Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion. The adorable rodent, which is just 55mm long, is dwarfed by the flower and covered with dandelion seeds. The harvest mouse was photographed by maintenance engineer Martin Snelson when he visited a farm in Ashton-in-Makerfield and spotted the curious creature.
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .