Three brown bear cubs in the second decade of September 2025 climb a tree to escape perceived danger in a forest in eastern Finland near the Russian border, while their mother watches nearby, ready to protect them. (Photo by Erik Mandre/Solent News & Photo Agency)





A tribe of langur monkeys perch on the branches of a tree in Pushkar, India on September 2, 2025. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)





An aerial view of flamingos observed in a bird sanctuary near Sariyar Dam in Cayirhan town of Nallihan district, Ankara, Turkiye on September 10, 2025. The Bird Sanctuary hosts numerous bird species. While many spend the summer here and migrate south in winter, the species include flamingos and pelicans. (Photo by Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Storks take off from a field in Buettelborn near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, September 3, 2025. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





An orangutan shields itself after disturbing a wasps’ next while searching for forest fruits in the Danum Valley, Borneo in the first decade of September 2025. (Photo by Dale Morris/Solent News & Photo Agency)





Paignton Zoo in UK on September 8, 2025 celebrates first Cassowary chick in 21 years and the only such birth in Europe this year. The chick is being raised by its father Madrid, following the species' natural behaviour where males assume all parenting duties. Cassowaries, large flightless birds native to Australia and New Guinea, can reach around 1.5 metres in height (with females growing closer to 2 metres) and possess sharp claws capable of inflicting serious injuries. Despite their dangerous reputation, the species demonstrates notable parenting behaviour, with fathers incubating eggs for approximately 50 days and raising offspring for up to 18 months. (Photo by William Dax/South West News Service)





A jaguar relaxes in Tulum, Mexico early September 2025. Jaguar numbers are up 30% in Mexico, leading conservationists to hope that in 15 years the species will no longer be at risk of extinction in the country. A recent survey found more than 5,000 jaguars across a range of areas. (Photo by Frans Lemmens/Alamy Live News)





A baby coatimundi was one of a group of mothers and their children migrating through the Tonto Natural Bridge State Park in Arizona in the first decade of September 2025. (Photo by Mark Koster/Animal News Agency)





A two-week-old giant anteater cub rides on its mother's back at the zoo in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, September 11, 2025. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





An elegant flying fox, also known as the greater Indian fruit bat, at Ramna Park, in Dhaka, Bangladesh early September 2025. These bats can fly at up to 19mph. (Photo by Zuma Press/Alamy Live News)





Two bee-eaters squabble over a perch in Malopolskie, Poland on September 10, 2025, as one tugs at the other’s wing in a jostle for the best hunting spot. (Photo by Przemysław Kacprzak/Solent News)





The snowy owl was spooked by passing wallabies at Hamerton Zoo Park in Hamerton, near Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, UK on September 10, 2025. (Photo by Daniel Thrower/Solent News)





Amelia Gray the polar bear made her debut at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago on Wednesday 10 September 2025. The playful and curious Arctic beast explored all areas of her new habitat – including a plunge to explore her new pool – and enjoyed a variety of enrichment like rib bones. The eight-year-old recently arrived from Oregon Zoo and is a powerful reminder of the critical need to protect this vulnerable species, which research projects that up to two-thirds of the polar bear population could disappear by the end of the century. (Photo by Brookfield Zoo Chicago/Cover Images)





In another first at one of the UK’s zoos, a Chilean flamingo chick has been born at Edinburgh Zoo for the first time in almost ten years. (Photo by Alan Simpson)





A common gallinule runs across the water to escape a nearby alligator at Green Cay Nature Center in Boynton Beach, Florida on September 4, 2025. Unlike most waterbirds, gallinules have long toes that allow them to walk on floating vegetation. The species is known for its loud, cackling calls that often echo through wetlands. (Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A macaque monkey jumps between trees as another looks on in Dharamshala, India, Thursday, September 11, 2025. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





An egret takes flight beside a body of water in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on September 13, 2025. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





Flies sit around the eye of a horse in Wehrheim, Germany, on Thursday, September 4, 2025. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)