• A red deer stag and hind caress in Richmond park at sunrise in south west London. AFP
    A red deer stag and hind caress in Richmond park at sunrise in south west London. AFP
  • A staff member feeding a Tasmanian devil joey in mainland Australia. Tasmanian devils have been released into the wild on Australia's mainland 3,000 years after the feisty marsupials went extinct there, in what conservationists described on October 5 as a "historic" step. AFP / Aussie Ark
    A staff member feeding a Tasmanian devil joey in mainland Australia. Tasmanian devils have been released into the wild on Australia's mainland 3,000 years after the feisty marsupials went extinct there, in what conservationists described on October 5 as a "historic" step. AFP / Aussie Ark
  • Chris Hemsworth and wife Elsa Pataky release Tasmanian devils into the wild at Barrington Tops, Australia. Aussie Ark/Reuters
    Chris Hemsworth and wife Elsa Pataky release Tasmanian devils into the wild at Barrington Tops, Australia. Aussie Ark/Reuters
  • A Tasmanian devil walking in the wild in mainland Australia. AFP / Aussie Ark
    A Tasmanian devil walking in the wild in mainland Australia. AFP / Aussie Ark
  • Tasmanian devils are released into the wild at Barrington Tops, New South Wales state, Australia. WildArk via AP
    Tasmanian devils are released into the wild at Barrington Tops, New South Wales state, Australia. WildArk via AP
  • A whale is seen near the Faslane nuclear submarine base in Gare Loch as rescuers raced to herd a group of whales out of a Scottish loch ahead of major military exercises in Scotland, Britain. Reuters
    A whale is seen near the Faslane nuclear submarine base in Gare Loch as rescuers raced to herd a group of whales out of a Scottish loch ahead of major military exercises in Scotland, Britain. Reuters
  • Bees suck nectar from a Night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum), one of its favorites, at the end of spring in San Salvador. AFP
    Bees suck nectar from a Night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum), one of its favorites, at the end of spring in San Salvador. AFP
  • A red deer stag roars in Richmond park during its breeding season, or the rut, in south west London. AFP
    A red deer stag roars in Richmond park during its breeding season, or the rut, in south west London. AFP
  • Two endangered southern Asian peregrine falcons sit in a cage after Italian finance police stopped an Italian citizen at Rome's Fiumicino airport who was trying to smuggle them into the country, in Rome, Italy. Guardia di Finanza/Handout via Reuters
    Two endangered southern Asian peregrine falcons sit in a cage after Italian finance police stopped an Italian citizen at Rome's Fiumicino airport who was trying to smuggle them into the country, in Rome, Italy. Guardia di Finanza/Handout via Reuters
  • A crocodile enters in the water at the Yala National Park in the southern district of Yala, some 250 km southwest of Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP
    A crocodile enters in the water at the Yala National Park in the southern district of Yala, some 250 km southwest of Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP
  • Sri Lankan elephants walk in the water at the Yala National Park in the southern district of Yala, some 250 km southwest of Colombo. AFP
    Sri Lankan elephants walk in the water at the Yala National Park in the southern district of Yala, some 250 km southwest of Colombo. AFP
  • A leopard is pictured at the Yala National Park in the southern district of Yala, some 250 km southwest of Colombo. AFP
    A leopard is pictured at the Yala National Park in the southern district of Yala, some 250 km southwest of Colombo. AFP
  • California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) staff evaluates a bear, as it is treated for burns suffered from the Bear Fire in Butte County, at the Wildlife Investigations Lab, California, U.S., September 21, 2020. California Department of Fish and Wildlife/Handout via Reuters
    California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) staff evaluates a bear, as it is treated for burns suffered from the Bear Fire in Butte County, at the Wildlife Investigations Lab, California, U.S., September 21, 2020. California Department of Fish and Wildlife/Handout via Reuters
  • Veterinarian Dr. Jamie Peyton sutures sterilized tilapia skins on to a bear's burned paw pads, after medications have been applied, as it is treated for burns suffered from the Bear Fire in Butte County, at the Wildlife Investigations Lab, California, US, September 21, 2020. California Department of Fish and Wildlife/Handout via Reuters
    Veterinarian Dr. Jamie Peyton sutures sterilized tilapia skins on to a bear's burned paw pads, after medications have been applied, as it is treated for burns suffered from the Bear Fire in Butte County, at the Wildlife Investigations Lab, California, US, September 21, 2020. California Department of Fish and Wildlife/Handout via Reuters
  • A person feeds peanuts to a grey squirrel in Washington Square Park in New York City. AFP / Angela Weiss
    A person feeds peanuts to a grey squirrel in Washington Square Park in New York City. AFP / Angela Weiss
  • Wild boars walk at a beach in Miedzyzdroje, northwestern Poland. EPA
    Wild boars walk at a beach in Miedzyzdroje, northwestern Poland. EPA

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October 08, 2020

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