Spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is seen as thousands of different bird species migrating to the south for breeding and wintering use the wetlands with the arrival of autumn, in Bursa, Turkiye on September 22, 2024. (Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A deer stag barks, as the annual rutting season continues, in Richmond Park, London, Britain, on October 4, 2024. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)





A pied kingfisher makes a splash in a river in Hong Kong in the last decade of September 2023 (Photo by Mark Yeung/Solent News & Photo Agency)





A bottlenose dolphin has a whale of a time in New Quay Bay, Wales, UK on October 3, 2024. (Photo by Sarah Michelle Wyer/Picture Exclusive)





A heron lands in the water off a beach in Kuwait City on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP Phoot)





Baby parrots rescued by the firefighters are seen during a wildfire in Concepcion, Santa Cruz Department, Boliva, on September 25, 2024. Bolivia has registered so far this year a total of 3,872,498 hectares of forests and grasslands destroyed by fires, more than in all of 2023, informed the Minister of Environment and Water, Alan Lisperguer, on September 9. (Photo by Rodrigo Urzagasti/AFP Photo)





Young stags clash antlers in a field near the town of Lipjan, Kosovo, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Armend Nimani/AFP Photo)





White Pelicans are viewed at Bird Sanctuary National Park in Turkiye's Balikesir on September 21, 2024. Bird Paradise National Park, located on the lake shore within the borders of Bandirma and Manyas districts of Balikesir, hosts white pelicans migrating in flocks to breed and spend the winter with the arrival of autumn. (Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A freshwater crocodile snaps up his supper in Bekasi, Indonesia on October 9, 2024. The crocodiles can grow to ten feet in length. (Photo by Dzul Dzulfikri/Media Drum Images)





A Humpback whale swims in the surface of the Pacific Ocean near Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia, on September 27, 2024. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrate annually from the Antarctic Peninsula to peek into the Colombian Pacific ocean coast, with an approximate distance of 8,500 km, to give birth and nurse their young. (Photo by Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP Photo)





A kingfisher is poised beside the River Gipping in Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK early October 2024 (Photo by Ivor Ottley/Animal News Agency)





Flamingos rest at the Cakalburnu Lagoon which hosts many migratory bird species, baby fishes and other creatures at the Balcova district in Izmir, Turkiye on Septemer 30, 2024. Flamingos rest on one leg and use less muscle strength to maintain more heat and balance. (Photo by Berkan Cetin/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A dog has adopted an orphaned baby monkey in Himachal Pradesh, India in the first decade of October 2024 – and even tolerates the youngster pulling on her ears. (Photo by Anuj Jain/Media Drum Images)





Pine martens hunt for food in the early evening on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in western Scotland in the first decade of October 2024. (Photo by Mike McKenzie/Animal News Agency)





A Humpback whale jumps up from the ocean in Husavik, Iceland on October 8, 2024. (Photo by Meghana Sastry/Reuters)





An elephant seal takes a sunbath on a beach, in Pico Sayago, in the Patagonian province of Chubut, Argentina on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)





A red fox catches a mouse early Friday at Lakefront Promenade Park on September 27, 2024 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A White rhinoceros drinks water at Lake Nakuru National Park, which is the natural habitat of many animal species, in Nakuru, Kenya on September 28, 2024. The 188 square kilometer national park, covers Lake Nakuru and its surroundings, welcomes visitors with its unique nature and unique wildlife. (Photo by James Kamau Wakibia/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A pair of three month-old lion cubs cuddle up in the Greater Kruger national park, South Africa early October 2024. (Photo by Charlie Lynam/Solent News)





A pair of alpacas at a British farm in Dorchester, Dorset on October 9, 2024 pose together at the perfect time to conjure up a creature straight out of Dr Dolittle's imagination. (Phoot by MaxWillcock/Bournemouth News)