LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London. Aware of her hitchhikers, the female red deer seems unfazed as the starlings arrive. The scene was photographed by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron on a day out in Richmond Park, London. Samuel, of Watford, says: ‘I have seen this behaviour before from starlings, but I have never seen so many on one deer.
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
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 .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .