BRIGHT eyed and bushy tailed, a rare monkey catches a ride on the back of its mum in Chester Zoo. At only 12 weeks old, buffy-headed capuchin monkey is one of the world’s rarest species of primates. Dr Nick Davis, assistant curator of mammals at Chester Zoo, said: “In the past they were abundant in the Atlantic rainforests of eastern Brazil, but sadly they’re now on the verge of disappearing from the wild because of severe destruction to their habitat and intense hunting.
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
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 .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
