Best nature pictures of 2015

From lemurs feasting at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in China, to dairy cows nuzzling a barn cat in Granby, Quebec, Canada, here are some of 2015's best nature pictures.

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Dec 27, 2015, 07:00 AM

A flamingo and flamingo chicks in a corral at a lagoon in the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, in Fuente de Piedra, near Malaga, southern Spain, on Aug 8, 2015.
PHOTO: REUTERS

The wing of a giant owl butterfly at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in San Diego, California, United States on March 13, 2015.
PHOTO: REUTERS

Giant panda cubs inside baskets at a giant panda breeding centre in Ya'an, Sichuan province, China, on Aug 21, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A flamingo, which had its leg amputated, with its new prosthesis at Sorocaba Zoo in Sorocaba, Brazil, on July 1, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A western lowland gorilla baby named Mjukuu riding on the back of its mother Mbeli in their enclosure at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, on May 19, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A stag deer covering its antlers with bracken in Richmond Park in west London, Britain, on Oct 16, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A hyena eyeing a herd of zebra at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, on Aug 19, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Sparrows flying around a bird feeder in Putgarten, Germany, on Sept 29, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Lemurs eating at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, on Jan 27, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A newborn Asian elephant is helped by its mother Farina to stand up at Pairi Daiza wildlife park in Brugelette, Belgium, on May 25, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Residents crossing a swelling dam in Las Pinas city, metro Manila, Philippines, on Oct 19, 2015.
PHOTO: REUTERS

An Mi-17 helicopter carrying water to be dumped on a burning forest at the Ogan Komering Ulu area in Indonesia's south Sumatra province on Sept 10, 2015.
PHOTO: REUTERS

A lunar eclipse coincides with a supermoon in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, on Sept 28, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A meteor streaking across the sky over Leeberg hill during the Perseid meteor shower near Grossmugl in the early morning of Aug 13, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A field of dead almond trees is seen in Coalinga in the Central Valley, California, United States, on May 6, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Tourists standing in front of huts that form part of the Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort in Queensland, Australia, on June 9, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Buffalos escaping a fire, which is spreading on a patch of land by the Yamuna river, on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, on June 9, 2015.
PHOTO: REUTERS

Cows on a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest near Rio Pardo, in the district of Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, on Sept 3, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Smoke and ash rising from the Calbuco volcano as seen from the city of Puerto Montt, Chile, on April 22, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Dairy cows nuzzling a barn cat as they wait to be milked at a farm in Granby, Quebec, Canada, on July 26, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

A hot air balloon floating past a rising moon over Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States, on Sept 25, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

The view from Frutillar, southern Chile, showing volcanic lightning and lava spewed from the Calbuco volcano on April 23, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

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