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.
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .