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2012: The year in wildlife

News imageAFP/Getty Images An Egyptian goose feeding in a park in Bad Schwalbach, western Germany, during the summer. (Copyright: AFP/Getty Images)AFP/Getty Images
An Egyptian goose feeding in a park in Bad Schwalbach, western Germany, during the summer. (Copyright: AFP/Getty Images)

Striking images of nature in 2012, from red tides to prize-winning pics of penguins and seals.

More amazing image galleries of the year:

A year in space

The year in technology

A year of discovery

People of the year

The year in weather

Weird and wonderful

Future visions

Places

New frontiers

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