A pair of dwarf mongooses take tiny steps and begin exploring their enclosure at Chester Zoo. The little youngsters were spotted by keepers enjoying their first adventure. The duo, who were born on 8th September, spent a month in their nest box with keepers just hearing occasional squeaks. Dave White, team manager at Chester Zoo, says: “Now that our new duo has started exploring they’re going to keep mum, dad and the rest of the dwarf mongoose group very much on their tiny toes.
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .