A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species. The adorable baby gorilla was born at approximately 9.15am on Thursday 3rd January at Twycross Zoo, Leicestershire. Mum, Ozala, experienced a natural and stress-free birth and is keeping the new arrival very close to her. Curator of Living Collections, Charlotte Macdonald, said: “Ozala is a confident, attentive mother and is taking great care of her baby. The baby’s father, our silverback Oumbie, is gentle but protective and is showing a lot of interest in the infant. On the day of the baby’s birth he was very inquisitive, sitting beside Ozala and putting his face right up to the baby to smell it. In time, he will touch and play with the baby but for now he lets Ozala take things at her own pace.” The western lowland gorilla is listed as 'critically endangered' on the IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species, as there are estimated to be fewer than 100,000 left in the wild.
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .