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.
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
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 .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .