Corgis race during the Corgi Race festival in Vingis Park, Vilnius, Lithuania, on Saturday, August 23, 2025. (Photo by Ints Kalnins/Reuters)
A woman is overcome with emotion after being reunited with her dog at the site of a residential building hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 28, 2025.(Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)
A volunteer with the Greek wildlife protection group ANIMA feeds a baby squirrel at an animal clinic in Athens on August 26, 2025. The NGO has reported a surge in animal admissions, largely attributed to climate change. Scientists link climate change to longer and more intense heatwaves, which fuel wildfires and create other dangers for wildlife. Greece faced several major fires this summer, with the government reporting approximately 450,000 acres (182,000 hectares) burned.(Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP Photo)
Emergency services retrieve a dog after a demonstrator climbed the clock tower at London’s King’s Cross station on September 2, 2025. The protester, who was with his dog, unveiled a banner calling for freedom in Iran, disrupting rail services and requiring a significant emergency response.(Photo by Mike Ruane/Story Picture Agency)
Wild pigs descend upon a cove in the Dilek Peninsula Büyük Menderes Delta National Park, near Kuşadası, Türkiye, on August 26, 2025.(Photo by Akin Celiktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Volunteers from The Marine Mammal Center attempt to corral a stranded California sea lion at New Brighton State Beach in Capitola, California, on August 20, 2025. The center is experiencing an unprecedented number of sick sea lions, most infected with leptospirosis, a disease that causes irreversible kidney damage. Since July 1, over 100 cases have been reported, with nearly two-thirds proving fatal.(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Members of the Greek wildlife group ANIMA treat an injured fox at their Athens animal clinic on August 26, 2025. The clinic has seen a rise in admissions due largely to climate change-driven extreme weather, including the major wildfires that burned across Greece this summer.(Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP Photo)
A leaf-nosed bat hangs from the eaves of an apartment window in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, on August 30, 2025. The city is home to over 70 bat species that play a vital role in the urban ecosystem, aiding in seed dispersal and pollination.(Photo by Bob Karp/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
An injured pudu, the world’s smallest deer species, stands in an enclosure at the Chiloe Silvestre wildlife center on Chiloé Island, Chile, on August 31, 2025.(Photo by Amilix Fornerod/Reuters)
A Sudan cheetah cub named Assama investigates a camera bag in its enclosure at the Landau Zoo in Germany on September 3, 2025. Born in July, Assama was the only cub in its litter and was rejected by its mother; it is now being hand-reared by zookeepers.(Photo by Ronald Wittek/EPA)
Brazilian First Lady Rosangela da Silva releases a parakeet back into the wild during a reintroduction operation at the Chapada Imperial nature reserve in Brasília, Brazil, on August 27, 2025.(Photo by Eraldo Peres/AP Photo)
Mist, a border collie, herds Indian runner ducks during a “Drakes of Hazard” show at the National Museum of Rural Life in East Kilbride, Scotland, on September 5, 2025. The museum hosted a special Dog and Duck Day event.(Photo by Phil Wilkinson)
A rat receives a reward after successfully completing a search-and-rescue training mission in simulated earthquake rubble at APOPO’s facility in Morogoro, Tanzania, on July 29, 2025.(Photo by Jack Denton/AP Photo)
A corgi arrives in costume for a contest at the Corgi Race Vilnius 2025 gathering in Vingis Park, Lithuania, on August 23, 2025. The event invited corgis and their owners from across Europe.(Photo by Petras Malukas/AFP Photo)
A troop of baboons crosses a busy highway near Worcester in the Western Cape, South Africa, on September 3, 2025.(Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)
An African giant pouched rat being trained to detect tuberculosis licks a treat in APOPO’s laboratory in Morogoro, Tanzania, on July 29, 2025.(Photo by Jack Denton/AP Photo)
Tourists observe a humpback whale in the waters of the Pacific Ocean at Bahía Málaga Natural Park, Colombia, on August 29, 2025. Each year, between June and November, the whales migrate from the Antarctic to Colombia’s coast to breed and feed.(Photo by Iusef Samir Rojas/AFP Photo)
Snake handler Mary Mumbi interacts with a Rufous beaked snake, her favorite species, at the Watamu Snake Farm in Malindi, Kenya, on September 4, 2025.(Photo by Monicah Mwangi/Reuters)
Swans approach people relaxing along the Seine River at sunset in Paris, France, on August 28, 2025.(Phoot by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
A cloned camel named Mabrokan is presented at the International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition on September 2, 2025.(Photo by Victor Besa/The National)
