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.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .