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.
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
