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.
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 diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .