Ancient stone pagodas in Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. While the temple was first built in 686 A.D., these relics are as as old as 1800 years, predating the founding of the temple.

Ancient stone pagodas in Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. While the temple was first built in 686 A.D., these relics are as as old as 1800 years, predating the founding of the temple.

Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. First built 686 A.D., it is one of the serial sites within Quanzhou: Emporium of the World (UNESCO). The temple site houses relics and structures predating the templet itself (up to 1800 years).

European Chub (Squalius or Leuciscus cephalus) shoal in the clear water of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. MORE INFO: Chub traditionally inhabit more lowland waters in Croatia, but they have proliferated since being introduced to Plitvice Lakes, which are warmer than in the past due to climate change, and they have reduced native trout populations considerably by predating their eggs.

A young Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) breaches with a captured fish in it's mouth from the Moray Firth, Scotland.