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.
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .