A bald eagle soars past a tree with vibrant fall foliage at Adams Pond in East Derry, New Hampshire, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.(Photo by Charles Krupa/AP Photo)
Two male fallow deer lock antlers during a rutting season clash in Phoenix Park, Dublin, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.(Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images)
A cattle egret perched on the back of a Camargue horse in a field near Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, Southern France, on Oct. 15, 2025.(Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP Photo)
Hattie, a four-month-old red panda cub, explores her habitat for the first time after emerging from her nest box at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, UK, on Oct. 17, 2025.(Photo by E: anna.mcconachie@zsl.org)
One of three three-month-old West African lion cubs in its enclosure at the Cerza Zoo in Lisieux, northwestern France, on Oct. 17, 2025. Their birth is part of a European program to conserve the critically endangered subspecies.(Photo by Lou Benoist/AFP Photo)
A male kingfisher eats a cricket at Tices Meadow in Farnham, Surrey, UK, in a photo dated Oct. 12, 2025. While they primarily hunt fish, kingfishers supplement their diet with insects.(Photo by Jon Hawkins/Bav Media)
An undated photo issued on Oct. 20, 2025, shows a then-unnamed female Eastern mountain bongo calf with her mother, Othaya, at Woburn Safari Park, UK—the first born at the park in over a decade.(Photo by Woburn Safari Park/PA Wire)
Leia, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, cradles her newborn baby at Chester Zoo, Cheshire, UK, in late October 2025.(Photo by Steve Rawlins)
Three newborn giant otter cubs at the New Forest Wildlife Park, England, on Oct. 21, 2025. Their birth provides a boost for the critically endangered species and gives the park the world’s largest captive population.(Photo by HelenPinchin/Bournemouth News)
An elephant calf, Tula-Tu, plays with a pumpkin during the Oregon Zoo’s 27th annual “Squishing of the Squash” Halloween event in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 3, 2025.(Photo by Oregon Zoo/Handout via Reuters)
A burrowing owl stands guard near its burrow in Davie, Florida, on Oct. 21, 2025. These small owls nest underground and use a rattlesnake-like hiss to deter predators.(Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A parrot and a treepie face off over food in a backyard skirmish in Chandigarh, India, in mid-October 2025.(Photo by Piaget/TwoPointO Media)
A snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) in an enclosure in Vysocina, Czech Republic, on Oct. 22, 2025. This individual is part of a captive-breeding program managed by a falconer.(Photo by Slavek Ruta/ZUMA Press Wire via Alamy Live News)
A squirrel carries a nut in its mouth while foraging through autumn leaves at Segmenler Park in Ankara, Turkiye, on Oct. 20, 2025.(Photo by Evrim Aydn/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A giant panda rests on a tree at the Shenshuping panda base in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wenchuan, China, on Oct. 21, 2025.(Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
An endemic and endangered short-legged ground roller catches a Madagascar pimple-nose chameleon in eastern Madagascar on Oct. 17, 2025.(Photo by Emin Yogurtcuoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Skin-breathing sea cucumbers washed up on a beach in Seaside, Oregon, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in a photo provided by the Seaside Aquarium.(Photo by Tiffany Boothe/Seaside Aquarium via AP Photo)
A cormorant swallows a perch it caught at Tice’s Meadow in Farnham, Surrey, UK, on Oct. 22, 2025. Cormorants use their hook-tipped bills to catch fish while swimming underwater.(Photo by Jon Hawkins/Bav Media)
