The most beautiful nature photos of February

A school of bream surrounds a bull shark in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico. "I'm not sure what their relationship is or what they're doing, but the shark is definitely not a predator. It's just swimming calmly while the smaller fish move around it," photographer Henley Spiers describes.

The setting sun shines through a crevice in the rocks at Pfeiffer Beach, California, USA. This scene occurs for about two weeks every winter.

A reindeer in Sweden with some velvet left on its antlers. The velvet coat nourishes the antlers, allowing them to regrow new antlers each year.

Spectacular view from Seceda peak, Dolomites, Italy. Photographer Tomasz Przychodzień took this photo after waiting for a hailstorm to end.

A pygmy marmoset emerges from a tree hollow. This is the world’s smallest monkey, with adults weighing only about 0.1 kg. They live mainly on tree sap, and occasionally eat fruit.

Three puffins touch beaks and stare at each other. They come to the Farne Islands, England, each spring to breed and raise their chicks.

Drone footage captured a gentle morning mist surrounding a mountain peak in the Icelandic highlands, one of the most sparsely populated areas in Europe.

A pair of red foxes fight over territory on the San Juan Islands in Washington state. Despite their name, red foxes can have many other colors.

Three hippos watch and wait in a lake in Botswana. "They don't mind me at all. As long as I keep my distance and don't disturb their space, I'll be safe. However, I have to admit that this encounter was a little too close and a little uncomfortable. I'm extremely scared of hippos," photographer Hellen Lisa Barbara shared.

Stone pillars formed after thousands of years of erosion in Zhangjiajie National Park, Hunan Province, China. The ancient stone pillars have become symbols of the Chinese landscape and are often depicted in ancient works of art.