Konik ponies fight for dominance during foaling season at the National Trust’s Wicken Fen nature reserve in Cambridgeshire on May 1, 2019. Wicken Fen is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Wire Press Association)





Beavers have alleviated flooding, reduced pollution and boosted populations of fish and amphibians, according to study of wild-living animals in Devon, England. (Photo by Mike Symes/Devon Wildlife Trust/PA Wire Press Association)





Newly-born cheetah cubs and their mother Savannah rest in their enclosure at Prague Zoo, Czech Republic, July 31, 2017. Quintuplets of cheetah cubs were born on May 15, 2017. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)





Britain’s hedgehogs could be at greater risk after Brexit because hedges may no longer be protected by agriculture regulations, a report says. (Photo by Coatsey/Alamy Stock Photo)





Alpine ibex lock horns in Italy. (Photo by Paolino Massimiliano Manuel/Alamy Stock Photo)





A female Eurasian lynx in a birch forest near Bardu in Norway in January 2021. A study to assess views about the possible reintroduction of lynx to Scotland is being launched. The project said research has shown that extensive areas of Scotland could support lynx, and the animals could bring environmental benefits. (Photo by Peter Cairns/scotlandbigpicture.com/PA Wire)





A red squirrel stockpiles walnuts in Pitlochry, Scotland, Britain on October 8, 2019. (Photo by Russell Cheyne/Reuters)





Recently born Madagascan ring-tailed lemur twins on their mother at the city’s zoo in Chester, England on March 18, 2020. (Photo by Chester Zoo/Handout via Reuters)





A puma waits for an eye exam at the Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on May 20, 2019. (Photo by Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP Photo)





An Indian Grey Mongoose foraging on a mountain slope reacts to camera in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, January 19, 2020. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Britain’s milder weather is attracting exotic guests,such as this cattle egret, seen removing flies from cattle in Stiffkey flood meadows, Norfolk. (Photo by Christopher Cook/Alamy Stock Photo)





A fox pounces on a mouse in the snowy hills on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. (Photo by Johnny Krüger/Mediadrumimages)





Birds sit on a buffalo at the Nairobi National Park, near Nairobi, Kenya, December 3, 2018. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)





A southern koala grazes on eucalyptus leaves at a new enclosure in Longleat safari park, Wiltshire. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Wire Press Association)





A plateau pika at Jiatang Grassland in Chindu county, Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture, in Qinghai province, north-west China. Thirty-one participants gathered for a nature-observing event this week at the grassland, 4,200 metres above sea level. (Photo by Tian Wenjie/Xinhua News Agency/Barcroft Media)





A bharal, also called the Himalayan blue sheep, at a nature reserve in north-west China. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Barcroft Images)





A curious chipmunk at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge in Cheney, Washington, USA. (Photo by Sam Judy/Alamy Stock Photo)





A family of smooth-coated otters make their way to a canal to practise swimming near Singapore River. Comprising of three adults and three pups their home is in the city centre. (Photo by Xinjiapo/Xinhua/Barcroft Images)





In this June 13, 2017, file photo, the parents of this 7-week old red wolf pup keep an eye on their offspring at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, N.C. A pack of wild canines found frolicking near the beaches of the Texas Gulf Coast have led to the discovery that red wolves, or at least an animal closely aligned with them, are enduring in secluded parts of the Southeast nearly 40 years after the animal was thought to have become extinct in the wild. (Photo by Gerry Broome/AP Photo)