Swans glide across Melbourne’s Albert Park Lake on September 29, 2025. Identifiable by numbered neck collars, they are part of a University of Melbourne study tracking their movements, behavior, and health.(Photo by William West/AFP Photo)
A deer bellows on a foggy autumn morning in London’s Richmond Park on September 30, 2025, marking the start of the annual rutting season.(Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)
An aerial view shows a flock of pelicans on Lake Manyas in Balikesir, Turkiye, on September 21, 2025. A severe drought is causing water levels to drop, threatening migratory bird habitats and creating irrigation difficulties for local farmers.(Photo by Ekrem Sahin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
An aerial view captures a Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) feeding at the water’s surface off the coast of Cornwall, UK, on October 3, 2025, with a pod of Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) swimming alongside.(Photo by Henley Spiers)
A polecat braves the remnants of Storm Amy to visit a small pond in Ceredigion, Wales, on October 5, 2025. Once heavily persecuted, the polecat is now a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981.(Photo by Phil Jones/Alamy Live News)
A flock of Sanderlings, a migratory shorebird species, stops to rest in the Kocaçay Delta, Turkey, in September 2025, competing for space on dry tree branches.(Photo by Anadolu via Getty Images)
A line of Muscovy ducklings swims in a pond at Lake Eola Park in Orlando, Florida, on October 2, 2025.(Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Squirrel monkeys relax at the Leheledu Animal Theme Park in Chongqing, China, on October 5, 2025.(Photo by Wang Chengjie/VCG via Getty Images)
A white ibis bathes in the waters of Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida, on September 29, 2025.(Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A woodpecker perches for a drink at a pool in the village of Vledder, the Netherlands in the last decade of September 2025. (Photo by Marielle Tunderman/Solent News & Photo Agency)
African wild dogs, imported from South Africa as part of a reintroduction program for the endangered species, roam at the Conservation Through Commercialization park in Mpigi district, Uganda, on September 19, 2025. The privately managed facility, founded in 2015, combines breeding, commerce, and education to fund its conservation work.(Photo by Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters)
Two black-tailed godwits, a near-threatened shorebird species on the IUCN Red List, forage in the Mangalajodi Wetlands of Odisha, eastern India, in early October 2025.(Photo by Kingshuk Parui/Solent News & Photo Agency)
Hungry purple sunbird chicks clamor for their next meal in Palta, West Bengal, India, in late September 2025.(Photo by Prasenjit Dutta/Solent News & Photo Agency)
A black-winged stilt wades in a wetland in Bursa, Turkiye, on August 22, 2025, during its autumn migration. The bird’s long pink legs provide a distinct advantage for feeding in shallow waters, and its elegant posture makes it a striking sight in marshes and ponds.(Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A wood mouse appears to cover its face while perched on a rose tree in Wimborne, Dorset, UK, in late September 2025. The photograph, taken by Alan Benson during a wildlife hides workshop, captures the mouse honing its climbing skills.(Photo by Alan Benson/Solent News & Photo Agency)
A white ibis bathes in the waters of Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida, on September 29, 2025.(Photo byRonen Tivony/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A brown bear catches a salmon attempting to swim upstream to spawn at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska, in late September 2025. The park’s bears are in a period of hyperphagia, fattening up for winter hibernation.(Photo by Christopher Ang/Caters News Agency)
A deer emerges from the undergrowth on a foggy autumn morning in London’s Richmond Park on September 29, 2025, as the annual rutting season gets underway.(Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)
