In Wigan, UK, barn owlets jostle for space as they wait for their mother, who hunts by sound rather than sight, to return with food in the second decade of August 2024. (Photo by Lesley Gooding/Animal News Agency)





Flamingos accommodate in groups at Akkaya Dam lake in Nigde, Turkiye on July 30, 2024. The dam, which is home to duck species such as steep tail, diamondback, and patka, which are on the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), also hosts 225 of the 500 bird species observed in Turkiye (Photo by Ali Ihsan Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Ducks at Goksu Park swim to cool off due to hot weather during a summer season in Ankara, Turkiye on August 7, 2024. (Photo by Didem Mente/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A mountain hare shakes off rain from its fur, in Findhorn Valley, Moray, Scotland in the second decade of August 2024. In summer, the hare’s coat is a grey-brown colour with a tinge of blue, making them hard to spot against the heather moorland. In winter, it changes to almost completely white for camouflage in the snow. (Photo by Will Hall/Solent News)





This photo made available by the Detroit Zoo, shows an unnamed baby gorilla is the first to be born at the Detroit Zoo, arriving Thursday, August 8, 2024 and joining a troop of four including mother Bandia and father Mshindi. (Phoot by Detroit Zoo via AP Photo)





A six-week-old baby hippo “Toni”, named after German national soccer player Antonio Ruediger, is pictured at the Berlin Zoo, in Berlin, Germany, on August 15, 2024. (Photo by Nadja Wohlleben/Reuters)





Icelandic horses run in their paddock at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, early Tuesday, August 13, 2024. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





A Moorish hedgehog rescued from a war-torn city on eastern Ukraine is seen at a family house turned an animal shelter called SvoRa in Kharkiv City, Ukraine on August 02, 2024. SvoRa is an NGO run by Roman, a military chaplain, and Valeria, his wife. SvoRa has helped evacuating more than 600 animals since the war started in 2022, from which 340 animals were adopted while 260 have found their home in other shelters. (Photo by Narciso Contreras/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A ghost crab scuttles near the water on the beachfront property owned by Ekolu Lindsey, where his family has lived for five generations, Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Lindsey’s so familiar with the area he notices when more crabs are around or fish are undersized. He has brought school groups there to teach them about the coral, seaweed and the ocean. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo)





An Oystercatcher, (Haematopus ostralegus), which is listed as Near Threatened (NT) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of endangered species, is seen at Kocacay Delta in Bursa, Turkiye on July 23, 2024. These birds visit the region during migration periods, distinguished by their red beaks and eyes, black-and-white plumage, and distinctive calls. The delta is significant for wildlife due to its floodplain forests, lagoons, and extensive sandbanks. Designated as a protected zone under the “Ecological Impact Zone” category because of its wetland ecosystem, this area is home to thousands of birds from both migratory and resident species. (Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii) surveys the area while hunting in Pacific Grove, California, US on August 5, 2024. (Photo by Rory Merry/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





An endangered Grevy’s zebra foal is the miniature double of its mother after being born three days ago, August 11, 2024 at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, UK. (Photo by Corin Messer/Marwell Zoo)





A kingfisher hunting near a woodland stream in Durham, UK on August 9, 2024. (Photo by David Driver/South West News Service)





A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Sydney on August 7, 2024. The animals can measure up to 17m and weigh up to 40 tonnes. (Photo by John Goodridge/Magnus News)





A little egret made big waves looking for small prawns and fish for its supper in Mandurah, Western Australia in the second decade of August 2024. (Photo by Paul Fenton/Solent News)





A barn owl peers down towards the camera, seen from a vole’s-eye view while hunting at dusk in Cheshire, UK in the second decade of August 2024. (Photo by David Akers/Solent News)





A Great white egret (Ardea alba) flies at Bahia de Guanabara in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 1, 2024. (Photo by Pablo Porciúncula/AFP Photo)





A Lesser flamingo at the birds' enclosure at the Joburg Zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 August 2024. The Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare zoo established in 1904 and houses about 2,000 animals of some 320 species. The Lesser Flamingo is found in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. The bill of a flamingo acts like a sieve, filtering microorganisms and tiny bits of algae from the water. (Photo by Kim Ludbrook/EPA/EFE)





A southern pudu fawn, one of the smallest deer species in the world, born at the zoo at about 2 pounds, in the Queens borough of New York on June 21, 2024. (Photo by Terria Clay/Wildlife Conservation Society's Queens Zoo via AP Photo)





A harvest mouse balances between two stalks of wheat near Burnley, Lancashire, UK in the second decade of August 2024. (Photo by Vicky Outen/Media Drum Images)