The Elterwater quarry in Cumbria, North West England on June 12, 2023 which has now reached a water level that reveals a hidden heart shape in the stone. (Photo by Steven Lomas/Animal News Agency)

Savannah Bananas utility player Dakota Albritton throws in the seventh inning against the Savannah Party Animals at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Matt Kartozian/USA TODAY Sports)

An animal runs through a field of grass while fleeing the Park Fire in the Cohasset community in Butte County, Calif., July 25, 2024. (Photo by Noah Berger/AP Photo)

Matteo Pugliese was born in Milan in 1969. In 1978 his family moved to Sardinia and lived there for the next 12 years. During this time he developed a strong love for drawing and sculpture and practiced without formal education. After finishing his secondary school studies in classics in Cagliari, he returned to Milan to attend university. In 1995 he was awarded his degree in modern literature at the University of Milan with a graduation thesis on art criticism.

An iguana in Bali helped Julij Kopilović, age eight, from Slovenia, earn second runner-up in Amazing Animals. (Photo by Julij Kopilović/National Geographic)

This image released by Disney shows Mena Massoud as Aladdin, left, and Will Smith as Genie in Disney's live-action adaptation of the 1992 animated classic “Aladdin”. (Photo by Daniel Smith/Disney via AP Photo)

Shoppers walk past crocodiles for sale at a market in Bata on February 3, 2015. Markets in Equatorial Guinea sell a variety of animals including pangolins, monkeys and crocodiles as food. (Photo by Carl de Souza/AFP Photo)