Jeff Vanuga / Researchers monitoring the Black-footed ferret (mustela nigripes) during the soft release program in Aubrey Valley, Arizona, USA. August, 2023. Endangered.

Jeff Vanuga / Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in cage prior to release back into the wild, Shirley Basin, Wyoming, USA. August, 2023.

Jeff Vanuga / Researcher monitoring Black-footed ferret (mustela nigripes) during the soft release program, Aubrey Valley, Arizona, USA. August, 2023.

Carol Walker / Aerial view of a wild palomino pinto stallion chasing his black mare on the windblown snow on Crooks Mountain, Wyoming, USA. March.

Carol Walker / A wild pinto stallion with his foal in grassland, McCullough Peaks, Wyoming, USA. October.

Carol Walker / Two wild stallions, one a brown curly and the other a sorrel, mutual grooming on snow-covered grassland, Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming, USA. January.

Carol Walker / A wild sorrel stallion looking back on snow-covered landscape, Green Mountain, Wyoming, USA. January.

Carol Walker / A wild red roan stallion rearing up as a rival approaches, Salt Wells Creek, Wyoming, USA. June.

Carol Walker / A wild black mare, head portrait, McCullough Peaks, Wyoming, USA. July.

Carol Walker / Five wild stallions interacting, portrait, McCullough Peaks, Wyoming, USA. July.

Carol Walker / Two wild stallions standing nose to nose, the older pinto on the left is the band stallion, McCullough peaks, Wyoming, USA. July.

Carol Walker / Two wild horses, sibling fillies, nuzzling, Lost Creek, Wyoming, USA. June.