-
Locals evacuate their animals as a wildfire rages in the suburb of Thrakomakedones, north of Athens, Greece.
Photograph: Giorgos Moutafis/Reuters
-
An injured Asian tapir (Tapirus indicus) receives medical treatment in the Natural Resources Conservation Center in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Indonesia. The Asian tapir is one of the most protected species because it is almost extinct in Indonesia, especially on the island of Sumatra.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
-
Newly hatched parlama turtles are released on Monterrico beach in Santa Rosa, Guatemala. The turtles, which are born in a hatchery, are released at this time of year as a method of preservation of the species that is endangered in the country by the hunting of eggs for illegal sale.
Photograph: Esteban Biba/EPA
-
A green cat has been spotted in the streets of the Black sea town of Varna, Bulgaria. The cat acquired the emerald colour by sleeping near a building under construction that is being painted green.
Photograph: Impact Press Group/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
-
-
A lemur tries to get in the picture as a man takes photographs at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in China.
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
-
Polar bears spar near the Hudson Bay community of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Reuters
-
The Scottish SPCA has said it is caring for more than 100 hedgehogs and is appealing for help to feed them. The charity is recording admissions of young hogs because the animals have been giving birth later in the year due to the mild autumn.
Photograph: Scottish SPCA/PA
-
An Indian gray mongoose with its young in Tehatta, India.
Photograph: Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
-
-
Barberry berries with water drops after a rain in a garden outside Moscow, Russia.
Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
-
A squirrel on a stump in Izmailovo park, Moscow, Russia.
Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/TASS
-
Atlantic walruses in Svalbard, Norway. Thousands of people have answered the call from WWF and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to search for walruses in satellite images taken from space, as part of a project aimed to improve understanding of how the walrus will be affected by the climate crisis.
Photograph: 10759/Tony Wu
-
Two brown pelicans rest in the fishing port of Puerto Ayora, in Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos. The country, where more than 90% of the population depends on nature tourism, is experiencing signs of recovery with a firm commitment to conservation, backed by the recent initiative to extend its exclusive marine reserve.
Photograph: Elias L Benarroch/EPA
-
-
A snared badger. Species such as badgers, birds of prey and marine mammals have been victims of a rise in wildlife crime during the pandemic, nature groups have warned. A report from 16 conservation and animal welfare groups warned that wildlife crime rose for many species in 2020, but convictions fell by more than half.
Photograph: Wildlife and Countryside Link/PA
-
A Tree trunk spider (Hersiliidae) is mimicking the white part of the wall in the house on the orange wall for easy prey at Tehatta, West Bengal, India. The spiders have two prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen, earning them the nickname ‘two-tailed spiders’.
Photograph: Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
-
A little egret is seen in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait.
Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock
-
A black-browed albatross and its chick nesting in the Falkland Islands. Scientists are finding that albatrosses are ‘divorcing’ more often due to the climate crisis.
Photograph: Andy Rouse/PA
-
-
A giraffe walks near an elevated railway line that allows movement of animals below the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line linking Nairobi and Naivasha, inside the Nairobi national park, in Kenya.
Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
-
A lizard makes it way through ash-covered ground following volcano eruptions in Las Manchas, in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. According to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), animals are resisting leaving their habitats as everything is covered in ash and the air is mostly unbreathable.
Photograph: CSIC/Manuel Nogales HANDOUT/EPA
-
Lambs and sheep graze on a foggy autumn morning in central Kashmir. Preparations for winter are in full swing across the Kashmir valley as autumn colours are reaching their peak with trees changing their colours as the days are becoming shorter showcasing the approach of winter in Kashmir.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
-
Pigs on the Lightcliffe golf club, Calderdale, UK. The hogs caused chaos at the club by storming the green, knocking over bags and injuring golfers.
Photograph: David Mckidd/PA
-