The week in wildlife – in pictures

The photo was taken by Creative Touch, Inc.
A bevy of smooth-coated otters at the Gardens by the Bay nature park
The picture was taken by Suhaimi Abdullah/Nur Photo/Rex.
Wild salmon jumping in the River Alladale
Murdo MacLeod is the photographer.
The picture was taken by Fred Tanneau.
The photo was taken by Anadolu Agency.
A baby mountain scops owl weighing 76g (2.7oz) wrapped in a cloth for a health check
The picture was taken by Sam Yeh/AFP.
A monarch butterfly caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) on a common milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca)
The photo was taken by Creative Touch, Inc.
An egret wades while hunting
The picture was taken by the Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock.
A painted comber off the coast of Seferihisar district
The photo was taken by Anadolu Agency.
A stonefish in a coral reef
The picture is from the Zuma Press Wire andRex.
A mountain jerboa at the Yuzuncu Yil University Wild Animal Protection and Rehabilitation Centre
The photo was taken by Anadolu Agency.
A stingray swims over a coral seabed
The picture is from the Zuma Press Wire andRex.
A sea slug of the species Edmundsella pedata off the coast of Seferihisar district
The photo was taken by Anadolu Agency.