A handout photo taken and released on February 19, 2025 by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania shows dolphins stranded on a beach near Arthur River on the west coast of Tasmania. A pod of 157 dolphins was found stranded on a remote beach in Australia's southern island of Tasmania, environment officials said as veterinarians raced to the scene. They appeared to be members of a large dolphin species known as false killer whales, Tasmania's environment department said, named for the orca-like shape of their skull. (Photo by Handout/Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania/AFP Photo)





Standalone picture taken on February 19, 2025 shows a juvenile swan on a lake in Andover, Hampshire, UK. Mute swans start mating in the spring and pairs will often use the same nest every year. (Photo by Dan Lowth/Bav Media)





A one-month-old Black-and-White Colobus monkey sits with its mother in an enclosure at the National Zoo in Canberra on February 27, 2025. The baby was born as part of a breeding program at the zoo for these native African monkeys. (Photo by David Gray/AFP Photo)





A bird rests on a plum tree branch in Chongqing, China, on February 17, 2025. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





The sight of hares boxing in fields near King’s Lynn in Norfolk, UK on February 19, 2025 shows that spring may finally be on its way. (Photo by Sue Wood/Bav Media)





Hudson Bay wolves roam inside an enclosure at the Lobo Park in Antequera near Malaga, southern Spain on February 22, 2025. Iberian, European and Hudson Bay wolves live in huge enclosures at the park which is open to the public to vist and study wolf behaviors and wolf pack dynamics. (Photo by Jorge Guerrero/AFP Photo)





Eagles fight for their fish supper on the frozen Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, Japan in the last decade of February 2025. The seabirds’ dramatic wingspan is displayed as they dive for cod and flounder left out by locals to help them survive the harsh winter months. (Photo by Brian Matthews/Solent News)





Standalone picture dated February 22, 2025 shows a Short Eared Owl flying in Teeside in North East England. They breed in a wide range of open areas in Britain and nest on the ground. Pairs usually settle on a breeding territory by late March. It is one of the most active British owls during daylight. (Photo by Neil Rutherford/Bav Media)





A flamingo feeds its chick in Merida, Mexico in the last decade of February 2025. Their bright plumage comes from carotenoid pigments in their diet, particularly from algae and crustaceans; chicks are born with grey or white feathers and are fed only secretions from their parents’ stomachs. (Photo by Phillip Chang/Media Drum Images)





Picture dated February 19th, 2025 shows a hungry kestrel that attempted to snatch a barn owl’s dinner as it flew over Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, UK. The bird of prey targeted the much larger owl, then swooped into steal his supper in the brutal aerial food fight. (Photo by Dan Lowth/Bav Media)





Penguins get a front row seat to some of the best sky views mother nature has to offer in the Falkland Islands in the second decade of February 2025. (Photo by Simon Roberts/Solent News)





A pair of ring-tailed lemurs relax at Drusilla’s Zoo in Alfriston, East Sussex, UK in the last decade of February 2025, marking 100 years since the first lemurs arrived at what was then Drusilla’s tea rooms. (Photo by Jon Santa Cruz/The Times)





A stork couple sees the sun rising after braving a night with minus seven degrees Celsius (19.4 Fahrenheit) on a field in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, February 19, 2025. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A hummingbird drinks from a flower in a garden on the outfield lawn before a spring training baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Athletics, Monday, February 24, 2025, in Surprise, Ariz. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo)





A white-eye bird perches on a blossoming plum tree at Tokyo's Yushima Tenmangu shrine on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)