AP Photo/dapd/Matthias Rietschel)

Peruvian Paso horses

Peruvian Paso horses are seen at Montalban stud in Lurin, Lima Province July 25, 2010. Though Spaniards and other Europeans brought horses to the Americas,Peruvians say their national horse, the Caballo de Paso Peruano, or Peruvian Walking Horse, is unique and developed over five centuries. The horses are not bred for speed or rustling cattle, but for comfort -- with a soft gait that keeps the rider from jostling up and down on long rides. Picture taken July 25, 2010. To match Reuters Life! PERU-HORSES/ REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

Butterfly sits on flower

A butterfly sits on a flower during a hot summer day in Silver Spring, Maryland.
(AFP/Jewel Samad)

Two-month old snow leopard Kailash

Two-month old snow leopard Kailash stands next to her mother Dschamilja in their enclosure at Zurich zoo July 21, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Fresh feathers: pelican cleans its feathers

Fresh feathers : A pelican cleans its feathers at the zoo in Heidelberg, southwestern Germany.(AFP/Daniel Roland)

One of two baby panthers, Pati and Jaya

One of the two baby panthers, Pati and Jaya, is seen in the Jardin des Plantes menagerie in Paris in this undated picture released by the Museum Nationald'Histoire Naturelle July 21, 2010. A pair of clouded leopard cubs, Neofelis nebulosa, were born two months ago in Paris, the Museum said on Wednesday. REUTERS/F-G Grandin

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Orangutan



Orang-utan Schubbi reacts in the new Asia enclosure at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. He is leader of a group of seven apes, who moved into their new home last week. After 10 years the close to nature 'Zoom Erlebniswelt' is now completed. The reconstruction of the old zoo into a modern appropriate to the species habitat cost euro 95 million ($125 million).
(AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Liberian Lynx



A handout picture by the Iberian Lynx Conservation Breeding Programme dated April 2009 shows a female lynx with her cub at the captive breeding center of the Donana National Park, southern Spain. The Iberian lynx, the world's most endangered feline species, could be a step further from extinction after a Spanish woman left three million euros in her will to help protect the animals.
(AFP/HO/File)

White Tiger



A white tiger rests inside an enclosure at Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. There are fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China today, living in Yunnan, Tibet, Jilin and Helongjiang, according to Xie Yan, the China program director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The organization is working with the Chinese government to help protect Amur tigers from poachers and develop new habits to their survival.
(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

New-born giraffe



A new-born giraffe calf stands in the giraffe house of the Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, March 4, 2010. The 170-cm tall baby whose gender is not yet known was born Wednesday evening.
(AP Photo/MTI, Balazs Mohai)

Black Jaguar with spotted cub



Lolo, a black Jaguar, plays with her newborn spotted cub inside their cage at Jordan's zoo in Yaduda February 16, 2010. The two-month-old cub made his first public appearance on Tuesday after being born to Lolo and Falah, who originate from South America.
REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Australian Tasmanian Devil



In this Oct. 17, 2008 file photo, Tex, a Tasmanian Devil, sits in his enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. Australian scientists say Wednesday, March 10, 2010, they have found a colony of Tasmanian devils that are genetically different from their peers and so far resistant to the face cancer that has decimated the population.
(AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Buttercup Blossom



Spring and ice : A buttercup blossoms through the snow in a park the eastern German town of Ostrau.
(AFP/DDP/Eckehard Schulz)

Western Spotted Skunk



In this photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a western spotted skunk peeks out from between the rocks at the Bronx Zoo in New York, Friday, March 5, 2010. Normally native to western North America, this new arrival makes her home in the Bronx Zoo's 'Mouse House.'
(AP Photo/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher)