Bottlenose dolphins at play

Some nice pictures of a group of frolicking bottlenose dolphins taken by amateur wildlife photographer Tim Stenton from Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Tim spent 100 days stationed on the beach at Chanonry Point overlooking the Scottish Highland’s Moray Firth, near Inverness, in order to get his photos. Dolphins

Peek-a-boo

Costa Rica, Jan 2011

Smile!

Nerja, Feb 9th 2011

Frog on high

A nice set of pictures from an amateur photographer in Hungary of a European Tree Frog performing, albeit involuntarily, on a washing line. High-wire froggy

Sunda clouded leopard

Up until 2006, scientists believed that all clouded leopards, elusive creatures with larger spots than normal leopards, all belonged to the same species. But it seems they were wrong. The ‘newest’ cat species is the Sunda clouded leopard, and it actually exists in two distinct forms, according to scientists.

The Great Hamster of Alsace

According to the advocate-general of Europe’s top court, France is failing in its duty to protect the Great Hamster of Alsace from extinction, with apparently fewer than 200 of these cute critters now remaining. Although the opinion of the advocate-general is not binding, the judges in Luxembourg generally take the same line, which means that France could be in line …