An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera. Lying on a coconut leaf in the early morning sun, the tiny little rodent has his mouth wide open, before sticking his tongue out in a cheeky gesture. The moment was captured by 19-year-old student, Ranajit Roy in his hometown of Bengaluru, India. He says: 'I was up early and walking when I spotted the Indian palm squirrel asleep in a tree.
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
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 .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .