HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .

FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .

Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .

A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .