OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled. Taken aback, he sits with his hands clasped and jaw dropped. The surprised eastern grey squirrel was photographed by Lithuanian photographer Giedrius Stakauskas, 38, on a trip to Bushy Park in London. ‘Even though his little face looks like he’s in a state of complete surprise, he was actually yawning and very sleepy,’ says Giedrius, now of London.
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 .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .