TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo. The Sumatran tiger cubs are given a full examination by zoo staff to ensure they’re in purr-fect shape. The trio, born to mother Kirana and father Fabi on 2nd January, huddle together after their checks, which included being examined, sexed, weighed and vaccinated.
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .