Western Cattle Egret nesting on Sidr tree known for its medicinal benefits. Located at the corner of 135th St and Al Reem St in Al Ain on September 4, 2023. (Photo by Victor Besa/The National)





An endangered high mountain baby gorilla is seen in the forest within the Volcanoes National Park near Kinigi, Musanze District, Rwanda on August 31, 2023. (Photo by Jean Bizimana/Reuters)





An Atlantic puffin brings a beak full of baitfish to feed its chick in a burrow under rocks on Eastern Egg Rock, a small island off mid-coast Maine, Sunday, August 5, 2023. Scientists who monitor seabirds said Atlantic puffins had their second consecutive rebound year for fledging chicks after suffering a bad 2021. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)





Newborn meerkat pups Busta and Missy explore the meerkat enclosure at Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park, near Stirling, Scotland on Friday, August 25, 2023. Three pups – Busta, Missy and Emmie – have been born to first-time parents Cardi B and Biggie, who joined the park's meerkat community in April 2022. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)





Icelandic horses play at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, early Tuesday, August 29, 2023. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A colony of Adelie penguins march to Ross Sea in Antarctica in the last decade of August 2023 and can't hide their delight as they jump into the water. (Photo by Michael Oliver/Animal News Agency)





A baby green turtle reaches the sea on a beach at Akyatan Wildlife Improvement Area, which hosts caretta carettas and green sea turtles, after hatching in Karatas district of Adana, Turkiye on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Eren Bozkurt/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A blue heron’s wing just touches the water as it flys over the Corsica River in Centreville, Maryland, on August 21, 2023. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP Photo)





In this fur-ocious fight, two fox twins have been spotted locking paws as this sibling rivalry spirals into an epic brawl in London in the last decade of August 2023. (Photo by Anthony Cunningham/Caters News Agency)





Hundreds of starlings join the semi-feral conservation Welsh mountain ponies, mare's and their foals in a spectacular display on the protected Llanrhidian Marsh, North Gower, Swansea on August 29, 2023. The picturesque area of Llanrhidian Marsh is classed as one of the best salt-marshes in Britain, known for its abundance of flora and fauna.The starlings use the ponies like a drive through, fast food restaurant - The starlings perch and hitch a ride on the backs of the ponies, whilst the ponies, which are selective grazers, rummage, kick up and chomp on the grasses. By the ponies doing this, bugs revealed and are brought up to the surface. As soon as this happens, the starlings jump down, seizing this opportunity for an easy grub meal. (Photo by Joann Randles/Cover Images)





A white tailed eagle swoops and catches fish just meters away from photgrapher Karen O'Connell at Loch Na Keal, on the Isle of Mull, Scotland in the last decade of August 2023. (Photo by Karen O'Connell/Animal News Agency)





A crab is seen at a mangrove swamp in Nuqui municipality, Choco Department, Colombia on August 5, 2023. Last June, UNESCO declared the Colombian Pacific Gulf of Tribuga region as a natural biosphere reserve. (Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP Photo)





Little egrets are seen in Bursa, Turkiye on August 21, 2023. With the approach of autumn, the passage of migratory birds continues to increase. Tens of thousands of shorebirds of many species stop to feed in the wetlands and marshes of Bursa, which is on an important migration route. (Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A striated heron feeds on a fish in a pond in Singapore on August 28, 2023. (Photo by Roslan Rahman/AFP Photo)





The killer whale as it arches above the waters service while in pursuit of a bottlenose dolphin in The Seas of Cortes, Mexico in August 2023. Orcas are the largest extant members of the dolphin family. Males typically range from six to eight metres (20 to 26 ft) long and weigh in excess of six tonnes. Orcas are apex predators and have a diverse diet. Individual populations often specialise in particular types of prey. This includes a variety of fish, sharks, rays, and marine mammals such as seals, other species of dolphin, and whales. They are highly social; some populations are composed of highly stable matrilineal family groups (pods). Their sophisticated hunting techniques and vocal behaviours, which are often specific to a particular group and passed across generations, have been described as manifestations of animal culture. (Photo by Christopher Swann/Media Drum Images)





A Yellow-Throated Toucan, also known as “Ramphastos Ambiguus”, rescued from illegal trafficking is seen in the La Reserva Bio Park in Cota, Cundinamarca on August 17, 2023. Colombia's Bioparque La Reserva is a vital sanctuary for endangered animals harmed by illegal trafficking. Focused on rehabilitation and conservation, the park offers hope and protection for these creatures at the brink of extinction. Through mimicry of natural habitats, the park fosters healing and reproduction, embodying the fight against wildlife trade and habitat loss. (Photo by Juancho Torres/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





An Indian one-horned rhino with his calf wades through the floodwaters at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Guwahati on August 30, 2023. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





A Sumatran tiger cub, successfully bred as part of a conservation programme at London Zoo, cleans one of its parents during the annual weigh-in to document the health and condition of animals at London Zoo, in London, Britain on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)





The semi-feral conservation Welsh mountain ponies, who reside on the marsh at Penclawdd, Swansea, take to the water to swim across the River Loughor, UK on August 31, 2023. These highly intelligent, native, hardy, ponies are fantastic swimmers and well adapted to living in these conditions on the marsh. (Photo by Joann Randles/Cover Images)





A red squirrel in the last decade of August 2023 on Brownsea Island, off the Dorset coast, UK which has a population of more than 200 of the squirrels. They have been native to these islands for 10,000 years. (Photo by David Dyson/The Times)