A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile. The laid-back female leopard, named Romi, appears to be unfazed by the dangerous reptile, despite its rows of razor-sharp teeth. The pair were spotted by photographer Elmar Weiss and tour guide Alfred Korir on the bank of the Mara River in the Musiara Marsh, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Elmar, 46, of Hamburg, Germany, says: “We watched nervously as Romi climbed down a grassy slope towards the edge of the river."
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .