A pair of dwarf mongooses take tiny steps and begin exploring their enclosure at Chester Zoo. The little youngsters were spotted by keepers enjoying their first adventure. The duo, who were born on 8th September, spent a month in their nest box with keepers just hearing occasional squeaks. Dave White, team manager at Chester Zoo, says: “Now that our new duo has started exploring they’re going to keep mum, dad and the rest of the dwarf mongoose group very much on their tiny toes.
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .