A herd of wild Chincoteague ponies swims from Assateague Island to Chincoteague, Virginia, on July 30, 2025, as part of the 100th annual Pony Swim—a tradition that rounds up wild ponies for auction.(Photo by Nathan Howard/Reuters)
A starling rests on an Icelandic horse at a stud farm in Wehrheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, on July 29, 2025.(Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)
A stork stands atop a straw bale in a field on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, on July 21, 2025.(Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)
Fishing cat Saray (right) tends to her kittens at La Flèche Zoo in western France on July 22, 2025. The birth of two male kittens, announced on June 25, marks a key milestone in conserving this vulnerable species.(Photo by Jean-Francois Monier/AFP Photo)
A sturgeon launches itself into the air with a powerful tail thrust in Augusta, Maine, on July 23, 2025.(Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
A gosling sips water from a puddle after a storm in Frankfurt, Germany, on July 21, 2025.(Photo by Matias Basualdo/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A newly hatched flamingo is fed by caretakers at Chester Zoo in late July 2025.(Phoot by Chester zoo)
A brown bear plays with her three cubs in Alaska’s wilderness in late July 2025, pausing from foraging to tumble in the grass.(Photo by Donna Feledichuk/Solent News & Photo Agency)
Sea lions bask along the rocky shoreline of La Jolla, California, on July 18, 2025. The area is famed for its sea lion and seal colonies, drawing wildlife enthusiasts and photographers.(Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A humpback whale breaches, drenching tourists on a boat off Alaska’s southwest coast in late July 2025.(Photo by Laura Lyn Gregory/Animal News Agency)
Water buffaloes graze on aquatic plants in a seasonally dry peat swamp in Bangsal, South Sumatra, Indonesia, on June 11, 2025. Indonesia’s vanishing peatlands threaten local ecosystems and release vast amounts of CO₂.(Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)
A hamerkop bird hitches a ride on a hippo before being shaken off in Kenya’s Masai Mara in late July 2025.(Photo by Ann Aveyard/Animal News Agency)
Two male sparrowhawks battle over territory in Dumfries, UK, in late July 2025.(Photo by Ivor Ottley/Animal News Agency)
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) hatchlings crawl toward the sea after emerging at Davultepe 100th Year Nature Park in Mersin, Türkiye, on July 22, 2025. Conservationists monitored their journey from nest to ocean.(Photo by Yakup Saglam/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A malachite kingfisher perches on a lily flower over Botswana’s Chobe River in late July 2025, scanning for prey below.(Photo by Charl Stols/Solent News & Photo Agency)
An anhinga flips a fish before swallowing it at Orlando’s Lake Eola on July 29, 2025. These birds spear prey underwater with their sharp beaks.(Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Two jays quarrel in riverside woodlands near Aberystwyth, Wales, in late July 2025.(Photo by Philip Jones/Alamy Live News)
A puffin dives for fish off Northumberland’s Farne Islands in late July 2025.(Photo by Brian Matthews/Solent News & Photo Agency)
An antelope flees a pursuing cheetah near Oltepesi Safari Camp in Kenya’s Masai Mara in late July 2025.(Photo by Ivan Glaser/Animal News Agency)
A humpback whale breaches in Guanabara Bay, Brazil, on July 23, 2025, en route to mating grounds in the Abrolhos archipelago.(Photo by Andre Coelho/EPA)
