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.
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
