A cat called Clio sits by the red carpet, just before the meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomes Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Athens, Greece, on December 15, 2025. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters)




A Saki monkey investigates a festive stocking gifted by zookeepers at London Zoo, as the conservation zoo celebrates its Magic of Christmas event in London, Tuesday, December 16, 2025. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)




Pigeons circle above the rooftop of Loubna Hamdan and her husband Ibrahim Ammar, who leave food out for the birds in Chiyah, the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Photo by Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)




A dog dressed in a Christmas costume takes part in a parade as part of a festive tradition, in La Paz, Bolivia, on December 13, 2025. (Photo by Claudia Morales/Reuters)




A three-month-old tiger cub is vaccinated at his temporary home in the Budapest Zoological and Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary, 08 December 2025. The healthy male cub, weighing nine kilograms, was confiscated by police on 03 December in Tiszafuered, eastern Hungary, during a drug-related search of a private residence. A 40-year-old man was arrested and faces multiple charges related to wildlife trafficking. (Photo by Zoltan Kocsis/EPA)




Vet staff examine the world's fastest bird, the Peregrine Falcon after it was brought into the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital after flying into a glass window on December 23, 2025 in Lennox Head, Australia. The Albanese Government is investing $2 million to support the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital deliver life-saving care to sick, injured, and orphaned native wildlife on the NSW North Coast.The commitment, made during the 2025 election campaign, will help staff to treat and rehabilitate native animals.The funding is expected to support around 4,000 animals, while keeping skilled veterinarians and vet nurses employed to provide the care. Since 2020, the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, which is a registered business of Wildlife Recovery Australia, has delivered quality care to more than 10,000 wildlife patients.This is part of the Australian Government's Local Environmental Projects Program that is protecting and improving our environment and heritage. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)




Spectators enjoy a starling murmuration off Brighton beach, East Sussex, UK, by the pier after an afternoon of sunshine on December 10, 2025. (Photo by Simon Dack News/Alamy Live News)




An urban Opossum covered in light snow visits a suburban Chicago deck on December 10, 2025. (Photo by H Rick Bamman/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)




Monkeys are pictured at the Huaguo Mountain scenic area after snow in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, December 13, 2025. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)




Two baby echidnas have found themselves in expert care after being accidentally unearthed during building works in Victoria, Australia in the second decade of December 2025. The orphaned puggles, as the young are called, were disturbed when two separate burrows were uncovered – one by an excavator clearing a paddock and the other beneath a concrete slab. (Photo by Zoos Victoria/South West News Service)




Cardi B leaves after the Schiaparelli Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show on June 07, 2025. (Photo by Abdul Saboor/Reuters)




Argentina and Inter Miami's Lionel Messi sits next to a lion in a enclosure at Vantara animal rescue and rehabilitation centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, on December 15, 2025. (Photo by Vantara/Handout/Reuters)




Mass starling murmuration is obsearved by locals as they pass over Ham Wall RSPB nature reserve during an evening murmuration on Avalon Marshes, UK on December 22, 2025 – part of Somerset's levels and moors biodiverse wetlands. (Photo by Guy Corbishley/Alamy Live News)




Lavr, a dog with prosthetic front legs, sits in a TYTANOVI REHAB a modern rehabilitation center for veterans with high limb amputations, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 6, 2025. Lavr lost both front paws in an accident, after which he was quickly fitted with prosthetic implants and now inspires Ukrainian soldiers with amputated limbs as they undergo rehab at a center. (Photo by Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey/Reuters)




A deer grazes while thefull Cold Moon supermoon rises over the New York City skyline on Thursday, December 4, 2025, as seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Derek French/Rex Features/Shutterstock)




A tortoise eats vegetables from a Christmas enrichment item provided by its keepers during Christmas celebrations at the Hacienda Napoles zoo in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, on December 11, 2025. (Photo by Juan David Duque/Reuters)