COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them. Climbing heights ranging from forty to a few hundred feet, they brave the ice towers as they make their way to the top. These amazing photographs were captured by Canadian outdoor adventure photographer Alain Denis, 41, after he decided to explore the frozen waterfalls in the Laurentian mountain area in Quebec, Canada.
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .