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.
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .