HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in. The eight chicks, born at Chester Zoo, snuggle up as they wait for their turn to be weighed. Looking right at home, the first chick to hatch weighs in at just 68g and has been named Panay, after an island in the Philippines. All of the new penguin chicks have been named after Southeast Asian islands to coincide with the zoo’s soon-to-be opened Islands exhibit.
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .