The week in wildlife – in pictures

The Russian Academy of Sciences has a botanical garden in Moscow.

Vitaly Fedosenko/TASS.

A bamboo shark was raised at the marine discovery centre at SAii Phi Phi Island Village Resort and was released into the sea off Thailand's Ko Ma island.

The picture was taken by Lillian Suwanrumpha.

A golden lion tamarin is in the Atlantic forest region of Silva Jardim.

The picture was taken by Pilar Olivares.

The southern coastal city of Larnaca on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus has a salt lake. More than 300 species of bird stop at the salt lake on their way to other destinations.

Danil Shamkin/Nur Photo/Rex/Shutterstock

A wild yak is at the Qiangtang national nature reserve.

The picture was taken by Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock.

Tourists look for whales in the fjord. Humpback whales and orcas hunt Atlantic herrings to build their stock of meat.

The picture was taken by Olivier Morin/AFP.

A snail. The two species of snail, thought to have been extinct for more than 100 years, were discovered on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean. The species is being saved by specialists at Chester Zoo and the Bristol Zoological Society.

The Chester Zoo is pictured.

A seagull is at a beach in Kuwait.

Yasser Al-Zayyat is pictured.

Baby turtles are released into the sea in Pakistan.

The picture was taken by Reuters.

A baby elephant is with his mother in a national park in Indonesia.

A picture of Wahyudi

The path in Punta Clara is close to the Punta Tombo national reserve in the province of Chubut, Argentina. A criminal lawsuit was filed by the province against the owner of the field where the penguins were killed.

The picture was taken by Daniel Feldman/AFP.

A paslama, or lora turtle, arrives to lay her eggs at the beach in La Flor wildlife refuge in San Juan del sur, Nicaragua.

Oswaldo Rivas is pictured.

There is a glossy ibis on a tree in south China. The glossy ibis, a close relative of the crested ibis, is currently under China's top level of state protection.

The picture was taken by Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock.

A cane toad is in Taiwan. The discovery of an Invasive species has officials and environmentalists scrambling to contain their spread.

Sui Chou is pictured.

Two male ostriches guard a flock of chick during a game drive in a game reserve. The recent travel bans imposed on South Africa have hurt the country's tourism.

Jérme Delay/AP