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.
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .