SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine. The three-month-old baby elephant, named Sutton, plays happily as his mum stands close by at West Midland Safari Park, in Bewdley, Worcestershire. Angela Potter, the deputy director of wildlife, said, 'Sutton really is proving to be a real water baby. 'Once the weather warmed up and we saw how much he enjoyed his bath time, we thought that a paddling pool would be the ideal treat for him
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
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 .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .