Animals

One of the world’s rarest wild cats has been spotted in Malaysian Borneo. The Bornean Bay cat, a long-tailed reddish or grey feline the size of a large domesticated cat, was sighted in the northern highlands of Malaysia’s Sarawak state

Of all the startling images to have come out from the Queensland floods, this has to be the most unusual — a green frog hitching a ride on the back of a brown snake.

Computer technician Armin Gerlach was visiting friends in the flood-hit town of Dalby, located in the state’s south-east, last week when he spotted the unlikely pair.

“I felt amazement, I just couldn’t believe it,” Mr Gerlach told ninemsn.

A seagull is silhouetted against the sun at dawn during a partial solar eclipse on Guadalmar beach in Malaga, Spain on January 4, 2011. The partial eclipse was visible near sunrise over most of Europe and northeastern Asia.

Matt Burrard-Lucas lies on the ground taking pictures of meerkats when one of the meerkats hops onto his head for a better view, in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana.

Two golden-haired monkeys hug to keep warm at Shennongjia National Reserve, Hubei Province, China

A recently emerged male comet moth (Argema mittrei) dries its wings in the forest understorey in the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

A red panda sits in a snowy tree at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin

One of the one world’s most elusive cats has been photographed by a night time camera trap, after a year-long search for the animal.

The ghostly image of the Saharan cheetah has excited conservationists, as perhaps fewer than 10 of the cats survive in the deserts of Termit, Niger, where the photograph was taken.

Almost nothing is known of the Saharan cheetah, except that it endures extremely high temperatures and appears to survive without a permanent source of water. [continued]

Who ate all the nuts? This tubby critter looks as if it’s been squirreling away too many nuts for the winter. It has piled on the pounds ever since James Phelps began putting nuts out in his garden in Michigan, USA.