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.
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .