An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera. Lying on a coconut leaf in the early morning sun, the tiny little rodent has his mouth wide open, before sticking his tongue out in a cheeky gesture. The moment was captured by 19-year-old student, Ranajit Roy in his hometown of Bengaluru, India. He says: 'I was up early and walking when I spotted the Indian palm squirrel asleep in a tree.
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .