Roland Seitre / Wildlife biologist Valery Kopsco, with a young Black-footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes), part of a reintroduction project at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, March 2002.

Bernard Castelein / Khur / Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus) with foal, walking at sunset, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India

Jane Burton / Tabby kitten inspecting a tortoise.

Bence Mate / Willow grouse chick {Lagopus lagopus} Dovrefjell, Norway

Mark Taylor / Embden cross Greylag Gosling and Mallard Duckling.

Mark Taylor / Black Maine Coon kitten and cute Daxiedoodle puppy.

Mark Taylor / Gosling and duckling together on yellow background.

Mark Taylor / Yellow gosling and duckling on yellow background.

Roger Powell / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) feeding chick on nest, amidst large colony, Great Saltee Island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Roger Powell / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) with two chicks, one yawning, at the nest, East Dunmore, Waterford, Republic of Ireland, June

Konrad Wothe / American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) feeding young in middle of stream, Costa Rica

Konrad Wothe / Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) with prey for chicks at nest, Bulgaria, May