Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg. Shaking their tail feathers dry, the seabirds take a few moments to waddle back towards the water's edge before taking the plunge again. The amusing scene was captured by photography guide David Merron as he watched the penguins from a boat near Danco Island, Antarctica.
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .