An albino squirrel stands out against the greenery in the Company’s Garden in Cape Town, South Africa, on September 24, 2025.(Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)
A stag roars as the rutting season begins in a forest in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, on September 22, 2025.(Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)
This image provided by the National Park Service shows Bear 32, known as Chunk, at Katmai National Park in Alaska on September 19, 2024.(E. Johnston/National Park Service via AP Photo)
A brown bear splashes after a sockeye salmon in Kamchatka, eastern Russia, in late September 2025. The fish return to this region to spawn each year.(Photo by Alex Perov/Solent News & Photo Agency)
Fallow deer on Haringvreter Island in Veerse Meer Lake, Zeeland, the Netherlands, on September 28, 2025. The island’s deer population has surged to an estimated 700, stripping vegetation and disrupting the ecosystem. Ecologists say the island can only sustain about 150 deer, prompting the State Forestry Service to implement population control measures.(Photo by Olivier Hoslet/EPA)
A grey seal pup, born during stormy conditions at Maidencombe in south Devon, UK, on September 14, 2025.(Photo by Rob Hughes/South West News Service)
A pair of Siberian flying squirrels nestle inside a tree hollow in Hokkaido, Japan, in mid-September 2025.(Photo by Hiroki Rin/Solent News & Photo Agency)
A stag runs behind hinds in a forest of the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, on September 24, 2025.(Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)
A stag in Richmond, Surrey, UK, in late September 2025, with bracken caught in its antlers. Stags often adorn themselves with foliage to appear more impressive to potential mates.(Photo by Robert Piper/Caters News Agency)
Rhinos roam at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, northwest of Nakasongola, Uganda, on September 22, 2025.(Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Photo)
Egrets dance over wetlands in Odisha, India, in late September 2025. This behavior is used for both hunting and courtship.(Photo by Avijit Ghorai/Solent News & Photo Agency)
A spiky tenrec spotted in Madagascar’s Mantadia National Park in late September 2025. This mostly nocturnal mammal puffs out its spines when threatened and is an excellent swimmer.(Photo by Dale Morris/Solent News & Photo Agency)
A honey bear at Bandung Zoo in Indonesia faces an uncertain future. The zoo has been closed since August 6 due to a management dispute, leaving about 700 animals vulnerable and at risk of starvation.(Photo by ZUMAPRESS.com/Avalon)
A crow at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh, northwestern India, in mid-September 2025, mistakenly picks up a beedi, a type of cheap hand-rolled cigarette.(Photo by Anuj Jain/Solent News & Photo Agency)
Flamingos arrive at their wintering area in the Kocacay Delta, Karacabey district of Bursa, Turkiye, on August 10, 2025. Nearly a thousand flamingos fly along the Mediterranean coastline to return to their wintering grounds on the coast of the Marmara Sea.(Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Glossy ibis prepare for migration with the arrival of autumn in Bursa, Turkey, in September 2025. The birds use their long beaks to extract underground prey such as worms and insect larvae.(Photo by Anadolu/Getty Images)
Storks fly over fields in Buettelborn near Frankfurt, Germany, on September 23, 2025.(Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)
A humpback whale leaps in the Pacific Ocean near Buenaventura, Colombia, on September 20, 2025. These whales migrate annually from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Colombian Pacific coast to give birth and nurse their young, a journey of approximately 8,500 km.(Photo by Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP Photo)
