THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water. Using its massive feet to jump from lily pad to lily pad, this Jacana fails to disappear into the background when catching its food. These funny photographs were taken by amateur photographer Ian Gordon Brown, 53, after he spotted the African Jacana at the Chobe nature reserve, Botswana. 'What is absolutely amazing is from birth, the chicks feed themselves - the parents don't feed them at all,'said Ian
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
