A three months old red panda (down) is seen with his mother (up) in the Attica Zoological Park in Spata, east of Athens, Greece on September 25, 2023. Red panda is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China and belongs to the endangered species. They spend more of their time on trees and sleep over 12 hours per day. (Phoot by Orestis Panagiotou/EPA)





A 12-point stag is seen in Richmond Park, west of London, on October 1, 2023. The deer mating season, also known as the rut, takes place in the autumn and the red stags and fallow bucks compete for females. In the lead up to the rut, there are a number of physiological changes to male deer including an increase of testosterone, the doubling of neck thickness, the larynx becoming more prominent and the tongue changing shape. Roars are used as the first line of defence as a way to deter rivals. A deeper louder roar signals a larger animal. The sound of a roar can help rival stags determine from a distance whether to try their luck, and females can use it to judge the best quality males in the area. Richmond Park and Bushy Park are home to over 1,000 free roaming red and fallow deer. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP Photo)





A baby red panda walks inside the Attica Zoological Park in Spata, near Athens, on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. The red Panda who was born in the zoo two months ago is not yet been named. The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)





Owl resting on a tree branch on the outskirts Village of Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on September 26, 2023. (Photo by ABACA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This picture taken on August 27, 2023 shows crocodiles on the banks of the East Alligator River at Cahills Crossing in the world heritage site of Kakadu National Park, located 280 kilometres east of the Northern Territory capital city of Darwin. (Photo by David Gray/AFP Photo)





A sleepy seal pup appears to be laughing at Horsey Gap beach, in Norfolk on September 22, 2023. The seals often rest on the beach and give birth there from the beginning of December. (Photo by Kay Ingamells/Picture Exclusive)





A lizard rests on a tree branch in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on September 18, 2023. (Photo by ABACA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) is seen near a body of water that wild animals share due to a lack of water sources in the area in Bursa, Turkiye on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Openbill storks seen with new born chicks on their nest on the top of a tree in Nagaon district in the northeastern state of Assam, India on September 27, 2023. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Red Deer stag roars in Bushy Park on September 26, 2023 in London, United Kingdom. Autumn sees the start of the “Rutting” season where the large Red Deer stags can be heard roaring and barking in an attempt to attract females. (Photo by James Wendlinger/Getty Images)





The rabbit population of San Juan Island, brought in to feed lighthouse keepers, got so big that in the 1930s foxes were introduced to kill them. Although they are red foxes, their coats can be orange, silver, black or multi-coloured. Picture date: September 2023. (Photo by Jun Zuo/Solent News)





A Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) is seen near a body of water that wild animals share due to a lack of water sources in the area in Bursa, Turkiye on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Nutria spotted in Lake Kerkini at a dead tree branch over water lilies next to flamingo birds and Great egret on September 24, 2023. The nutria, Myocastor coypus, also known as the coypu, a large herbivorous semiaquatic rodent. The genus name Myocastor derives from the two Ancient Greek words mûs -rat and kástor – beaver, literally, therefore, the name Myocastor means “mouse beaver” while nutria comes from Spanish word nutria meaning otter. This species is included since 2016 in the EU list of Invasive Alien Species of European Union concern implying that this species cannot be imported, bred, transported, commercialized, or intentionally released into the environment in the whole of the European Union. Lake Kerkini is an artificial reservoir in Macedonia, Greece that was created in 1932, it is one of the premier birdwatching sites in Greece, as it is situated along the migratory flyway route. Lake Kerkini is now one of the premier birdwatching sites in Greece, as it is situated along the migratory flyway Kerkini lake is listed as a Ramsar site, a wetland designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention because of the rich biodiverse nature with the intense wildlife both for protected and non species. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Albino squirrels, which are extremely rare in nature, are found in nature with their completely white fur at National Mall in Washington D.C., United States on September 13, 2023. Albinism is considered a genetic anomaly defined by the complete or partial absence of pigments. People living in or visiting the Capitol have the privilege of seeing these red-eyed albino or white squirrels, which are born with a 1 in 100,000 chance. According to scientists' estimates, in the United States, only 20 of the 2 million squirrel population are albinos. Experts warn that these unique creatures of nature should be protected in their environment and not fed by others. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A giraffe walks in open grass as Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) veterinarians fit them with solar-powered Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking devices to provide the necessary fine-scale information to understand giraffe movement patterns across diverse habitats, to curb the challenge of climate change leading to human wildlife conflict, enabling policy makers to make informed decisions about conserving populations into the future, in the Maasai Mara game reserve, in Narok county, Kenya on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Mukoya/Reuters)





An Asian elephant on the banks of the Ramganga river in the Jim Corbett national park in Uttarakhand state in India flings dirt over itself, which helps protect its skin from the sun in the last decade of September 2023. (Photo by Swarnendu Chatterjee/Solent News)





A Townsend’s warbler foraging in an oak tree for insects and their larvae in Pacific Grove, California, US on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Rory Merry/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A fling of oxpeckers are carried to the watering hole at Makumu Private Gamr Lodge, South Africa in September 2023, by a warthog. (Photo by Clint Ralph/Media Drum Images)





An Asiatic Water Buffalo is photographed in the Burapahar range of Kaziranga National Park in Nagaon District of Assam, India on September 22, 2023. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This male long-eared owl appears to be clapping its wings together as it swoops over a buttercup field in West Yorkshire in September 2023. The owls claps their wings when they are looking for a mate in a courtship display or to warn off other males. (Photo by David Driver/Solent News)