A roundup of animals in the news from recent months, seen from the perspectives of their human observers, companions, captors, and caretakers
Images of some of the refugee cats and dogs of Ukraine being cared for as family members, and brought to safety
A special Sunday event: a photographic essay celebrating such magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America and are captured here in photos from recent years.
Stephanie Keith, a photographer with Reuters, recently joined members of the Olympic Cougar Project as they tracked a wild cougar named Lilu.
Dive into a frigid Norwegian fjord with the photographer Olivier Morin and a group of orcas as they hunt for herring.
Carlos Osorio, a photographer with Reuters, has spent the past week in Churchill, Manitoba, taking photos of polar bears, the town, and the frigid landscape.
The photographer Chris McGrath recently joined Boji, an Istanbul street dog, as he made his daily rounds on the city’s subways, ferries, trams, and buses.
Winning images from the annual photo competition produced by the Natural History Museum, London
It’s time once more for a look at the animal kingdom and our interactions with the countless species that share our planet.
Some of the best bird photography of the year—a collection of the 2021 winners and runners-up
Images of the dogs and their handlers during the three-day competition and preliminary activities
Some of the winning images from this year’s contest, showcasing the natural world
In parts of the eastern, central, and southern United States, trillions of Brood X cicadas are now emerging.
The Greater London area is home to thousands of parakeets, an invasive species that appears to be thriving in its new urban setting.
A Reuters photographer recently spent time with researchers who call themselves the “virus hunters,” as they caught and studied bats in the Philippines.
COVID-19 precautions forced the trail to be altered, but the 49th running of the Iditarod still took place.
A special Sunday event: a photographic essay celebrating these magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, and are captured here in photos from recent years.
Images from around the world, showing canine COVID-19–detection programs under development
Winning images from the annual photo competition produced by the Natural History Museum, London
Time again for a look at the animal kingdom and our interactions with the countless species that share our planet
Recent images of African and Asian elephants in their natural habitat, as well as in preserves and protected parks
Splashing in a mountain lake, diving or surfing, playing in pools, or just cooling off in a puddle or trough
Some of the best bird photography of the year—a collection of the 2020 winners and runners-up
Images from hard-hit areas in Kenya, Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Yemen, taken over recent months
A series of sandstorms has sent thousands to hospitals with breathing problems, and caused the closure of airports, schools, and government offices.
A fashion show in Burkina Faso, images from battlefields in Ukraine, the Witches and Wizards Convention in Brazil, a sandstorm in Iraq, electric-scooter racing in England, and much more
Images of Lake Mead, which has reached its lowest water levels since the 1930s
Recent images of the landscapes and inhabitants of Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean