This month's Picture of the Month award goes resoundingly to Johannes Vierula for his amazing photograph of a melanistic leopard (AKA a black panther), Panthera
pardus, in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary at the New Year. It is exceedingly rare to see such an animal, never mind capture a photograph. Johannes' stunning photograph gives you a true sense of the secretiveness of this beautiful animal with its furtive glance back before it disappears into the protective embrace of its dark forest home. You can read more of how and where Johannes took his amazing photograph by clicking here