BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test. The one year old Eurasian brown bear cub, with the help of her mother and other siblings, scampers ten metres up the tree trunk, before perching on one of the branches. The nimble cub clings on with her claws as the tree wobbles back and forth. This adorable family bonding time was captured by Lithuanian photographers Dalia Kvedaraite, 35, and Giedrius Stakauskas, 38, on a visit to the Martinselkonen Nature Reserve, Russia.
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
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 .