An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water. The supernatural scene on the east coast of Australia was caused by millions of plankton omitting light. The plankton, pictured in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, were photographed by Andy Hutchinson. Andy, of Berry, Australia, says: “These bio-luminescent plankton are tiny creatures called dinoflagellates, which emit light in order to evade predators.
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
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 .