Joanna Ruck

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Deputy Head of Photography at The Guardian

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Week in wildlife: blue waterfowl, a rescued baby orangutan and a real-life Pikachu

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Ruck

Ahead by a nose … a rabbit chases a hare in a surprising turn of events in Anglesey, UK Photograph: Stuart Benson/SWNS Rangers at Lewa wildlife conservancy in Kenya prepare to notch the ear of Quintus, a tranquillised three-year-old-male white rhino.
Human statues in Bolivia and flowers at Chelsea - photos of the day: Monday

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Ruck

• Lewa Wildlife Conservancy rangers prepare to handle tranquillised Quintus, a 3-year-old male white rhino, while carrying out a rhino ear-notching exercise on 40 sub-adult rhinos without existing marks.
Week in wildlife: hitchhiking cygnets, a criminal duck and hopping hares

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Ruck

Bound for glory … European hares cross a field in Konya, Turkey Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A hummingbird hovers at Monserrate hill in Bogotá, Colombia.
Week in wildlife: A rare chameleon, friendly starlings and hot buffaloes

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Ruck

Canada goslings enjoy the warm sunshine in a pond at Kew Gardens, in west London Photograph: Imageplotter/Alamy Live News A purple sunbird perches on a flower stem on the outskirts of Ajmer, India Photograph: Himanshu Sharma/AFP/Getty Images A butterfly at the Tropical Butterfly Garden in Konya, Turkey.
Week in wildlife: a leopard cat, a vulture puppet and a hare playing hide and seek

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Ruck

A leopard cat searches for prey along a stream in Gangneung, South Korea. The wild cat is about the same size as a domestic cat, but slimmer, with longer legs, webbed toes and a melancholic expression Photograph: Yonhap/EPA A bearded tit shows off its resplendent ‘whiskers’ as it perches in the reeds in the Lake Mogan, Turkey Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A baby vulture at a New York zoo is fed by hand puppet at the Bronx zoo, New York, US.
Week in wildlife: wild ponies, a playful jaguar and penguin chicks taking their first swim

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Ruck

A camouflaged snow leopard is hard to spot in Tibet.
Week in wildlife: relief for traumatised lions, a shy deer and a stork doing yoga

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Ruck

One of 15 Darwin’s rheas emerges from its holding pen during its translocation from Argentina to Chile. The large flightless birds are being moved as part of a programme to rewild degraded areas of southern American grasslands. “If we want to reverse the mass extinction crisis, international cooperation is going to be essential,” said a project leader.
Week in wildlife: March hares, a dreaming dormouse and the first chicks of spring

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Ruck

A hibernating dormouse snoozes after being rescued by Kildare Wildlife Rescue, Ireland, who rehabilitate injured, sick and orphaned wildlife and return them to the wild after their recovery Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters They have also rescued this young badger, injured by a car Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Newborn Egyptian goslings take their first steps under the watchful eye of their mother in St James’s Park, London, UK Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock...
Week in wildlife: leapfrogging monkeys, a strolling tortoise and Lincolnshire seals

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Ruck

A family of rhesus macaques play and leapfrog each other in Rajasthan, north-western India Photograph: mediadrumimages/Anuj Jain A sizeable tortoise explores a market in Bangkok, Thailand Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images A Bengal tiger walks through grassland at the Kaziranga national park, Assam, India Photograph: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images A squirrel jumps in the snow at High Park in Toronto, Canada Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A black-and-white snub-nosed monkey at the...
Week in wildlife: a turtle hatchling, a curious marmoset and an oarfish

Feb 28, 2025 | theguardian.com | Joanna Ruck

A hyena yawns at the Lion Safari Park near Johannesburg, in South Africa. The park is home to many species at risk of extinction Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images A nutria, also known as coypus or swamp rats, among the bushes in Edirne, Turkey. The nutria, native to South America, lives in wetlands, and is among the invasive species that affect natural habitats by hunting the eggs of water birds as well as plants.

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Articles

Week in wildlife: blue waterfowl, a rescued baby orangutan and a real-life Pikachu

Human statues in Bolivia and flowers at Chelsea - photos of the day: Monday

Week in wildlife: hitchhiking cygnets, a criminal duck and hopping hares

Week in wildlife: A rare chameleon, friendly starlings and hot buffaloes

Week in wildlife: a leopard cat, a vulture puppet and a hare playing hide and seek

Week in wildlife: wild ponies, a playful jaguar and penguin chicks taking their first swim

Week in wildlife: relief for traumatised lions, a shy deer and a stork doing yoga

Week in wildlife: March hares, a dreaming dormouse and the first chicks of spring

Week in wildlife: leapfrogging monkeys, a strolling tortoise and Lincolnshire seals

Week in wildlife: a turtle hatchling, a curious marmoset and an oarfish

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Tom Peacock

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