DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey. The osprey swoops in, with its eyes firmly fixed on the trout below, before making a sharp exit with his meal. The moment was photographed by Andrew Lee in El Dorado Park in Long Beach, California. ‘The osprey at this lake circled the edges trying to spot a fish,’ says Andrew, of Irvine, California.
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .