A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo. After a morning spent wandering around her enclosure, the restless ape finally sits down to relax, but not before showing off numerous facial expressions. Israeli zoologist and wildlife photographer Michal Samuni-Blank photographed the playful western lowland gorilla when she visited Bronx Zoo in New York. Michal of New York, says: “The gorilla’s name is Julia and she has a very special personality. She is very outgoing and is one of a few gorillas in the zoo that interacts with the visitors.
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .