HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun. The baby owls were photographed in a park in Jakarta, Indonesia by Tanto Yensen. The 36-year-old photographer, of Jakarta, Indonesia, says: "I spotted the owls perched together on a branch in the sunshine.
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .