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.
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 .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .