DASHING and darting around in his new surroundings, this adorable newborn Brazilian tapir is making the most of the scorching temperatures. The two-week old calve is pictured enjoying himself in the blazing sun at his new home at Dublin Zoo. He was born at the start of the month (July 1) and is the latest addition to a growing family at the zoo. The stripey tapir is the second calf to be born to mum, Rio and dad, Marmaduke, with brother MJ already a familiar face.
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .