BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test. The one year old Eurasian brown bear cub, with the help of her mother and other siblings, scampers ten metres up the tree trunk, before perching on one of the branches. The nimble cub clings on with her claws as the tree wobbles back and forth. This adorable family bonding time was captured by Lithuanian photographers Dalia Kvedaraite, 35, and Giedrius Stakauskas, 38, on a visit to the Martinselkonen Nature Reserve, Russia.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .