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.
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
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 .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .