Animal Instincts

Lick Of A Lioness — AP Photo/Kai-Uwe Knoth

A female lion licks her cub in Hagenbeck's zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany, Oct. 12, 2006.

Out Of Her Tree

Asali, a young female lion, falls from a tree after attempting to grab a new bungee ball installed in a refurbished enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo Aug. 29, 2006. The exhibit has been refurbished to resemble the natural habitat of an African savannah for Asali, her parents Jambo, mother Kuchani and brother Johari.

Garden Kitty

A cat catches a nap in a garden in Palmyra, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2006.

The Dog Has His Day

Rufus, a tan-and-white bull terrier, stands over a table at Sardi's restaurant in New York, Feb. 15, 2006. Rufus became America's top dog the night before by winning Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

Baby Girl

A female snow leopard cub wakes from a nap atop a rock in the sun at the Bronx Zoo, Aug. 17, 2005 in New York. The rambunctious female was born on April 25, to mother Shikari and father Boris.

How's The Baby?

In this photo provided by the National Zoo, Dr. Sharon Deem, a veterinarian at Smithsonian's National Zoo, left, and Lisa Stevens, assistant curator get a close look at the zoo's giant panda cub during its first health exam at the zoo, Aug. 2. 2005. The cub, born on July 9, is a male and weighed 1.82 pounds and measured 12 inches long.

Now What?

A hummingbird rests on Monique Foster's hand after it flew into her home and couldn't find its way out again July 17, 2005, in High Rolls, N.M.

Till Death Us Moo Part

A pair of dwarf Brahman cattle, Thong Khaow, left, and Thong Kham, right, are married in a traditional Thai ceremony featuring processions and a banquet for more than 2,000 human guests at a cattle market in central Sa Kaew province July 10, 2005.

Where Am I?

Members of the Griffin family, from left, Garrett, 9, his mother, Karrie, and brother, Jonathon, 12, greet their golden retriever, Goldie, after she got stuck in a 12-inch pipe for almost three hours after chasing a rabbit July 6, 2005, in Monroe, N.C.

Equal Opportunity Mom

Tigger, a stray domestic shorthaired cat, guards her litter of three kittens and three abandoned baby skunks, at the Animal Health Center, in Hays, Kan., June 21, 2005. Two more skunks have joined the previous one already nursing from Tigger. The baby skunks were found near a construction site and brought to the center, where Tigger quickly adopted them.

Penguins On Parade

The life of the emperor penguin is documented in a new film titled "March of the Penguins." It traces the penguins' trek across the Antarctic on an annual journey .

Love Is Long

In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, a 6-day-old male Baringo giraffe is nuzzled by his mother June 15, 2005.

New Stripes

A newborn zebra walks around in her enclosure with her mother, Milia, at the Birmingham (Ala.) Zoo June 10, 2005. The 73-pound foal was born June 7.

Spotti's World

Baby jaguar Spotti is seen at the Attica Zoological Park in Greece June 7, 2005. The jaguar, now weighing 9.9 pounds, was born in April at a zoo in Germany.

One In Every Crowd

A group of horses face the camera while one decides to do his own thing on a farm in Beckwith, W.Va., June 9, 2005.

Baby On Board

A young Parma wallaby reaches out from his mother's pouch June 9, 2005, at the Kansas City, Mo., Zoo. The joey is the offspring of mother, Dip Stick, and father, Jet. The sex of the joey will be unknown until he, or she, decides to make that final step from the mother's pouch. The joey is about 5 months old.

Wolf Little, Wolf Big

A North American white wolf, left, together with an adult wolf, right, is seen at the Berlin Zoo June 10, 2005.

Eagle In His Arms

Peter Sharpe, a Research Wildlife Ecologist from the Institute for Wildlife Studies, carries a juvenile bald eagle, one of seven hatched at the San Francisco Zoo June 2, 2005, at the Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands, Calif.

Stench? <i>Moi?</i>

A pig peers through the bars in a pen at a research complex in Montmorenci, Ind., March 22, 2005. Purdue University scientists are making progress taming hogs' smell by attacking the source of the problem, namely the feed gobbled up by swine. Their research is a response to growing pressure, from federal regulators, environmentalists and rural residents, on the livestock industry to clean up its act.