Seventeen-year-old male panda Yuan Zi plays in his enclosure at France’s Beauval Zoo on October 24, 2025. He is entering quarantine before his scheduled return to China.(Photo by Christian Hartmann/Reuters)
Nadezhda, a Don Sphynx cat, gazes at the camera during the FIFe World Show Romania 2025 in Bucharest. The event, the world’s largest cat show, gathered over 1,000 felines from more than 30 countries.(Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)
Meerkat pups explore a pumpkin during their first Halloween at Blair Drummond Safari Park in the UK. The event was part of the park’s HalloWILD celebration, featuring themed enrichment activities for the animals.(Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
A red deer stag bellows at sunrise, its breath creating a steamy cloud in the cool morning air of London’s Richmond Park.(Photo by Cristian Vasile/Solent News & Photo Agency)
An American bald eagle searches for fish in the morning light at the Oxbow Nature Conservancy in Indiana.(Photo by Jason Whitman/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Maasai giraffes roam the Nashulai Maasai Conservancy in Kenya. This pioneering community-owned conservancy fosters coexistence between local Maasai people, their livestock, and wildlife.(Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP Photo)
Two inquisitive mice climb over fungi and moss in a garden in Lancashire, UK.(Photo by Clifford Ferguson/Solent News)
Eastern Grey Kangaroos graze among a field of Patterson’s Curse wildflowers in Melbourne, Australia, during the spring bloom.(Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images)
A flock of Canada geese takes flight at sunrise over the Oxbow Nature Conservancy in Indiana.(Photo by Jason Whitman/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A stag bellows amidst the bracken in the early morning light at Bushy Park in London.(Photo by Alastair Grant/AP Photo)
A Bearded Tit perches on a reed at RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve in the UK. These sociable birds are typically found in reedbed habitats.(Photo by Jonny Gios/Bav Media)
Harvest mice seek shelter and food inside dried poppy heads in the United Kingdom.(Photo by Maria Kula/TwoPointO Media)
A great spotted woodpecker pauses during a rain shower in Aberystwyth, Wales.(Photo by Philip Jones/Alamy Live News)
A pod of pelicans glides across a marshland in Chennai, India.(Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)
Stags in London’s Richmond Park, adorned with bracken on their antlers, attempt to impress potential mates and intimidate rivals during the rutting season.(Photo by Felix Belloin/Solent News & Photo Agency)
A cat rests in Lima’s Miraflores Central Park, locally known as “Cats Park.” Originally introduced in the 1990s to control rats, the park’s cat population is now cared for by volunteers who feed them and facilitate adoptions.(Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP Photo)
An extremely rare leucistic yellow baboon rides on its mother’s back in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park. Their pale coloration makes them highly visible to predators and can lead to social exclusion.(Photo by Alexander Ley/Burkhard Ley/TwoPointO Media)
Common cranes gather at their roosting site at sunset in Hungary’s Hortobágy National Park. The park is a major stopover for the birds during their autumn migration to southern wintering grounds.(Photo by Zsolt Czegledi/EPA)
