DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast. Bobbing its head as it moves through the frosty grass, the adorable creature darts and leaps across the field as it searches for the perfect meal. The delightful animal was photographed by Swiss student Etienne Francey as he watched the stoat play in fields in his hometown of Cousset in Switzerland. The 17-year-old says: ‘Cycling along a country road near my house one snowy day, I was startled to see a stoat run across the road in front of me.
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
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CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
