STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin. Using his mouth to peel away each paper-like layer of skin, the 30cm reptile appears to be grinning as he prepares for the hot weather. The bright-eyed gecko, named Cuillin, spent four hours shedding his skin and ate each piece as he freed himself one limb at a time. Watching her pet gecko in amazement, Angi Wallace, 47, of Newcastle upon Tyne photographed Cuillin as he broke free from his onesie-like layer.
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
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 .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .