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.
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 .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .