A young wild deer eats leaves in a oak grove near Helechosa de Los Montes, in western Spain Extremadura region, on August 28, 2025. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP Photo)





Nesting gannets are photographed at the Bempton Cliffs in the Yorkshire area of England on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images/Getty Images)





The arrival of hundreds of sea lions Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) at San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California has resulted in the closure of the popular scuba diving beach on August 26, 2025. The sea lions are on their way to the California Channel Islands their breeding ground. (Photo by Rory Merry/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





The moment baby elephant gets a helping hand to escape the slippery waterhole was caught on camera in the Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape of South Africa in the last decade of August 2025. (Photo by Anne Laing/Caters News Agency)





A hippo rests on the bank of Lake Naivasha, in Nakuru County, Kenya on August 23, 2025. Lake Naivasha, located in Kenya's Great Rift Valley at an altitude of about 1,900 meters, is a celebrated freshwater lake. Its Crescent Island is famed for freely roaming wildlife such as giraffes, zebras, and antelopes. July and August mark the peak tourist season, when the pleasant dry weather and picturesque scenery draw travelers from around the globe to enjoy boat rides, birdwatching, and leisure activities along the lakeshore. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Two young grizzly bears play fight at Brooks Falls, Alaska in the last decade of August 2025 — but when they reach maturity they will viciously attack each other for space, food and mates. (Photo by Rich Brooks/Solent News & Photo Agency)





Black-headed gulls are fighting each other as they search for food in the shallow areas of the lake in Kocacay Delta, which hosts different seagull species as well as migratory birds in Karacabey district of Bursa, Turkiye on August 02, 2025. (Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A tortoise walks after being released from captivity and reinserted into the wild, in the ​​Chapada Imperial nature reserve in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, August 27, 2025. (Photo by Eraldo Peres/AP Photo)





New Forest fallow deer amongst the heather near Lyndhurst in Hampshire, UK on August 27, 2025. Though not native to the forest, they have been there since Norman times. (Photo by Hang Ross/Picture Exclusive)





A new born critically endangered European hamster is seen in their enclosure at the Wroclaw Zoo in Wroclaw, Poland on August 28, 2025. Wroclaw Zoo, celebrates the first success of conservation breeding of the European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), once a common sight in agricultural landscapes, has seen a dramatic decline in numbers due to habitat loss, changing agricultural practices, and poor dietary conditions. The hamsters, named Bryg, Bosman, Brzask, and two females named Burza and Bryza, were born on July 8 in the southwestern city of Wroclaw. Conservationists warn that without immediate action the species could disappear entirely from its Eurasian range within the next 25 years. (Photo by Omar Marques/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Three orcas breached side by side in perfect formation in front of Richard Lovelock, a photographer from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, while he was whale watching at Alaska’s Icy Strait Point in the last decade of August 2025. (Photo by Richard Lovelock/Animal News Agency)





A humpback whale leaps in the waters of the Pacific Ocean at Bahia Malaga Natural Park, Colombia, on August 29, 2025. Every year, between June and November, humpback whales undertake seasonal migration from the Antarctic Peninsula to the equatorial coast of Colombia to breed, feed, and rest. (Photo by Iusef Samir Rojas/AFP Photo)





Nesting gannets and their young at Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire, UK on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, after over 250,000 seabirds flocked to the chalk cliffs to find a mate and raise their young. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)





A female moose is seen with its calf along the Iditarod National Historic Trail in Girdwood, Alaska, United States, on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk /Anadolu via Getty Images)





A young gorilla eats leaves in his enclosure, at Beauval Zoo, in Saint Aignan, France on August 25, 2025. (Photo by Guillaume Souvant/AFP Photo)





The endangered baby loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) head to the sea at the beach of Aska Lara Hotel in Antalya, Turkiye, on August 28, 2025. The nests were opened during a ceremony attended by tourism professionals. (Photo by Orhan Cicek/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Three harvest mice seem determined to get a better view of something in Wiltshire, UK in the last decade of August 2025. (Photo by Alan Benson/Caters News Agency)





A hare that was grazing peacefully is suddenly chased by another on farmland near the market town of Oakham in Rutland in the East Midlands, UK in the last decade of August 2025. (Photo by Nick Holland/Solent News & Photo Agenc)